Spring Break Part 2: Italy

Today at 8:45p Kate, Mindy, Farashita and I are going to Italy for Semana Santa, which is Holy Week but also our Spring Break. Not to be confused with Andalucia, which was just our Spring Break warm-up. We are flying into Rome, spending two days there, then flying to Venice where we will also probably go to Bologna, then we'll go back to Rome, hang out for a few days then return back to Santiago on the 4th of April.

I am excited, but today I have hit a complete baja because my director emailed me saying that my professors are worried about me because I seem tired and not focused in my afternoon classes. ?? So they want to know if I have any problem in my life right now, or if I am going though a hard time or something - perhaps I was too excited about my mom coming. ?? This came as a complete shock because while I will admit, I'm not laser focused in my 4:30-6:00p class because a) it's basically Spanish 5 from high school all over again and b) sometimes there are interesting things outside the window. But for christsake, I have only missed 1 class, I talk more than anyone else in the class, and I always do my homework. So I honestly have no idea what my perceived problem is. It is really hard to hear this because just the other day I was thinking about how well I am doing here in Spain - I've adjusted, I take care of myself, I have made great friends, I get really good grades in my classes. I have been warned before to pick it up in classes, but there's always been some obvious shortcoming - I didn't turn in stuff on time, I would show up late, I wasn't participating enough. But this is out of nowhere. I am really frustrated and upset. Today was the second time I've cried in Spain.

Oh well. At least I get a week to escape it all.