Sono pronto!

I'm ready.

Today was stressful. I'm learning a lot about myself and how I. Hate. Packing. That is tacked on the list, right next to "I. Hate. Moving." Who would have thought trying to pack your life into a suitcase would be so hard. Right.

But I'M DONE! Hallelujah! I will be sitting on my plane to Philedelphia in just 12 hours. And in 17 hours I will be sitting on my plane to Rome...!!!

Today I said good-bye to Kirsten, my best friend since 7th grade, and we finally got to say, "See you in Europe!" How often do you get to speak those beautiful words to your best friend? (Kirsten is studying in Montpellier, France for the year and she leaves in a little over a week).

Anyway, I just wanted to update one last time before I get to Italy because who knows when I'll be on the internet next. This is also helping to relieve some stress. Whatever; I'll be in Italy soon and it will all be ok, and the next thing I know, it will be December.

OH YEAH. Send love, encouragement$, and rants to:

(my school address)

Briana Cohen

c/o CEA GlobalCampus Rome
Viale di Villa Mossimo, 29
00161 Roma, Italia


-or-


(cell phone)

+1 765 252 0325
This is my "U.S. Virtual number." Call this and you pay whatever domestic fees according to your service provider, and at a lower (but still not cheap) price for me to receive the call.

+39 3357641146
My Italian number! Call this and you, of course, pay whatever long distance fees, but the incoming call is free for me. So, if you're feeling generous and want to give me (and by me, I mean my dad) a gift, call this number. But I will understand if you call the first.

Either way, Europe does have the internet, so I'll have access to email, facebook, this blog. Don't worry your pretty, little heads- you can still reach me.

I love, and will miss, you all! Ciao!

Like a brick wall.

First of all, big thanks to the boyfriend, Drew, for putting up with me today. You're the best, baby!

Today sucked. 

Drew helped me move all of my junk out of my apartment and then drop it off at my parent's houses.  Why did that suck? I hate moving stuff. I think I had a minor melt-down in the midst of it all. It's all so tedious and things get messy; I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.

But on the bright side, all my stuff is out! Ok, not all of it, but most of it. I plan on returning to the apartment tomorrow to clean so I can officially be done with University Park Apartments and our musty, humid rooms. Bleh. 

Anyway, I'm starting to feel a little better about finally having all my stuff in one place. And by one place I mean my mom's house in addition to my dad's. Either way, now it's my turn to go through it all and see what is coming with me, staying, or being permanently exiled from my life. Yay, organization!

But really, today sucked because it was the last big chunk of time I am able to spend time with Drew until December. Sad face. Needless to say, part of the melt-down included the realization of not seeing my boyfriend for three and a half months. Not that it's the end of the world, but we've never spent any extended time apart from one another; so I figure a lot of it is the shock of not being able to just physically be together. Kind of like when Kirsten, Marissa and I all parted ways when we started college. Boy, did we cry. It was kind of funny, really. But we did all that girly stuff, saying good-bye as if it were the last time we'd ever see each other. Then we realized our friendship was stronger than distance and it's all been ok from there. I guess? Whatever.

Today is continuing to suck only because CDs are taking 30 minutes to import to my computer. This is really lame.