#oh and i get home and the wifi's down 🙃

[idfk-im-bad-at-names]

Could some huevitos please catch me up on what's happening...?

[stayarmytinyzenmoa-l]

oh boy do i have a story for you 😭 once again this is a rant i'm sorry but it's long akhbdfn THERE'S A READ MORE BUTTON GOD BLESSSSS

so today i stayed home alone from 7 am until now because my parents had to go to work for the first time since covid and even though i've stayed home alone before this was the first time that i've stayed home for extensive periods of time so obviously my parents were a bit on edge from it all and were calling up to check in on me from time to time which was understandable

but today's going pretty good, i'm having an unusually productive day and before i know it, it's time to pick up my youngest brother from his bus stop

so i walk over and get there exactly at the time i was supposed to be there but here's the thing: there's nobody there

so i'm thinking "ehh it's hot people are probably in their cars waiting for the bus to get here" but there's literally n o o n e on the street even after 10 minutes which gets me panicking because oh god i've just lost the baby of the family and i can just image my parents going off on me for that 😭

so i'm panic calling my mom, no reception because the cellular reception around our community is horrible, no one that i can contact, and i'm contemplating running back home to connect to the wifi and call my mom but i can't do that because if the bus comes when i'm at home they're taking my brother back to school because he needs a family member to be there to pick him up because he's only in 1st grade

so as i'm pacing from the bus stop to a few houses down our block one of the moms pulls up and she goes "did you get the text from the school?" and i swear everything just stops in my head

obviously since i'm not his parent i have no form on communication with the school so i went "no i'm actually here to pick up my brother. did something happen?" and then i find out that both of my brothers schools and the high school nearby has gone under lock down because there were armed people on the campus trying to steal catalytic convertors 🙃 (for landscaping purposes i will mention that the elementary, middle, and high school are basically next to each other)

so after finding out about this i go back home to call my mom since it's going to be a while before they let the kids go back home and while i'm walking home one of our neighbors who has kids around my youngest brother's age sees me walking back and comes up to tell me the same thing about the schools going under lockdown, except his wife works at said high school so she's getting the inside scoop on everything and updating him in real time

after talking to him i went back home and finally was able to call my mom and she told me that she had been trying to call me as well but wasn't able to because the connection was horrible 😭 she started tracking my brother's bus and after half an hour he finally comes home and i'm just relieved that he's doing okay and that i have to worry about only one more brother getting home

once i get home my dad calls me up and he goes "where you outside at this time?" and i said yes, i was at the bus stop to which my dad goes "oh my god the suspects were running in our community at that time" which they were in fact armed as well 🙃 luckily they weren't near me when i was there and i was pacing around the block at that time so i didn't see them if they were there

also there were helicopters flying over but i didn't think too much about it because i thought it was just a news station or air lift 😭

i thought today was going to be a calm day but nah 😭 it was certainly a day goodness

No fucking way WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THIS HAPPENING I mean somewhat high cuz we live in the US but still holy hell that’s actually kind of terrifying. I’m glad your brother’s are okay though and props to you for being a good sister!!!

[jocy-diaries]

06.27.2022

I didn't sleep well at all... I wonder if it's just nerves. My stomach feels weird and it's like one of my pills is stuck in my throat. And I looked in the mirror today and one of my cheeks is really red and a bit puffy? I have no idea what's going on. Allergic reaction? But to what??

This morning I went to my first in person class! It was with the same teacher I had previously, and I think she was disappointed that I still don't know very much. And honestly, I am too. But apparently we'll be going to Fiesole on Wednesday! A friend at the library said I should go there, so I'm glad it's happening.

I'm going to be spending $100 easy on groceries and stuff to make me feel comfortable here. But its for the whole month so I think it's worth it. But ohmygosh the foreign currency surcharge is real. And it's annoying.

Is: Hot as balls outside.

Me: Lets cook a nice hot meal with some hot tea to cheer up the mood yes?

To be fair, it was delicious and just what I needed. But I am constantly sweating here.

My roommates are the kind to go clubbing often and it's like 😬 I want to go? Maybe? But I'm also just more comfortable not. I will do it for one night just to see how it is, but nothing more I don't think. I'm too much of a library girl for this. Plus I do think I'm still recovering from all of my previous alcohol lol

I really want to go out but I'm forcing myself to wait until the sun comes down a bit so I won't be sweating the whole time.

Oh also. It's confirmed that I'm older than everyone here 🙃 I'm 24. My roommates are all 21. The other two girls in my Italian class are 16. Help. And they were really surprised surprised I said my age too. I won't degrade myself on writing but I sure thought it.

Now that I know what work has been like I kinda wish I'd said 'You won't see me for a whole month. Peace' That would have been soooo much better. I don't think I'll be keeping the job afterwards anyhow so. Meh. It did exactly what I needed it to do and that is enough.

Also~ I made some fried rice for lunch! I was really scared that I would have added too much or too little water to the rice since I made it without a rice cooker, but it ended up being perfect~

After the sun started to go down I went on a walk to act as a tourist~ I took sooo many pictures! My one complaint is that everything here is too tall. In France you have a few prime tall buildings but here all of the buildings are old and HUGE. Even La Spezia wasn't like that. After being a tourist I got some gelato~ And I decided I like ice cream better :/ Then I I some more grocery shopping. And then... I got lost ;-; I had to use Google Maps to get home lol

And fun fact, apparently the apartment were staying in and the location and our roommates are all very well done and I'm one of the lucky ones! :D Thank you my goddess~~

Gosh now I wanna take a bath and go to bed. My roommates are all going out to the club so they're looking their best and I'm so jealous. I wish I looked that good in face and body. I'll go out with them sometime this week. Just once to try it out. And once they're out of the apartment I'll hog the living room since that's the only place that has wifi atm. Someone should come by to fix it tomorrow tho. I hope they do.

Turns out one of my roommates is a rugby player and the other swam with Olympic athletes :T This is great for my self esteem.

Anyways. I really want to go to sleep but I've gotta study and do work... All of this walking around all day is really exhausting.