gah, i am in the frankfurt sheraton instead of on a plane back to SFO. this morning i left my hostel in madrid by taxi, but there was an accident/intense traffic, and after a harrowing hour and a half ride, finally made my flight with about 10 minutes to spare (very close call). Apparently, people dont know how to read in Madrid, because my luggage was not sent on to my connecting flight to SFO from frankfurt. So, i had to wait for it at the baggage claim, and when i went to the desk to check in 40 minutes before takeoff, they told me i would not be getting on their flight (fuckers, sorry about the language). final straw for me- i yelled (not very ladylike) at the united people, oops, then gave up and called the parentals at 4 am their time. mark patrick got me on a flight out of frankfurt tomorrow morning and a hotel room.. so, here i am. stranded in frankfurt til tomorrow morning at 5:30 am ,when i have to be back in the hellish airport checking in....

AHHHHH.

sigh, will i ever make it home? all i want is california, man.

9 days.

i (finally) sat down and wrote my history paper yesterday, so i can check that one off. now i just have my italian final tomorrow morning, and this hell of an art history paper to write about Mondrian for Wednesday. It would be a joy to get it done tomorrow night (Mon.) so i could have the rest of the week off to run around and do stuff. My flight on friday got canceled, so i had to move to the saturday one to barcelona. no biggie, just irritating that meridiana was so unapologetic about it, and i get 1 less day in spain. Also, most people leave sometime between wed and fri, so ill be all alone in florence that friday and saturday. alas, life goes on.

i also packed my big fat suitcase full of stuff to ship home via mailboxes etc. this week. the price on that should be interesting.

k, that's all. spain/home here i come.

quasi finito

wow, i am an angry person right now. i just wrote this long blog entry and was excited about it, and then my firefox quit unexpectedly.. im too lazy to rewrite it, but lets just do bullet points to suffice for my long, thought out entry, R.I.P.

- shopping with carolyn- we turned out to be quite good shopping partners: bought gifts, some hokey /touristy, some good :) I also bought a dress and she got shoes.. a little present for ourselves never hurts..

- the housing lady in mirrielees emailed me back to tell me that i can most likely live with liberty. i just need another roommate, who may be random, or maybe Cori cause her drawmates didnt get housing. who knows.

- lots of work to be done- 2 essays, italian final, packing, shipping my bag home, etc etc

- had our art show yesterday with the paintings and drawings that we did in studio art- my host mom came to see Cori's and my art! awwww. also had bing dinner last night with wayyyy too much food, but a gorgeous restaurant.

- 8 days til i leave florence! :( but 13 days til i am home! :)