La fine settimana fina

That probably doesn't make sense. It literally translates as, The last of the week last." But it means, to me, the last weekend. Cause the word for weekend is "fine settimana." See?

So Nemo arrived here on Wednesday. I was so excited! I haven't seen Nemo since senior year! He's studying in France, and so now here he is on his break. We went and signed up for our cooking class with Altrevento. It's a really good menu. Gnocchi in a sage and butter sauce, bruschetta, and some kind of chocolate cream thing. Florence for Fun was just offering pasta al arancia and carmelized apples, bleghhhh. Now, here's the rub - I corresponded with them entirely in Italian, I paid in Italian, and then at the very last minute I thought to ask, "è la classe in italiano o inglese?" O, Italiano! Haha, so... what an experience to anticipate! It's in a couple hours. But my teacher thinks that I have a good enough grasp on Italian that I can do it, and help him out too. In fact, she made me feel really good about my Italian. I think I'm rather good at it too, and I love it.
There was a cross cultural reversal shock meeting that day. It made me even more nervous to go home than I already am! My taste buds have changed apparently. I'm going to eat and all the food will be sweet for like a week and I'll have a very upset stomach. And lines! I've forgotten how to queue up! In Italy, you fight to get to the front, and if you don't, the little old lady certainly will! I'm going to get into so much trouble with customs and just everywhere. And I'm going to get hit by a car, because I'm so used to jaywalking everywhere and with less than a foot between me and that car but Americans will hit meeeeee oh noooooooooooo I'm really nervous to come home!
Gina and I made chicken marsala burgers that night, and of course Nemo got one too. But it was a lazy night. I just walked him around the city and showed him the sites at night.
Yesterday was my busy day, so he spent most of it alone. I went back to the Palatine Galleries with Ren Art and I think I want to go back one last time before I leave. Then psych we reviewed for our exam next week, because EXAMS ARE NEXT WEEK! OH NOOOOO
We took Nemo to the leather market, and I have almost finished buying gifts now. I also got a sweet white leather wristband that makes me look cool. Molto forte, yo.
Kevin and I made tacos again, only they were out of our sheep cheese at Coop! So we replaced it with provolone piccante. Spicy provolone?? Is this in the states? Somebody find out for me and tell me right away! It is so delicious! It's not super spicy, it just has a little bit of a kick and mmmmmm. We watched Catch me if you Can while eating and had just a really great time. Nemo and I taught Kevin how to play Convergence and it was really successful. I knew they would be besties lol!
If you can't tell, today I am joyous!
In Italian today, we played a funny game where we all pretended we'd been crashed on a dessert island. We all made a speech to try and see who could be the leader and who would be elected. My speech went, "Farò fare Will construcione tutti case. Farò uno fuoco e Kyle vedrà il fuoco. Sarò la cucina e sarete cogliere il cibo. Sopravvirremo!"
Or, I will make Will build all the houses. I'll build a fire and Kyle will watch it.I will be the chef and ya'll will gather the food. We will survive!"
But Will got elected, because he's going to make everyone cook for him and if we have to, we'll eat each other. Lol, what a terrible captain, I don't know why we elected him. I voted for Patrick, personally, because he had us build a boat.
I joined a group on the internet today. Back in Atlanta, it's a group of people who get together to speak in Italian. When I get there, I'm going to hang out with them. I'm going to look for one in Gainesville too, but I can probably find one on UF's campus. I'm going to miss speaking in Italian so much! I wish OU offered it!
I'M SO EXCITED FOR MY COOKING CLASS TODAY, YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!