November 1, 2008

November 1, 2008


Ah! Last night was amazing! We had our Collegio Halloween Party and it was so much fun. I dressed up as a giant baby. I borrowed Alison’s onesie and bought a binky from a Halloween store.

So, the party. The party was so fun! It started at around 11pm with mostly American students playing beer pong and hanging out. Ryan and a couple Italians bought alcohol and mixers and we had a bar set up, with a dance room, games room and chairs to hang out and talk. Everyone’s costumes were so good. We had angels, devils, cats, French maids, TopGun Tom Cruise, Risky Business Tom Cruise…my baby costume went over really well though haha. I was so impressed by the Italians costumes! They got so into it! We had doctors, sailors, phantoms, monsters…one guy dressed up as a Kamikaze pilot haha and he made his own gun! Another guy dressed up as a terrorist with water bottles as a bomb strapped to his chest! But, my favorite had to be the guy who dressed up as a shower. He had an orange robe on and had constructed a shower curtain/rack around himself. It was so funny!
We danced a lot and taught the Italians how to play beer pong and civil war. I also discovered a new drink that’s really yummy. Vodka/Tonic with a little bit of strawberry syrup…delicious!

What else did I get upto this week…oh yeah! Big week this week…

Monday after work Jocelyn made dinner for everyone! It was so delicious, she made pear salad, cauliflower, garlic bread, meat and then brownies for dessert! It was such a good meal…I love going to their house for dinner. So yummy. Then we watched Under The Tuscon Sun…haha interesting movie. It makes Italy look so quaint and clean.

Tuesday I had off work and my hair appointment! Which went…well…it went. I mean, he was a really nice guy! And spoke English, but he insisted on putting dark streaks in my hair and then highlighted the underside too. It was all just very Italian. I mean the place was really nice, they had an old movie playing, massage chairs, tea/coffee and it was really cute! But, the lady who did my color would just pick bits up here and there and casually dab some color on…then Simone (the owner) cut my hair, and first of all I told him a trim! And now at least 2in are gone! But, he would just trim here, trim there, didn’t really cut it centered, he cut it based off of my side part…Oh my…It was kindof funny though. I decided to tell myself to shutup and just accept that I’m being morphed into an Italian. It’s a very Italian haircut. But, that’s ok! I’m in Italy. Haha…then came the curling. I looked like Shirley Temple…luckily it was raining and I could put on my hood until I got home. So…its workable. It looks good, the color is fine, not the best quality of highlights but its workable and at least I got my hair cut and roots done. Me and Ken are going to have some fun when I get back because he’s going to have a lot of work to do! Going to different hairdressers makes me realize how amazing Ken really is. He does such a good job. It turns out perfect every time and I miss my beautiful perfect hair!

Wednesday I had off again and hit the Gym. This needs to keep happening. I only went once this week…I’m going tomorrow…It has to happen. After class, Katie and I grabbed a sandwich to eat and then I went over to Alison’s and we made this random pasta packet a girl from the hostel in Madrid gave me. We watched Gossip Girl and thought about our London/Paris trip a bit.

Thursday was such an awesome day! We had our first cooking class! Real cooking class that is. We went to the cooking school and we made mushroom risotto and tiramisu. OMG…it was so good, and tiramisu is really easy to make! While we were cooking there was a man running around behind us setting up this beautiful table setting with water, bread, wine and cute napkins. Once we’d finished we ate this amazing meal (our risotto and tiramisu) then they brought out coffee for us afterwards! I didn’t even go to my second class because we were too busy wining and dining! But, this is ok, since she was taking us on a tour on Via Montenapoleaone...(the 5th Ave. of Milan) and I was going there to work later in the afternoon anyway and so I figured I could skip this. So, then I went shopping for a bit and headed to work. After work I went to Marcela’s and Jocelyn had made a cake to take over to the boys for dinner. (Marcela and I went to Rome with 3 guys named Ben, Dennis, and Derek…Ben and Dennis live together and invited us over for dinner on Thursday on the understanding that we would bring baked goods ha) So, we headed over to their apartment around 8/830 and when we go there, they were dressed up in shirts and ties and Dennis was still cooking in the kitchen! It smelled amazing and they’d set up a few tables together and made a big dining table. They brought out wine and appetizers and we all chatted and had so much fun! A few more girls showed up and we somehow got through 16 bottles of wine? I mean, I think there were 20 of us haha. Anyway, it was so much fun and we’ve dubbed Thursdays feast days and I am looking forward to our next dinner party!

Friday was the big Halloween party. I had work during the day and I brought in some Halloween cookies. Then I and some awesome shopping afterwards. I finally found some black skinny jeans and regular skinny jeans! Yay!!

Tomorrow is the final GP…I’m so excited C’mon Hamilton

**sidenote..I know I am missing a couple weeks here (week of Oct 13-19 and Oct 20-26 which include my Madrid and Rome trips) I will fill those in ASAP...I just wanted to put something in about this week since I had some time today!