Home Sweet Home.

I'm finally back, I went around Italy for about two weeks and then I came back to Chicago only to leave for Seattle two days after that. It's been a whirlwind! I think I've finally readjusted to the central time zone, so I can sleep in again! I was waking up at 5am because I was still on Italy time, now I can't have any of that- I much prefer to sleep in until 9 or 10. 

As much as I love traveling and enjoyed going to both Italy and Seattle, it sure does feel nice to be in my own bed and in my newly cleaned room- thanks to my mom, who capitalized on my absence by moving all of my furniture, but I have to give her credit, I really like my room now, perhaps even love? It's still in the works though. 

I can't believe it's July already! There's still so much I have to do, so many people that I need to reconnect with before the doom and gloom of school!

Here's a quick list of what I need to accomplish (in no particular order):

1. Go thrifting at least once or twice more this summer. I went today with Ausrine and I found some terrific belts!

2. Finish Pride and Prejudice, The Devil Wears Prada, & Confession of a Shopaholic. Also read  Twelfth Night, Ignatius' Biography (I got a copy from SILS and I'm actually quite interested in reading it.) and whatever else I can fit in, if I even get all of those done!

3. Hang out with friends- there's a long list of people that I want to see.3. Complete the Common Application for colleges.

4. Study for SAT Subject tests and write a couple of college essays.

5. Read the manual to my new camera, so I can use it to my fullest advantage. 

6. PLAY TENNIS. So I can hopefully play singles during the season. I haven't played in a while and I definitely need to work on everything.

And there's more, but I don't feel like writing it out. I just have to get stuff done, I think I should follow Nike's advice: Just Do It.

Cheers!