Hi everyone!:)

It is Wednesday afternoon here and I can not possibly be more excited because my parents are leaving for the airport with Jimmy and Rosaria RIGHT NOW! :) I just got finished skyping with them and they were headed out the door. Tomorrow at about this time we will all be meeting up together! We will be spending the weekend in Rome, coming back to Florence for a couple of days and then flying to Sicily to spend Wednesday-Sunday there visiting Sortino's family. It should be an exciting week and a half.

Unfortunately, their visit falls right at the time of midterms for me. I have a lot studying to do while their here but have been preparing for my exams for the past week or so to try and get ahead of the game.

My last week was pretty quiet, just catching up on classes and sleep! There is a concert tonight at one of the clubs we go to that I will be attending. The performer is Mario, who I had the chance to meet while working at TRL. He was really nice so I'm hoping I'll get a chance to meet him again.

That is all for now, I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful fall back in Ohio. We don't get to see the leaves change in Florence like we do in Ohio. It is different here and I miss it! I will update again next week with all of our great pictures from Rome! Maybe even mom and dad will post a little note on here to everyone! We'll see! Love you and miss you all!

Ciao for Now,

Carrie :)