She Likes Coffee and I Like Tea

Those that know me, you've probably heard my tirade against Winter. My rant against Snow. My treatise on the Morally Degenerative Affects of Freezing Temperatures (ok, so I've never written THAT, but I've wanted to). Winter and Nella do not mesh well.

HOWEVER…even I have to admit that sometimes, ON OCCASION, Winter can make things fucking beautiful.

Saturday my family and I had deal with the unfortunate leftovers of an ice storm--the one major downside of home is that our house is on a hill, which means we have a very long, very STEEP driveway that is nigh impossible to drive on should it ice up. So, armed with shovels and picks, we spent all of Saturday hacking free our only escape route.

( The Upside was that whenever I took a break, there was a back yard full of PRETTY to explore… )


( And then! The sun came out!!! )

After two weeks of consistingly going to bed at 3-4 am and getting up at 7-8 am, of studying for midterms at the last possible fucking minute, and rushing to get a class journal and art projects DONE, this week is over.

My fall break finally begins.

*slumps in relief*

For break I'm driving around Tuscany with mom, dad, cousin Nino and his wife. I have to be at the Florence airport at 11 am to meet up with the lot of them, cause mom and dad will be there waiting for Nino's plane to arrive, so I'm going to meet them there, then we all hop in the car and GO!

My break will consist of Tuscan countryside and wine tasting. Ummmmm....wine tasting.

I've begun really gearing up for Nano. First I had no plot, then I had three plots, and now I've whittle myself down to one that I figure I can write furiously without requiring much thought. The other plots either required too much research, or too much philosophy.

Ricasoli, my apartment building, is practically empty. I'm the only person on my floor. I had free reign over the washing machine and the kitchen, so I washed clothes and ate and danced around my room while I killed mosquitoes and sung obnoxious songs. Oh, and since I was alone to my thoughts, I realized how long my hair's gotten, and decided, that for once, I would be the one doing the LJ camera whoring!

BWHAHAH!!!!

All in all, I'm the sort of camera whore you can buy for a few bucks and a load of bread


And finally, for my facebook huswife leiasolo8:

this is for Jenni BWHAHAHA!!! Found in the Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence.

See you all again the 4th!!! LATERS!!!

P.S. Oh, I saw Le Tigre e la Neve and Oliver Twist this week, but I'll get into that when I return from break.