I have officially completed all of my work!!!
What a load off my shoulders. I can now relax and hope for good results.

It is funny to me...
I have spent three months in Italy traveling, listening, and observing. However, it has been in these three months that I have exerted more energy and time (than ever before) to my work. There have been less tests than I would have in a "normal" semester and one large project, but in the few assignments that I have been given, I have given everything I have (or had).It is a good feeling to work hard, and I have never learned so much...educationally and personally.

Now that it is time to say "see you later," I am torn between today and tomorrow.
I look forward to my homecoming, but I will miss my new family so much. I hate these moments of bitter sweet release...they make me sad. It hasn't taken long to become attached to these folks. I've never met anyone more generous and caring and truly interested as they are. I have a feeling that I might experience culture shock when I cross the border. However, I hope that having been treated so kindly has rubbed off on me; I want to share with others the hospitality that I have been shown. It would bring great joy, I think.

So, until I can get myself back to this country, I will try and bring a little Italy to my Sweet Home Alabama...