fall break has finally arrived!

it is 12:36 and i am still not packed for my fall break trip which starts tomorrow-as a matter of fact, i have spent about an hour drying jeans with a hairdryer. haha.

this week went by crazy fast...it was midterm week! i actually got a lot of studying done and think i did really well on all of them, except for the first one, which i blogged about last time. other than midterms, studying and just hanging around the apartment this week, not much of anything else went on. it was kind of nice just relaxing.

i finally went to the doctor for my cold/flu that i had last weekend. diagnosis: bronchitis. blah. so i have been on a prescription medicine for a few days now, and it actually worked. no more coughing!

today, melissa's mom arrived! it was so exciting to see people from back home. we ate dinner and made brownies! (her mom brought us brownie mix :) ) after dinner, her mom treated me, ash, ryan and melissa to grom...as you know, our favorite gelato place. ummm ummm.

last night ryan and i went out with some friends from class who go to bentley. it was really chill. one of the girls parents were in town, so we went and hung out with them and the rest of the bentley crew-there are 16 of them! it was a lot of fun...so much fun that today shannon and chris came over and cooked lunch with ryan and i. it was pretty cool :)

tonight i talked to my mom for the last time until she is here on november 1! i can not tell you how excited i am to see her-but most importantly to share this experience with her! its so weird to think that she is coming to italy and I, yes I, am her tour guide. it will be awesome taking her to my favorite places around town and stuff. and i kind of have most of our time planned out, which is exciting. me, her, terri and ashley are going to rome for 3 nights before packing our bags for a trip to venice. both cities i have waited to visit with mom, so it will be a new experience for all of us. i can not wait!

tomorrow morning we are finally leaving for london and paris. this trip has been planned since the second week we have been here, but we never anticipated that time would fly by so fast. we are over half way done here-that makes me want to cry.

but anyways, we are spending three nights in london before heading to paris to meet up with 5 other girls from nc state and enjoy 5 nights there! i am so excited for this-the two places i have ALWAYS wanted to go-and i get to spend a lot of time there. in london we are staying at a really nice hostel...and convienently, some friends from my classes are also staying there :) in paris, ashley and i have our own hotel room next to marissa and laura. the rest of the clan is staying at a hostel.

well, i better attempt to fit 8 days worth of clothes into my carry on. this should be interesting...

be back next week! ciao!