Pro Di Inmortales: One Month

Well it is official. I have been here for a month. I can't believe it has been that long, but I feel like it has been longer at the same time. But I must say, I really have loved every minute of it. Yes, there have been moments that I missed people, but I never wanted to not be here.

I must admit one of my favorite parts about being here has little to do with actually being here and is something I could've done at any point in my life but never did. I love cooking dinner for myself every night. I know that last year I had a kitchen and could have cooked, but I was on the meal plan so I relied on the cafeteria for food. Right now I don't have that option and I am so glad. I love seeing what I have in the fridge and trying to make a meal out of it. While I have not really been living full time at home for over 2 years now, it isn't until now that I feel like I am not living on my own but I guess I feel grown up or something. I am not in a 'dorm' I am not eating in a dining hall, it feels a lot more adult to me. When I go back to the Rock, even if I am on the meal plan, I am going to try to cook dinner for myself.

I spent the morning drawing again. I am really glad I did. I am not drawing nearly as much as I would like, I miss being in arts classes. I am going to try to draw more this afternoon, so I will post any successful drawings later.

Also on a side note, the other day I was walking home from class with my roommate Savannah and we had a great conversation. (Well I hope it was a conversation and not just me babbling away - sorry Savannah if I talked your ear off.) I mentioned how being here made me realize that I can live on my own and out of my comfort zone. At the Rock I go home every 5-6 weeks, and if I wanted to could go home on the weekends. I never did go home unless it was a break, but it was nice having that security blanket. But it also meant that I didn't really feel like I *left*. Right now I am in a different country, timezone, culture, everything. There is no way that this was in my comfort zone, but I did it/am doing it. I have always sort of joked about wanting to move to Ireland or the UK but I never thought I would do it because I didn't know if I could be that far from my family. I didn't even think I could leave the East Coast. But being here has really made me think about it. I would love to live abroad for a year or two after I graduate. I need to take time off anyways before doing grad school, so if it would be an feasible option I would love to spend that time somewhere else. We will see.

Well I will end this post with some pictures that I took last week when I went on a 8 hour adventure with Catherine Kate and Savannah. We just wandered around the city and it was amazing. We started up by our apartment and meandered all the way down to the Bocca della Verita, which we didn't actually go see/touch because the line was too long.