it's been a while since i've updated. things here have been moving at an incredibly rapid pace. i'm really starting to feel sucked into the whirlwind that is this city. there is always something happening and always somewhere to go and something to do. it's leaving me completely exhausted. i'm going to milan on thursday to visit my mother, which will probably not help the exhaustion, and then next weekend i'm going to weimar. the weekend after that i think i'll be forced to calm down and take it easy.


the only thing that is really stressing me out is my banking situation. for some reason this has been the most difficult part of my arrival here, and no one else seems to have had this problem but me. everything else went smoothly - all my trips to various offices, my classes are going well, my living situation is perfect, yet my money situation is really screwed up. i still don't have a bank account, i'm not sure where the money from middlebury is, and i'm not sure how to make this situation work out. after this works out i will be really settled in, but the waiting seems endless.



i've been listening to minus the bear lately and it is adding to my recent bout of high school nostalgia. i haven't been talking to many people from home, which worries me slightly, but i think it's normal. i really want things to go well this week and i can't wait to see my mom again in italy!!