Torando T2

Wow, the second trimester is finally over, and I have a second to breathe!! I took my trip to Italy during our first break, and was supposed to have a class this week, but the instructor had a heart attack so they canceled the class. Thank heavens! This trimester was rumored to be easier than the first, but the rumors were false. Very false. Classes included quantitative methods, revenue management, corporate finance, real estate, entrepreneurship, tourism information systems, and project development. They were almost all very interesting, but a ton of hard work. The girls (Laura and Danielle) and I decided to start kickboxing to help us get through the trimester, so we grabbed my laptop, Danielle's speakers, and we went to the TV room. We did the warm up and got about 10 minutes into it, then Danielle decided to open the windows. The windows here are a little odd--you lift a lever and the window pivots at the bottom to create an open space of a few inches at the top. Only it turns out that the 2nd window she opened had a broken latch at the top, so the window swung all the way down and hit her on the head. It had to weigh at least 50 pounds, plus the momentum...she had a goose egg the size of a squash ball on her forehead within seconds. We got her some ice, and had JC take us to the hospital to make sure she didn't have a concusion. She turned out ok, but her eye was swollen shut for a few days and she had a nasty black eye for several weeks. And being the nice supportive friend I am, I just started laughing every time I saw her. hehehe.... We had several indian dinners together, other than that the time was full of studying. Oh, and I had a teacher that looked exactly like Kent Knowley, the owner of Port O'Call, but he had an Italian accent. Very odd man

We did manage to go to an Irish pub on St. Patti's day, and it was great!!! I really miss going out and being able to talk to strangers, so Laura, Shubham, Danielle, Dami and Sumati decided to humor me for the holiday. I met a professional cyclist who was willing to try his english to entertain me. Turns out he is a GB Packers fan, too. Luck o'the Irish! We had a great time.

As of last week all the interns left to the corners of the world to do their internships, so they won't even be around for graduation, and the apprentices started working full time so I won't see them either. Hopefully the third trimester will be a little lighter work load! Italy and Lyon stories later tonight--miss you all!!