Halfway there

In terms of learning my opera songs that is, I have names, dates and composers, as well as being able to identify them, for thirteen out of the thirty i have to know.

On Wednesday night, all of my roommates besides Becca and her friend went out, some of them didn't leave until twelve forty, and so I went to bed shortly after. I was hoping to get to bed early, but I just woke up later instead. Apparently in the middle of the night one of the girls kicked Jessica off the couch that she's been sleeping on all week so that her 'guest' (male, not entirely sure of the relationship) could sleep on the couch. It was four in the morning at this time so Jessica came and slept on our cold tile floor with no pillow. Becca was beyond upset, and her anger woke me up. Jessica tried to calm her down for an hour, and after that I don't know what happened as I was able to drift back to sleep. Apparently Stephanie and her guest didn't even sleep on the couch anyway. Drama, drama, drama. While I was waiting for the noise level to subside I looked up cupcake shops in Rome. I have had the craziest craving for a cupcake lately, probably because they don't have them here. I miraculously found an English woman's bakery not far from my apartment. According to the internet it is the only place to get cupcakes in Rome. They sell all kinds of goodies, including pies, brownies, breads, cinnamon rolls, and cookies. I planned to be there at ten o'clock when they opened. I was more excited then a kid on Christmas eve. I woke up at nine o'clock on Thursday and headed for the bakery. I got there at ten thirty, and it was closed. I was extremely dissapointed (must be rough right? when the most disappointing thing in my life is when I can't find a cupcake) I walked back home, moping a little, until a man at an intersection stuck his entire head out his van window to wink at me while driving, that made me giggle. I stopped in a few bars (cafes) on the way back, but they were all extremely busy, and their baked goods just weren't up to snuff. I found a little bread store with a much better selection. I got a honey apple pastry, two coconut items (they were made of coconut, but the consistency of angel food cake: divine :) silver dollar sized pie crusts filled with chocolate and vanilla cream, and a larger mini pie filled with chocolate and topped with a star shaped cookie. The bread shop was busy, and two old men next to me helped me order, I would point at items and say how many I wanted, and these old men would tell the lady behind the counter what they were, the process was much faster that way. I ended up spending five euro, but they were all quite delicious, so I don't feel too guilty. I ate the pastry and one of each of the coconut and small chocolate/vanilla pies on the walk home. I had the other two coconut and mini pies for lunch while working on homework, and then the chocolate star cookie pie for dinner. You are reading this correctly, I ate nothing but baked goods on Thursday and it was wonderful. It was rainy again today, and precipitating decently heavily on my walk to school, but it wasn't as cold as it has been. After class I met one the girls in my opera class and we compared notes for a little bit. On the tram ride home I saw an advertisement for the movie How to Train Your Dragon, so I posted the trailer I saw earlier this year below, it looks pretty awesome :)I came home and continued to work on my identification skills of the songs, as well as finding transportation from the airport in Glasgow to my hostel. All the roommates went out again tonight, but they did it in a much quieter fashion, Becca and Jessica did a pub crawl, so I had the apartment almost to myself, Christina stayed behind as well. It was a pretty productive day, and I'm feeling very on track for the weeks to come.