not working on a paper

i should not be blogging. i should be researching primo levi. lol. but i'm not. obviously. i don't know...its like i've lost my homework work ethic this semester. which, i know i'll regain when its necessary (like this summer in class) but right now i just don't want to write it. i want to be outside. i want to enjoy Florence. and i keep saying to myself "its not due until April 23rd." haha. and i have time. and two days off of school next week to work on it. its so easy to find excuses.

so i know i posted about my fall semester schedule earlier. that's changed. its more cost effective to take only one summer class. so that's what i'm doing. and then i had to figure out how to make some other things work. but i'm taking mostly the same classes, i just substituted one for another. so its all good. i am feeling not stressed about it at all.

for the second time ever, i went rooting around on different publishing company websites to see what their job offerings are. i know, its early. and i always end up kicking myself because something awesome is offered and i can't apply for it. haha. but i don't it makes me nervous and excited for the future. at this point, i think Penguin seems like the most fun, or the best fit, granted i don't know much about them. the last time i looked at their site they had a job posting for an HR/Training Assistant - how perfect would that have been?! - and then today when i looked they had an opening for a Marketing Assistant. both in NY, NY. most of them are based there, or have branches in Chicago. i did peek at some in London too. so besides publishing companies i also took a gander at random ones that would just be fun to work at like Apple and Google (which was rated the best place to work in an article i read this last year).

there are so many tourists here right now. according to Danny - one of the guys who works at CAPA - this is nothing. there are a million that coming starting in May. its hard to walk anywhere. i am constantly surrounded by all these people. and they won't move. its funny, i mean, i can completely understand why Italians get annoyed with us. we are loud. we are always in the way. we are always holding up some area because we need to get the perfect picture. lol.

okay, i am going to push my way through the San Lorenzo Market to get a couple last minute souvenirs.