Typical Saturday

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The first hour of school was Italian and I reread the end of my Italian book because I forgot to bring a new book.  The next hour was biology and I tried to listen again.  I understood a little bit of it.  Then my friend and I just talked about Christmas traditions and what not.  The next two hours were P.E. so we took the bus to the gym.  We were doing basketball again today and I realized how much I hate sports.  I like to run, jump rope, swim… I just don’t like activities where you have to work with a team I guess.  First we played one on one basketball for 30 seconds each pair, two on two for a minute, three on three for one minute and 30 seconds and then everybody played together for 5 or 10 minutes.  I couldn’t tell.  The one on one was super embarrassing because I was paired with a guy who was good at basketball and I felt bad for him because I just wasn’t trying and I suck at basketball as it is.  It was awful.  The two on two was a little better.  When everybody was playing, I pretty much walked back and forth across the court following everybody and I never touched the ball once.  The last hour of school was art and I did Sudoku.

I was picked up from school and my host parents and I went to my host dad’s parent’s and sister’s house for lunch.  It was a birthday lunch for Roberto and I.  It was really fun and I stuffed myself with delicious food.  I felt like I was able understand more of the table talk this time.  We stayed until 4 and then went home.  I grabbed some movies from my package that I got from my parents and I went to Janie’s house.  We watched one movie and half of another and then we got ready to go out.

We were dropped off in the center around 8 and we went and got dinner.  We didn’t want to eat in the restaurant, so we got it to-go and we decided to go sit in the park and eat even though it was freezing cold outside.  After we ate, my feet and hands were pretty much numb.  We decided to go to the pub even though it was early. 

When we got to the pub, it was super busy inside, so we decided to sit outside.  Both Janie and I were a little homesick tonight because we miss the American way of life.   The movie made us think about it more. We talked about that for a while and then a bunch of people started coming outside of the pub so we went in and found a table in the warmth.  We didn’t know what to do so we ended up playing card games for about two hours.  I felt super lame because Janie and I were just sitting there playing cards by ourselves, but we were cracking each other up, so it ended up being a fun night.

Giulia and her friends showed up 20 minutes before we had to leave and we talked with them until it was time to go.  Janie and I both have to get up early tomorrow to go to Gualdo, another city near Fabriano.  My one day to sleep in and I have to get up early. Figures…

Buonanotte!

~Devon