Today was long, but at least got off to an easy start because KG and Lynda came to the apartments first instead of having us meet at the AIRC. The other apartments keep having electricity and hot water issues, so they wanted to talk to us about things like communicating and cooperating with each other. Whatever, Vicki and I have been pretty lucky to not have any problems with our apartment, and we got our inventory list in first, so woo!
We went to the Musei Capitolini, which as alright, I suppose. It's getting to the point where I've seen SO much Hellenistic art that it's all kind of blending together and getting boring, but hey, at least we're in Roma! Ashley and I are always so bouncy and giddy due to the fact alone that we're in Roma, it probs drives everyone else crazy, haha. Meeting at the apartments meant we didn't get our morning cappuccinos at Glass Bar on the way to the AIRC so we were all sorts of sleepytired, but KG gave us all 10 euros for lunch and I got an espresso with mine, which helped a lot. I'm going to be so caffeine-dependent when I get back from Roma, and it's going to be even more torturous because Starbucks lattes or whatever won't be able to compare to Italian cappucinos, haha.
After lunch, we went to the Temple of Marcellus and the Theatre of Marcellus, but by that point we were basically all like, "Are we done yet? How about now? NOW?" When we finished, though, Meagan pointed out that we were only a few blocks away from the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, which has the Mouth of Truth, like in Roman Holiday! I was the only other person in the group who even knew what she was talking about, but we both got super excited and decided to go see it. David and Ashley came with us, and we all took pictures with it and stood where Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn did!
Now we're all back at the AIRC trying to work on our next two papers, aka most of us are just puttering around on Facebook and various blogs and whatnot, haha. We have a guest lecture at 4:45, and then a review session at 6 PM, so today is longgg, ugh. Tomorrow expects to be just as long, but no one is planning on taking a weekend trip so it should be fairly chill. We really want to rent bikes and ride around, or picnic in the Borghese Gardens, and then KG is taking us to High Mass at the Vatican, which I'm actually pretty excited about. My tentative goal is to have at least one paper done before the weekend (they're not due until next Wednesday but we have midterms on Monday, ugh. At least they're taking us to dinner at the American Academy Monday night, wee!), but we'll see if that actually happens, haha.
I'm working on a P2Roma '09 mix now, because we spend so much time together karaokeing and dancing: Club Love, Every Time We Touch, Poker Face... no shame, what up! Also, Ashley just gave me tons of Taylor Swift and Dave Matthews Band (Connor insists DMB "rules his life" and I need to listen to him ASAP o.O), which I'm also pretty stoked about, haha. Alright, five minutes until our guest lecture, so I should probs move over to the other room. Afterwards, Ashley and I are going to try the cheap pizzeria near the steps by the AIRC, and hopefully this playlist will get put to good use tonight!
Ciao and much love from Roma!
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