Spring!

Spring is in full swing finally. For the past week or so the weather has been gorgeous (70s and clear skies) and it has made life in Rome even better. I thought I'd make a list of all the things I love about spring time in Rome:

1. It's gorgeous- The flowers are blooming and the way the sun hits the city adds a new brightness to it. The Wedding Cake Building looks even whiter and everything just seems more happy.

2. Laundry is easier- As long as I do my laundry during the day light I can dry it on the balcony instead of in my room. The clothes dry faster and there isn't a huge drying rack taking up half our room.

3. Warm Weather Clothing- I've always had a theory that people look better when the weather is nice. Most of you know in DC I don't wear all that much color (I stick to black, grey, white and denim) but here I have a nice spring wardrobe of pinks, blues and greens, even a bag that is white with flowers on it.


4. Skin Tone- Because of the gorgeous weather and strong sun I have been able to sit outside as I do homework and spent Sunday tanning on my balcony. I'm back to a more normal skintone for myself and not looking all so sickly. Basically when my dad gets here this weekend (YESSSS!) I won't get told I should get to the beach or that I look pale. Sadly, I have tanlines from the top I wore yesterday from eating my lunch in the garden at school.

5. Overall Happiness- It's hard to motivate myself to do anything when it's rainy and cloudy, all I want to do is sleep. But with the gorgeous weather I have been up and doing homework or errands that I need to do earlier without a problem. This is partly why we picked the yellow room (to wake up to bright colors), but in general it's easier to get going, which is good since I have a lot of homework and project to be doing.

Back to some homework. It's only 9:15 am, but I woke up early to skype my friend (which skype totally failed us) and put in some laundry. Hopefully Music won't be canceled today since we haven't had class in like 2 weeks.