Week 7

Friday: I woke up early again today to hang up the rest of my laundry, but I was really just determined to make it down to breakfast with plenty of extra time to ask Christine and/or Lionel how to fill out my packing forms. Finally my strategy worked! I got all of my laundry hung, had time to ask Christine what I needed to do next in the shipping process, and was able to enjoy a nearly half-hour-long breakfast. It was a great start to the day and things actually continued to get better in when class started. I really stepped up my participation efforts today and asked tons of questions throughout the day. It was the friday right before vacation so nearly half of the class didn't show up at all today; but this ended up working in our favor because we were able to focus on only one or two big topics and take them very slowly. I felt so sure about myself after class and got a lot of clarification on things that I hadn't realized I was confused about. After lunch, class continued to get better when Isabelle- our teacher- handed out the transcript to a simple poem that was full of blanks. A British guy in our class, Liam, and I were assigned to silently acting out the poem so others could try to fill in all of the blanks. We spent the rest of the day rotating pairs so that everyone had a chance to get up and embarrass themselves. Being that there were only 7 of us, it was a no-pressure, really fun kind of day. When our time was finally up, we were let loose for vacation! Roshanna and I walked outside to an absolutely gorgeous, warm, sunny day and I could almost feel my skin tingling with the excitement of where we were heading.... ITALY!!