I had to go to the police station this morning to ask about my visa being extended and the station didn't open until 8:30 and it closed at 12:30, so I was going to have to miss school either way. I had an english test for the last hour so I told my host parents that the morning would be better for me. Therefore, I was able to sleep in an extra 30 minutes. I wanted to extend my visa for two months because it expires on the 26th of May and I wanted to stay until the middle of July. It turns out that my Rotary counselor said I had to return before July and I was really confused because I never heard him say that so we left the police station before doing anything and went to the gym where we thought Filippo would be teaching (he's a PE teacher), but he wasn't there, so we called him and he called Carlo (my Rotary counselor). Then Carlo called me and told me that I am only allowed to stay until the end of June so there is no point in extending my visa for two months. I was a little upset.
Then we went back to the police station and they told us that I didn't have to prolong my visa to stay longer. I guess I have like 267 days or something in Italy, starting FROM THE TIME I ARRIVE IN ITALY, not the date my visa was issued, so I'm fine. When we figured all of that out. I went to school and I arrived for the last half of the second hour. It was chemistry and I read online until the internet stopped working. I took out my Italian book at that point, but I just stared at it and thought about other things. After break, we were supposed to have religion and physics, but another teacher game and we all sat in a circle in the middle of the room. I tried to understand everything she said. I think she was there because my class is going to start working on a volunteer project or something. During the last hour of that "class", a group of us studied for the English test. We started the english test right away. I had barely studied and there was a lot of questions asking about shakespeare and sonnets so I had to think really hard for those. I did fine on the grammar portion though!
When I got home, we had lunch and then Giulia and I went and layed on the couch for a while. I was wrapped in a big blanket because I was freezing cold and shivering. I have no idea why I'm so cold all of the time. And then there's times when it's freezing outside and I'm fine. It's strange. After about 30 minutes on the couch, I took a shower planning on staying home for a couple of hours because I was going to go out with my friends at 5:30/6ish. Giulia told me that she was going to the library at 4 to study, so I just decided to bring my laptop to the library and go on the internet.
Around 6, Giulia's friends showed up and we walked around the center for a little bit. Then I met up with my friends at the pub and I stayed with them until 8 when Giulia picked me up. We went to Chinese for dinner with her friend Angela. It was good food, but the service was pretty bad. Angela would get her food, finish, then Giulia would get hers, finish, and mine came last twice. I didn't mind waiting. Then I was dropped off at home at 11. I'm going to get to bed before 2:30 tonight!
Buonanotte!
~Devon
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