A Preemptive Strike

So I often feel like I am rather lax when it comes to keeping up my blog and faithfully updating - at least in comparison to my peers. So I thought that since I am fully aware that I am going away for the weekend and probably won't post until Sunday or Monday at the earliest due to the fact that I have FINALLY learned that I won't die if I leave my computer behind when I travel (this is a big step for me), it might be a good idea to post before leaving.  To that effect, I was just going to put up a few random pictures that I've taken over the past month, in celebration of my time here and the fact that my first class ended this morning (HURRAAAAAAY).
But then, I got the best mail ever.
A few months ago I sent a letter to my Grandma in NY with a story and mini illustration of a funny event that happened in my life.  Long story short, I ripped my pants trying to climb in to Jase's truck.  Lovely I know.  So today, when I got a lovely fat envelope from everyone in the Tumbelston Family (EXCEPT MY PARENTS), I opened it to find these Little Lady Masterpieces.

Thats right.  2 pictures of me ripping my pants. If you look closely, you can see that the one in purple has Jase looking around the truck and laughing at me. 

Thanks guys.

Anyway, this was the most splendidly wonderful way to start and already fantastic weekend; my term paper is done, my final went well, I'm off to Venice, and I got lovely lovely letters from my family!! Thank you all :)

Anyway, as per the original plan, here are a few other snapshots of my trip so far: 

 There are Daffodils everywhere- these were in a cloister in Assisi

An awesome doorway in Siena.  Did you know the color was actually named after the hue of the buildings in the town?