Day 1

Today was a little... rough.

7:30am Alarm clock goes off. Jet lag is horrible. Hit snooze.
7:33 Decide to just get up. Floor is freezing! Slippers are soaking wet, probably from the monsoon last night that I thought for sure would break the glass doors in my room.
7:58 Attempt to make espresso using machine in kitchen.
7:59 Cause red light on espresso machine to blink. Red=bad. Give up on espresso.
8:03 Try to turn on hall light. Press doorbell instead. Pray roommates don't notice.
8:15 Board bus to school.
8:16 Make mental note to never stand in front of bus again. Bus driver is lunatic.
8:21 Realize I forgot to buy my ticket. Try to give money to bus driver. Hand him 2 euros. He looks at me and says something I don't understand. I tell him I don't speak italiano. He says five to me. I assume this means a ticket is five euros. Look through wallet and realize left euros at home.
8:22 Jump off bus and avoid eye contact with bus driver.
8:23 Decide to change previous mental note. Front of bus= can find my way home.
8:35 Enter apartment. Turn on light. Hit doorbell again. Rush to avoid potential angry roommates.
8:50 Back on bus, different driver. He tells me it is 1.50 euros. Want to scream. Realize I won't make it to class on time.
9:10 Can't find school. It's raining. I'm wet, tired, and cranky.
9:17 Pace street hoping to magically see school's sign.
9:20 Find sketchy street vendor home base. Turn around trying to avoid being noticed.
9:26 Call school for third time. Still don't understand what secretary is saying.
9:27 Tell myself not to cry. Call Dany for help.
9:28 Cry anyway.
9:50 Find school. Can't get door open. Completely soaked.
9:53 Secretary tells me to go use bathroom hand dryer to try to dry off before taking placement test.
10:00 Write my name on placement test. Stare at placement test.
10:01 Know nothing. Give test back to secretary.

1:00pm Decide I am happy about taking Italian lessons despite minor disaster this morning. Head back to bus station.
1:10 Can't figure out where to buy ticket. Call Dany for instructions. Find ticket machine.
1:16 Realize ticket machine is actually taxi line. Find real ticket machine.
1:18 Watch bus drive away without me.
1:30 Board bus.
1:40 End up back at bus station.
1:45 Try to find real bus. Frustrated. Decide to walk.
1:46 Realize map does not measure distance. Too frustrated with buses so decide to walk anyway.
2:05 Walk in to ghetto. Turn around. Starts raining again.
2:30 Completely lost. Want to cry. Instead keep walking.
3:07 Find two Americans just as lost as me.
3:45 Recognize apartment. Shout for joy.
3:52 Collapse from exhaustion.

I think tomorrow has to be better!