So I took that Modern Italy test. Or half of it rather. Turns out that the study guide that Dr. Carribino gave us only had half of what we needed to know on it. He did tell us what we needed to study in class, but we all just felt like if it wasn’t on the study guide we wouldn’t study it. So we get to class and he tells us that, yes, we need to know all the stuff about the Italian political parties. Crap. I know some, but not all of it. I just accept my fate and figure that I’ll still do pretty good. But remember, there are a lot of girls in my class and I’m not trying to be mean but they’re used to getting their way. So they whine and complain and the Doc eventually says not to do the first section of the test. He’s obviously mad, but he holds it in really well. He tells us after the test that we can take that section in his office on Wednesday. And he even gave us a little study guide for it, so no one would complain. He’s a great professor, and we treat him like crap.
After class I had a great dinner with Paulo. I had been craving some guy time, and that’s what I got. So I’m happy right now. We split a big plate of seafood between us. It was cheap and really good.
Over the next couple of days I have a lot of homework to do. I have two papers to type up, I have to revisit the Boboli Gardens to write one of them, I have to finish reading The Day of the Owl, I have to take that part of the test on Wednesday, and I have to keep up with the reading in Grand Tour and Art History. Yuck! So tomorrow I’m going to spend the better part of the day typing for those papers, and I’ll probably go to the Boboli Gardens too.
Still no word on the camera. The bus company didn’t call back today. I’ll check back at the Study Center tomorrow. It’s not just that they need to find it, they also need to get it back to me by the time I leave on Thursday. So be praying for that. I know it’s small, but it’s something that’s important to me.
