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| Wow! It has been long since I wrote on xanga I think I have forgotten how!!
I dont have a whole lot of time since I have a Latin quiz in 30min (which I should be reviewing for at the moment). Latley I feel my life has been filled with languages all of which I don't have the slightest clue what to do with. I am at this horrible stage where I dont feel functional in any language, least of all English!!! Perhaps one day I will be fluent, but at the moment I cannot foresee that day!!
On the upside I woke up nice and early and spent the morning at Starbucks! Nothing gets the morning going like a hot 2% mild misto (or Cafe au lait like the rest of the world calls it). I really wish there was a nice little cafe near my house, starbucks often gets a bit monotonous. I did try out one place yesterday called Naysa. It is this hip little Korean bbq place that doubles as a coffee shop with free wireless. It is a very good set up in theory and... reality, except for a downside that soon became apparent. The rest of the day is filled with scents of bbq'ed pork and Beef. Adam doesn't see whats wrong with this, but personally, I prefer a nice floral or fruity scent as a fragrance to wear.
Well those are my thoughts for this morning. I suppose I must review some noun declensions so I don't fail my quiz.
Feels good to be back writing on this thing. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!! | | |
| Ok, well I guess it is about time that I write a new post seeing as it has been over a month since the last one. Life has been an adjustment coming home. I guess my arrival back to Canada marks a time of change and growth for me. I think this is partly due to change that has occured inside of me while I was away and therefore need to re-enter into my natural environment as this 'changed' person. I also attest this time to the natural development that is occuring at my age. It just occured to me that I will be turning 21 on wed (I forgot my birthday approaching so quickly) and I I thinkn for most people is is generally the age when you start questioning you route of life and the path you are headed. Fot these reasons, life has been a bit stressful and hard for the last month.
On a better note, this past thursaday and fri I attended the Cross Immersion conference at church and it was incredibly freeing for me. For one, it was so nice to hang out with people ( ie/ E and G Baliad, Linds the Dressers etc... to name a few) I had such a refreshing time staying in Ann Arbor with Linds she is always such an encouragement to me! This weekend was also a time of Immense freedom for me. It has been way too long since I have readily accepted the freedom God gives us through the cross and I have gone way too long believing lies about myself. I must ask, what gives me the audacity to think that my sin is sooooo great that I need to carry this one on my own, or what makes me think that Jesus' sacrifice wasn't powerful enough to cover everything?? How proud can I be??
Freedom comes with great costs.. costs that dont feel quite as expensive once we have recieved the goods. So where do I go from here? I am not exactly sure, all I know is that I am not leaving the foot of the cross and I am asking for new revelation everyday. ( who wants to eat stale bread?)
I hope all is well with everyone and you all have a wonderful week!
Love Seanna | | |
| Wow, 2 more days until you all get to see this strangers (sorry for the grammatical error I cant find where the apostrophe is on this italian computer) face again! I am very excited to see you all! There are a few obstacles to overcome before I come home though. For example the fact that I am now an illegal immigrant in Italy (oops maybe I shouldnt be putting this on a public forum!) There were complcations with my visa and as you know the earliest flight I could get was sept 14. I am not too worried about the Italian authorities since I spoke to everyone and their nonna here and they all told me the same thing. " aww, you look like a nice girl. Just dont get in trouble and try to leave as soon as you can... you know how many illegal immigrants we have here?" Hmmmm I love Italy! I have a slight inkling the American authorities wouldnt say the same thing. So the italians arent the problem, my concern is this; since I am in the EU the only time I really go through customs is when I leave. For my flight I leave the EU in Frankfurt. Although the Italian police say I shouldnt have a problem I am still scared that the Germans may look at my passport when i leave and see that I have overstayed my welcome and I would never be able to come back. The Italians say that I shouldnt have a problem for 2 reasons, one I am canadian and therefore dont need to stay in the EU to live a better life, and two you only run into a problem if you stay past 15months of your visa expiry!! This seems like a long time!!! So.. dont know. I hope all goes well and I would appreciate your prayers for wed-thurs. Another question (maybe some americans can help me with this) since i am flying into Detroit what will the Amerian authorities ask me when I get there? I dont rememeber what I have done in the past. I always get antsy going through customs even if I dont have any reason to be nervous. For this reason I will probably get arrested and spend my last living days in a German prison eating sausage and weiner snitzle. Anyway I hope to see most of you on Sunday.. if not before. If you have any special requests from Italy speak now or forever hold your peace.
The plane ride may be a little hard as well since my tush is a bit sore!! There is a reason for this. I went to tuscany this weekend with some freinds and they wanted to go horseback riding. so we went! I was given the old slow mule looking horse since I had never riden before. And Sam ( the horse) just never quite seemed to get the hang of the whole ridig in a group thing. He would either go so slow that I was 20 meters behind everyone or he would decide out of the blue to gallop full trolley practically throwing me off everytime. The first 20 min were nice since it was new and we were going through the Tuscan contry side but when the 2 hr makr came around I was wondering if we were going to reach Rome! I mean come on 2 hours on a horse you have to have made it somewhere!! My bum was so sore and I never did get the hang of the " trying to ride the horse" instead of letting the horse ride you. I was just bouncy up and down all over.. it is a wonder I didnt get whip lash. Yeah when it was all finished 2.5 hours later I bascially just fell off the horse and crawled to the car. Anyway... this is why it may be painful to sit for 12 hours.... ok see you soon!!!!until then.. Ciao!! | | |
| Wow, I cannot beleive that my time in Italy is almost coming to close. This has been the oddest experience of my life! My first month here was difficult but enjoyable as I was getting to know Rome and I was adjusting to the new way of life. The 2nd and 3rd months had their enjoyable moments but mainly consisted of me wishing I was back at home or just anywhere but the countyside of Tuscany. And now, well now I am having a great time enjoying Rome as I would truly have liked it. For the last three weeks I have been alone as the family has been on vacation. It has been so enjoyable since I have created stronger relationships with people here and have really lived like a Roman. But of course now my time is running out and I will soon be coming home. It is bitter sweet. I really miss home and all of my friends and family but I know I will really miss Italy as well. I am a bit scared to come home since I will be thrown to the wolves as school will have already started and I will be missing the esenstial days of my classes.. especially Latin and Italian!! EeeK!! I will have no time to adjust without having to worry about catching up, finding a job, moving back into my house, and seeing everyone! So if it is a few weeks before I talk with you I am sorry! I think I am going to have to give myself a month or two to settle back in.
So in the last few weeks what have I been doing? Well I have been seeing more of Rome, the tourist areas and the local parts... The north of Rome is quite nice because it is almost like a small town inside of the big city. I can go to a cafe here and see lots of people I have met or at night there is the giant meeting area where everyone you could possibly imagine is there. It is really great! I have only been here a short while but yet I know so many people here! I have also been helping my friend painting her house .. after everyone told her she was crazy for wanting to do it!! We had alot of fun! I think my favorite times in the last few weeks though was touring the city at 2 or 3am! This is the absolute best time to see Rome! I didnt realize how small the city was without waiting in traffic for hours! I was given a complete tour of the city with no one on the streets and all of the monuments lit up it was fantastic!!! Ok anyway I must go and help Veronica organize her house after the mess we
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