A.S.K

Dear Readers, It has been 4 days since my last blog.

So, this past week, I have done nothing really, went grocery shopping, bought unrefrigerated boxed milk again (yummy) and I am currently on the hunt for the sheets you put in the washer that allows you to wash lights and darks together.  A few weeks ago I washed some pillow covers with my blanket and sheets, and I had to lean in Italian to explain to my landlord:

Ho lavate ( I washed) questo e questo (hold up the sheets) e dopo (and after) colore combinato (colors combined!)

Ok so one thing I did was go the pharmacy and pay 50 cents (Euros) to weight myself.  I am not getting FAT! I maybe gained a kilo, according to scale, BUT to justify my 2.6 lb gain, it was right after I ate …so that’s how I’m going to look at it for now L .  On the bright side, I started to do my own form of jazzercise in my apartment when it’s pouring outside because I am loosing that kilo that I gained and will look good beach season ;).

SO AS IM WRITING THIS, CAM AND I HAD A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. I AM CURRENTLY SHAKING right now because we had a GROSE bug experience- the worst so far.  Cam just gets out of the shower, goes in her closet, gets a pair of underwear out and screams and throws her towel right next to my bed.  She thought it was fuzz NBD right? Flicks it off and it started to move, IT WAS A LONG REPULSIVE NASTY UGLY UNSIGHTLY BUG (kind of like a centipede but the ones that don’t move extremely fast.)

SO she threw the bug along with her towel, meantime she’s BUTT naked, I’m screaming on my bed, she’s screaming in the corner of the room. I’m yelling- she yelling so finally I tell her to go get a robe on and get the air freshener spray and a broom.  As I’m FREAKING OUT and SHES FREAKING OUT AND still basically naked I am giving her pep talk and tell her how to kill this bug. LOL

Honestly I am like the mom in our apartment always cleaning and doing dishes and she is like the dad sleeping and making messes all the time (jk cam LOL) so of course I WAS NOT GOING to go near this bug- I moved the towel with the edge of the broom while she sprayed , she WAS supposed to step on it with her flip flops, couldn’t do it, so then we were screaming  and I keep telling her to step on it and she still couldn’t (meantime the bug was freaking out because we sprayed it with 3 in 1 oust) finally I tell her to get the box she got in the mail- SMASHES it.  We were dreading to clean it up because we didn’t know if the bug was dead, dying, alive, gooey, oozing fluids WHATEVER- we decided to wait for Claudio our friend (a.k.a cams boo), who was picking us up for the carnivale party concert at Bar San Marco, so we made him clean it up and is now scarred for life when going to get clothes out of our closet, especially UNDAPANTS!   

Carnivale party= classical relaxing music, not what I expected, but it was nice because they had appetitivo which tonight meant a TON of different bakery items, regret eating most of it, but it was SOO good, and I also only had a salami sandwich for dinner.  I can definitely say I don’t have a variety of food in my apartment: salami, eggs, pasta, apples, kiwi….bread, hot dogs, boxed milk…cereal, chips.  It’s bad, I truly am still living the life of a college student, minus the ramen noodles BUT replace those with spaghetti since IM in Italy lol.  However, I think I am eating a healthier breakfast- every day usually can consist of an egg with 2 pieces of toast, 1 with jam, an apple with cinnamon or peanut butter, sometimes cereal, sometimes oatmeal or almonds, with chocolate milk and water.  It’s a pretty protein filled breakfast if I don’t say so myself. 

For lunch I usually have a sandwich that I make in my apartment or pizza and for dinner usually pasta.  We don’t have an oven, just a stove top and some sort of toaster oven, but I don’t think I know how to use it 100%.  If you have any idea for easy food please let me know!!

ALSOOOO

SHOUT OUT TO MY BOO!!!!

Well anyways I just wanted to let the world know how much I love ANDREW STEVEN KATS- he is seriously an awesome person, and I know this blog is supposed to be about my experiences in Italy, but it’s also on my thoughts, and right now I’m thinking on how much I miss him and how lucky I am to have him in my life…I’m not going to lie, being apart for an entire semester, 7 hour time difference, 5,000 miles away, an ocean, a few lakes apart is HARD, but I am really proud of us! Plus, I am so thankful Skype and Oovoo and Gmail accounts with free calling exist, it’s crazy how technologically advanced our world is- so glad though!   Well, babe, I obviously know you are going to be reading this so I just want to let you know no matter where I am in the world, you’ll always have my heart! <3 <3 <3

P.S-I LOVE YOUUUU! :)

Ahh, Another day another adventure…hopefully one that doesn’t involve any bugs!

Ciao Ciao

Stacy