Random facts and tidbits

- I'm obsessed with dipping food. Or, at least, that's what my roommates tell me. I dip cheese into honey. I dip carrots into cream cheese/powdered sugar/cinnamon mixtures. I dip biscotti into hot liquids. I dip cookies into jam. I dip apple slices into yogurt. It's getting a little out of hand, I think!

- I write backwards. Not, like, "sdrawkcab", but from the right to the left, mirrored. Like Leo de Vinici did, because he didn't want people to steal his ideas. I just do it when I'm writing notes to myself that I don't want the whole world to be able to read over my shoulder.

- I hit snooze WAY too many times in the morning!

- I am horrible about keeping my phone on silent, and I screen my calls religiously. If I don't recognize a number, I rarely pick it up (if I even hear it ringing in the first place!)

- There was a marathon in Rome today. My friend Jason ran it. I ran in it too - to cross the street twice. I went to IKEA with some friends, which was an adventure and a half! It took a long time to get there via the metro to Termini (which was PACKED! I'm not sure I've EVER seen so many people packed into such a tight space, in fact! I was in direct contact with at least 4 or 5 people the whole trip! Then we switched to a bus and got off at the correct stop. We'd intended to go to H&M, but the mall was closed. So we walked through part of IKEA, and then went to get some lunch, then finished the rest of it. When we went to get back on the bus, I didn't move fast enough and ended up standing at the curb waving goodbye to my friends. I decided to walk to the end of the line, one stop down, to try to meet them. I got lost on the way, though, ending up seeing several cul-de-sacs a little too close and personal before I FINALLY got back to the bus stop. On the bus on the way home we witnessed a fight happening on the street beside a bus stop. It was pretty exciting! A guy got mad at another guy and literally started punching him. Yikes! Anyhow, now I'm home, comfortably in my PJs at the late hour of 7:15PM, and I'm going to do some reading before going to sleeeeeeep. I have guests coming in for a couple days the week after spring break, so I'm going to try to use this week to get ahead on some of my homework so hopefully I can spend my time with them NOT having to write papers and do tons of reading!