Lazy Sunday

Ugh, that title/video even make me miss NYC :(

Appropo title though. I meant to set my alarm to wake up at some godly hour, but ended up sleeping until 3p. It was worth it for who I was talking to online last night :D

I literally hung around here most of the day. I decided to get some inspiration and shower in the hopes that I'd go to school and get some homework done rather than having to get up early and do it before my marathon of classes, but that didn't happen.

I went downstairs as I heard the girls were back from Barcelona and got all the dish from Niki and Jacquie about the trip. That segued into getting Chinese with Niki and Dana which was fun. We talked about hostels, travelling, Spring Break (ugh) and missing home.

I'm rather torn about "home." I want to go back to New York City for the sheer convenience of everything. Being able to walk down the street and have Mexican, Chinese, Thai or see a movie right around the corner. Everything just takes so much longer here. To see a movie, I have to first find an "original language" movie theater and then pray they have a website. The whole ordeal leaves me much like my research for Spring Break does: worn out and not wanting to do it.

At the same time, the "torn" feeling is from wanting to avoid going back into the same "rut" I was in. I wasn't happy with my living situation nor was I happy about where some of my friendships were going (or had gone). I'm hoping that making it through this experience will not only make me more worldly but also more willing to cut ties with the things that drag me down in life. While home I felt, for lack of a better word, selfless. I don't want to sound like I need to be taken down off my cross here, but I feel like I was so much at the mercy of others, reputations, my apartment and time that I didn't enjoy life like I am here. It almost makes me want to be back in the dorms with at least the housing responsibility off my shoulders, almost.

I know my reasons for wanting to be home are silly, I just don't want my time here to be mundane like today. In fact, I feel guilty when it does. Really guilty. I mean, I'm in Rome, there shouldn't be days where I'm indoors for the entirety of the day. I can't even use drunkeness as an excuse because I didn't go out last night. Oh well, things should hopefully balance out.

It seems the temperature is going to start climbing which I think is going to excite me for travelling more. I find myself turned off by the idea of going to certain countries/cities when its so cold because I feel like I won't be able to enjoy it, but after hearing Barcelona was high-60s - 70s this past weekend for the girls, I'm a bit enlightened.

Alas, early to bed for I have to rise early and do all my homework I've had 5 days off to do in the morning. I'm a time-management champ.