So I am writing this last entry here in Italy. It seems so strange for this to be my last entry. While I feel like I have been here forever I also feel like I have not been here so long. Today is a sad day, it is hard to say goodbye to all of these people. While we all need space from one another there is something special that connects us all that we will miss shortly after being apart.

Grade-wise I did fairly well. I got a 90 on my final so therefore got a A- in my Paul classes. I got a B in my other class so this semester I have a 3.5. I was hoping to get progressively better each semester but this semester I still did good. My cumulative GPA is now up to a 3.3. Which was actually my goal for my eventual GPA graduating. I can still raise it a good amount hopefully though this last year.

So I am compiling a list of all the things I want to do when I get back but its so hard to even try to find an order for them. They are so wide-ranging and important to me I don't know which one I want to do first.

Well I think the first thing is get a big hug from the fam and my friends but here are a few other things.

Wash my clothes and DRY them in a dryer!
Lay on my bed
Eat some tequitos (one food I have been craving the most)
Drink some hot chocolate
Text all of my friends and hug my phone for awhile
Catch up on all the tv shows I have missed this semester
Drive my new car
Go to the grocery store after 6 pm
Be able to find stores that are open on Mondays
Eat food other than fattening pasta
Talk to people in English for a very long time

There is a lot more. There are a lot of things you take for granted when you live in the US and get accustomed to a certain lifestyle. While I am going back to a lot of the same things I used to do I feel like I appreciate them more than I have in the past. One thing I have taken for granted here in Italy and other countries is that I don't know the language. While this is usually a bad thing it actually is nice sometimes not to have to hear everyone talking and what everyone is saying. It is definitely going to be weird being surrounded by people I can understand.

On top of that everything is so different. My life in Alba has been amazing and there are so many luxuries I have here that I don't have at home and then again there are a lot of luxuries at home that I don't have here. It is going to be a long journey adjusting but I am excited. I am excited to drive again. I am excited to have a phone again that is very nice. I am excited to work again. I have my whole life ahead of me and now I definitely have a goal of traveling more. I didn't really like travel that much before I came. This trip opened my eyes to the wonders of travel.

I have a lot of summer plans. People I want to see. Things I want to do. My top priority is making money so I can do all of these things. Also I have to start getting things in order for my future. Take the GRE's. Look at grad schools. So much more. I am ready to come home and experience all of this. Can't wait to see you all. Better be ready for the biggest hug of your life.

Ciao.