and now for the weather..

i know that ya'll are freezing your little tailbones off - and for this i am truly sorry.  in consolation, APPARENTLY this is a record year of rain in rome.  i can't help but hear travis's "why does it always rain on me?" in my head.  seriously though, i keep saying that the grass better be really freaking green come march or i'm gonna be pissed.  

that aside, i figured january and february were going to suck.  well, january was no field day (since i spent most of it wishing sarah and liz were still here) but i got the first sign that things are looking up the other day - seagulls!  oh crap, i forgot - rome is right near the sea!  the mediterranean sea!  oh boy.  hecks yes i will be at the beach every waking moment come spring.  so far i've only seen the seaside from a distance, via train, and even then it was breathtaking.  i'm pretty sure these next three months are going to be sweeeettttt.  then i'm homeward bound.

oh.  did i mention that?  i'm stateside may 11th folks!  as the days go by, it gets freakishly closer and closer.  start planning my glorious "welcome back" party.  do those exist?  they do now!