For those of you who saw my latest post, you may have noticed that it was in Italian. Sorry about that. I just realized I switched the language on everyone. My mother actually called up saying... "Um... PJ, your blog is in Italian." Grazie mille mama!

So, I guess before I run off to take a bath and study my GRE (math....) tonight I should take this time and translate what I wrote into english.

I have finally arrived back in Padova after a great vacation and New Years, with a lot a food, family, friends, and cold weather. This week in the lab there is not much going on as my colleagues are all writing their theses. I actually don't have my project yet, as I am currently dealing with a tremendous amount of bullshit in trying to get one document, that is taking some office outside of the University decades to obtain. I know this is a growing experience for me but I don't have decades, I have two weeks! In this period it seems that nothing is going my way or in my favor. But, I must say that I am in Italy, and I couldn't ask for anything more! I mean, I have my passport which allows me 90 days until I need to return to the USA. I just wish I could get this done sooner so I could go to another country for a weekend. Go see my friends in the UK, France, Spain, Croatia, Switzerland, maybe even go to Prague or Norway?


I am very happy to be back, besides the Nulo Osta fiasco. I am fencing more, however, I am ditching practice tonight as my back, and both legs are swollen and sore from the conditioning I did last night (2 hrs of hell!) But, I am 2 hrs stronger!