An update. A Wednesday.

Aha! Thirty some odd days until I leave. It's been a hell of a week since Christmas, what with the New Year and all. Been spending a lot of time on my own, with the exception of the past few days. It's nice. I'm starting to feel more comfortable in silence. But nothing makes me feel better than the love I receive from my friends.

What I'm learning is how hard it is to love unselfishly, but how necessary it is in order to remain truly loving.

New Years was a blast. B-Fed visited and it was wonderful to see him again. We all dressed up for the occasion and looked snazzy in our dresses and ties. Midnight came and we toasted to the new year and all of the good times to come.

I've been distracted lately by my own issues and haven't done much studying on the Italian way. But I hope I can get back on track with that as soon as I return to Bloomington. Now I'm back in Lafayette for a few days to have Christmas with my mom. She and I saw P.S. I love you tonight and it made me cry, which I'm ashamed of because it's the biggest chick flick I've seen since Titanic. But I did enjoy seeing Gerard Butler in something other than 300.

I got a response from Cafe Abroad. They don't need any more travel journalists, but they offered me another opportunity working as some sort of regional correspondent. We'll see where that takes me. Also, my computer died. It won't turn on. In fact, nothing happens at all when I press the ON button. So I took it to my mom's computer guy and he said he'd have it back to me tomorrow, most likely up and running. Wonderful! I'm not sure what I'd do without it overseas.

If there is anything I've learned in the past few months, it's that life really does hit you in waves, and sometimes you're high, other times you're low. Taking it as it comes is the key, and breathing through it helps to get past the hard times and cherish the good. Digging through my past has uncovered a lot lately, which is good. I've gotta do it sometime, might as well be now.

I think I'll head to bed. I'm exhausted.