So this weekend I decided to catch up with my Rome to do list. My loving family is really close to each other, not a good thing at this time for me. My sister and her 2 and 4 year olds visit every weekend and my brother and his 3 year old are our neighbors. It's party at grandmas from sun up to sun down. As soon as I taught my mom how to answer my calls on face time I had to run out of there to work on my grades. Once that was out of the way I went to the airport to exchange dollars for euros. I'm glad I didn't wait until the 28th, something went wrong and I was there waiting for the issue to be resolved for more than 30 min.
After that I stopped by best buy. I'm now set for picture taking, blogging through my Ipad, and face timing with family back home. I thought I was asking for too much when I asked if there was anything I could use to transfer my camera pics into the Ipad...its called an Ipad camera connection kit
My next stop was at Radio Shack where I purchased the adapter. I went shopping around to see how much it would cost to unblock my phone in order to use it out there as Jamie suggested... I'm still thinking about that.
I was completely exhausted once I got home. Sunday I had to run out of my house once again to work on my paper and pamphlet. I now know why the Swiss guard the Vatican! :)
These past days its been nothing but packing, submitting paper work, meeting with parents, and passing out awards to my students. I read them Last day blues by Julie Danneberg and all I've been getting from them are good bye huggs every day as they walk out to the bus and lovely notes left on my desk. It's very hard not to get attached to little people, their ideas, laughs, sad moments, and growth. We googled Rome and the places I'll be visiting in to give them an idea of where I'll be. I plan on sending them post cards as soon as I arrive to Rome.
Only a few people knew I'd be leaving early. As they see me running around like crazy and I explain why, they keep telling me to bring back plenty of pictures and to have fun.
Since the moment I received the email about this cours, I've been living an unexplainable adventure. I haven't had a chance to sit down and let everything sink in. This probably wont happen until I'm actually on the plain. One think I can't wait for is to be able to see my God daughter to be before the trip. She should be here any day know.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Day 2 and 3 of class
Yesterdays in
class we looked into the reason for astrology and the strong implication it had
upon decision making. This had nothing to do with superstition but
the continued record keeping astrologers held in order to
correctly advice others. Specifically we looked into Thrasyllus the
Astrologer.
On this same note,
today in class we learned from the experts in travel. Dr. Weber has been off and about in Italy
We have our Sun travel
information ready to go as well and a couple of corrections to make with the travel
abroad office. The count down is really coming
to an end…so is the time I have left to submit all the repetitive paper work I have
to turn in for each and every one of my 18 9 year olds. I can't wait for the weekend to catch up and charge my batteries.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Rome: on the palatine
Thank you
class! As Dr. Weber said, words just don't speak to me. This was my Aha! moment: the poem gives a
visual of Rome in ruins, but these ruins give it its essence. Connecting the
past with the present.
And yes, Poetry is beautiful once you can actually make
sense of the words.
We looking over Roman People, ch.3 today. Politics were described as a mess where violence was a major part of it all. Today we added to the violence the fact that everyone was getting married to their own relatives and stabbing each other on the back. Brutus killed Cesar but it did not turn out as he had planned. Instead of having everyone cheer for him, as would be the case in previous murders of leaders, Rome went through complete disaster. Everyone wanted to rule and take up Cesars place.
In todays video I was able to appreciate art, from statues to paintings to mosaics. I also viewed St. Peter's Basilica. It's beauty comes not only because it's the center for Roman Catholics but because of its structure and art within.
Monday, May 14, 2012
To charlotte Von Stein 13-16 December 1786
What I see...
The author of the note was off to an amazing trip before
reading the note. The note ruined the
entire trip for this person must have been a life death note or a breakup.
I have seen this something like this before...
I’ve experienced this before. I start thinking about issues in
life and that does it for me, I’ve gotten this sense of loneliness even if I'm surrounded by people I love.
What does it mean to me...
This to me means that our minds are powerful. If we let ourselves focus too much on the
past or future, we don’t get to appreciate the present.
My most memorable idea is also my most confusing… I’m
actually enjoying learning history. It
has always been completely confusing for me to remember names and events and
express my ideas about historical happenings.
I guess it’s the relaxed class setting that helps me take in the
information and actually understand it.
I enjoyed learning about Rome’s island, river, and hills as a key for
its location. Can’t wait to see those!
Monday, May 7, 2012
What firsts will this trip mean for you?"
Well...
It will be my first time in a place where I'll have much much difficulties communicating what food I want to eat at a restaurant. I'll either have to stick to Jaime or Dr. Webber the first couple of days until I get the hang of it.
It will also be my first time in such a beautiful place filled with so much history. I can't wait to experience it.
I sent our an email to a co-worker telling her I'd be taking a class in Rome and she thought I had made a typo and ment to say Home... She seemed even more excited than me when I said it was no typo what so ever!
I can't wait to send her pictures from out there!
O yes, and it will be my first time drinking a glass of wine with every meal!
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