First day of classes finished

Country between Rome and Siena.

Hello again. Another day down. To clarify things, I am writting these at night time and posting them the day after. So this is really about what happened monday :).

First according to my dad in order to call me there is no 0.. its just 39 for the country code. Apparently it says online if you look it up to dial 039 but it did not work for him. So I guess try both and one should work.

Second, I have noticed since my dad called me today that my phone doesn't give me much time to answer the phone, maybe 3seconds... So if you call and I don't answer PLEASE call me back a second time because I will have the phone in my hand by then and will answer, unless I'm in class.. which you know when I'm in classes so don't call then :). Also the phone has dropped my dads phone call, so if I just disapear, call me back... Otherwise I'll be very sad :(.

Now, classes today were interesting. Italian class is gonna be very hard for me because the teacher only speaks Italian. And I am having a hard time retaining the stuff we learned, but it was the first day so I'm giving myself some time to hopefully remember.

My LIS class was great! I definently can remember the signs much easier. I learned my colors today and how to say my name is, and the alphabet and how to count to 20. Wow, very different.. The alphabet is fairly similar though.

Deaf italian culture class is great, no problems there yet.I have to write a daily journal in this class about a word I don't know, a cultural difference I've noticed and also a new Italian sign I have learned. This class I will also need to do a paper on, yuck.

The people in my classes are nice. We were split in to two groups and we have the same classes together. I'm in group 1 :). One girl is also going to London on the 23rd so we are going to meet up with her when we go to London and tour around together. She has a friend in London so we may be able to store our stuff there which will make things much easier. She wanted to go to Dublin with us but she flys out a day before we do so she can't.

My shower.... isn't a shower... Its a bathtub..... This is annoying.. I don't like baths. oh well. I can't complain its a nice house. And yes the house in the picture from yesterday is their whole house. The live on teh first 2 floors and the top floor is Eldo's sisters place.

I have soo much to study each night its rediculous. When I return and have just the one class 4 days aweek It will be a relief.

Paul, I feel like there are a thousand versions of you running around its kinda rediculous. lol. I just had to say that.

Okay, so its 2217 (they use the 24hr clock in Italy.. maybe Europe in general?) So I should go because I have yet to study. You see I missed my bus back home tonight because after class we all went out for a drink. I had a Mojito (spelling). That tasted interesting... wont buy it again though. So anyways, because of that my family had to come and get me from the city centre... They were nice about it though. Hopefully tomorrow (the day this will be posted) I will be able to catch the appropriate bus.

Okay, I miss everyone, love you all as I've said every other time on here. Take care and I have been looking forward to hearing from you all either via phone or email or comment on here. It really is the highlight of my day. Even a 5 second blurb is better then nothing :)

Okay, I'm really going now, until next time.

Love,
~John

PS. The home sickness is getting a bit better... one day at a time. oh and today we had rain for like 2 hours but otherwise the weather was nice but a bit on the cool side after the rain. okay. peace

PPS. I seem to have picked up an allergy here... Its quite annoying. They are working on getting some allergy medicine for me. Its on and off so.