its getting much better

So I've been pretty out of since arriving in Florence. There have been good days and bad days, but last night was the best night I've had so far and I'm ready to just enjoy this experience and not take it for granted. Last night was the school paid for everybody to have dinner at this local restaurant. The food was ok, but the wine was fab. Meg and I spent dinner talking to her roommate Kelly and her friend. After dinner, we were significantly tipsy and weren't ready for the night to end so we decided to go hang out at this bar across the street from my apartment called the Dublin Pub. It was a very chill atmosphere and there was a nice mix of people. There were some Americans (but they were just there to hang out, they weren't typical drunk assholes), Italians (and not creepy ones) and even some English people. Kelly, Meg and myself literally spent the whole night there just talking and drinking. I had like 3 glasses of spumante and a nice seabreeze. It was great just getting to hang out and talk. I've been realizing that while I felt like I must have been the only one who was depressed when I got here, that's so far from the truth. The more people I talk to, the more I hear other people say how they felt the same way. The three of us really bonded. I'm just feeling much more positive about everything. I'm so glad we got to hang out with Kelly, she's really sweet and we just had a great time. I'm ready to stop being negative and start being more social and take advantage of my time here.

I've also decided not to get internet. I'm gonna use the school's internet during the day and maybe twice a week or something go to an internet cafe and skype people. It's only like a euro for an hour. If the entire population of Florence can deal with shitty internet, so can I!

I finished my only class of the day, Italian, yes I finally went lol. My professor is really sweet, but isn't very good at English. I don't really care though, I'm really getting the feeling that I can pick this up fairly quickly. I just finished getting my permit of stay done...thank god! that shit is so annoying! Meg and I are gonna do some shopping in the market today and I now get to enjoy my 3 day weekend woohoo! Ok, I'm starving now and its only 11:20...I gotta do something about that.

<3 Alli