Thank You!!!!

My mom and sister arrived safely to Italy this evening but unfortunately I was an idiot when it came to picking them up. I was supposed to meet them at the airport and to get to it I have to take a train for an hour long trip. I left at 6:45 to give me plenty of time to meet them at 8:30. Upon arrival I realized I went an hour in the wrong direction. So I arrived at a random station on the other side of rome at 8 and the next train didn't leave until 9:40. Thankfully my roommate went to pick them up by car. By the time I got back from my side journey my mom and sister had been at my apartment for like 30 minutes.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who sent things through my family or even just took time to sign the card I received. As many of you know, I'm not here as a study abroad student or even on Stint with Crusade. I don't have Americans that I'm constantly around. I'm truly an "internantional student" and I don't get much exposure to English or American culture in general. Sometimes being apart from all of that can be emotionally draining. Days that I'm around Americans, I get an overload of sorts. Just talking to my sister with straight up english while walking around took some getting used to. My language here is pretty much Itanglish now. Reading just even the smallest messages on a card easily made my day even better. I loved how many of you even in a short sentence were even able to share some funny personalized jokes. So thanks again to everyone. For each of you that signed the card, I'll do my best to try to bring you back something from Rome!