Ciao………
MAY 2ND WHAT THE HECKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!! This date is not okay. I remember being like January 24! I am leaving! BAHHHH!
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY (+1 DAY) to one of my bestest friends Rachel Brown finally!! Can’t wait to get home to celebrate soon! Love and miss you of course!
Well kiddos.. It’s May 2nd. I am not okay with this.
But what is new with little miss Shelley Marie…….
Yesterday Ainsley and I had a really rough day…. We laid on the beach all day and soaked up some serious sun. It was quite enjoyable obviously.
So we woke up bright and early and took the 7:47 am train to Forte Dei Marmi about 1.5 hours away from Florence. My friend from accounting had told us about the beach there when Ainsley came into my class on our break the one day. She had overheard us talking about going to a beach for a day trip if we didn’t do Sardania this past weekend and she recommended this one! She was SO right; I thanked her today in the other class I have with her!
So we got to the train station at about 9:30ish and asked how to get to the beach. Turns out the beach was like 4km away, which is like 2.5 miles away. Ainsley and I are champs at directions and decided to walk it instead of taking a taxi cause apparently it was go right at the church and then just keep walking straight. Easy enough we thought! So we did keep walking straight after the church and ran into several interesting things on the way- 1 was a huge statue of a rooster sitting on a giant walnut……..then some big dolphin statue, Conad City that looked trashy (which is the grocery store in Florence), and some run down house that we said was being renovated and we were going to move into it. Well after every quick turn or hill and then a bridge- we would be like okay around this turn, after this hill, after this bridge, there will be hope and so we would just keep walking and walking and it reminded us of Florida a lot……Then it changed from Welcome to Florida to Welcome to the Hamptons. It got to be the richest looking area ever…..Prada, Gucci, Dolce, Etc., as well as a bunch of other rich Italian stores. And then we saw their little Pier looking thing and the beach! The beach was GORGEOUS and the weather was FABULOUS! Multo Bene : ) !!
We really lucked out with the weather considering we thought on Thursday when we were looking at places to go, we thought that the rain percentages just kept going higher as the weekend progressed! But nope, not here! It was bright and sunny and hot!
So we first walked down the Pier and took photos and then decided it was time to beach it!
The beach was not very crowded, but we didn’t know if it was a public beach or what. The area was so rich looking with a ton of little club looking things of chairs and tables for people to sit on that you probs had to pay for. So we finally decided after going the one way to turn around and lay out in this area where others were laying!
So we laid out our towels, popped our iPods in, and tanned! Ainsley fell asleep pretty quickly and I just enjoyed the sun! I also started out by doing my budget for the next 2 ( :( !! ) weeks! Then I just enjoyed the nice sun rays I just love and worked on my tan!
But during our tanning time, the lovely people I deal with at the fleamarket who sell my purses also sell them here; they’re just not near as legit as the ones I buy. All these men kept coming up to us trying to sell clothes, jewelry, towels I think, and esp. purses. I can’t stand the people anymore because they do it so much in Florence, so I always flat out rudely say no. But I mean come on, yes it is HIGHLY illegal, but seriously if you’re going to try and sell me illegal purses- MAKE THEM LEGIT LOOKING! I mean seriously, the V on a Louis Vuitton being smaller than the L………You think I don’t notice that. I am a pro at shipping for this stuff.. I wish I knew their language so I could say THESE SUCK! I mean I don’t sell the stuff, but if I got caught and arrested like they could, at least I would want to get caught for selling legit looking stuff. HAHA!
Anyways, Ainsley and I both brought work to do, like I was going to write my oral presentation for Italian and she had stuff to study I think. FAILED.
We laid there for quite a while and then I was like okay maybe I should do something and got out Italian and then I was like I can’t write this and then I tried to read Eat. Pray. Love. SUCKS I couldn’t read that. Geez my attention span with a book SUCKS! I like the movie; the book just started out going so back and forth and everyone knows I don’t read books that have movies : ) !! So then I just decided my priority was just to enjoy the sun! : )
It got to be about 1:30ish and I looked at Ainsley like I need a beverage. Our waters were basically warm and we both agreed we wanted a nice pina colada or of course me, I wanted a nice cold frozen margarita. So we got up and were going to try and find a grocery store and just make some kind of drink, but the little town was just too rich, so there wasn’t much hope for finding one close. But we got up anyways and went on the hunt for one. Ainsley had gone to change earlier and said the little café at this club looking thing by where we were laying out may have had drinks but I was like ya probs EXPENSIVE! So then we got up and walked around the pretty little town. I have never been to the Hamptons, but I was like I have seen it on TV and the town reminded me of it!
So then we agreed a nice canoli or something cold would suffice since no grocery store was in sight and we finally saw people with gelato and found the bakery it was coming from. HELLO SHELLEY MARIE FINALLY GOT HER COOKIE SHE’S BEEN SEARCHING FOR! (The one I am obsessed with from San Gimnano!) Ainsley got gelato and I wasn’t enthused by anything, but I saw this cookie that looked like it had pine nuts on it, but I didn’t think it was my cookie since it wasn’t in the same thick shape. I was going to just try and find somewhere else for gelato, but I decided to risk it and try whatever cookie it was cause it looked so close to mine. So I got 4 little cookies and the lady told the cashier PINOLINI and I was like BAHHHH Ainsley it’s my COOKIE!!!!! Finally! I was so happy!
The cookies weren’t as good as the San Gimnano one, but it is because they weren’t in the same thick shape. However, obviously they were good and I was very pleased to finally be reunited with my dear cookie. : )
So then we decided it was just give up and time to go back and lay out esp. because like 2-4 I think is like prime time tanning time and everyone knows I can’t miss that. So we went back to the café place Ainsley had talked about earlier and we got waters and then decided a nice cold Diet Coke would suffice to split.
So we got that and took it back to the beach and laid our stuff out again and drank our Diet Coke and waters. Then we put our iPods in and started chatting about home again, ER stories, and other random stories. I explained to her the story of my feet and why I had surgery, it’s so weird to think that was so long ago. Haha! And then Ainsley as funny as she is had so many funny stories I just cracked up hearing! I swear I don’t know what I am going to do without her random faces, hilarious jokes, etc. in 2 weeks. Thank God for texting, phones, Facebook, and skype!! Oh ya and NEW YORK in November. : ) !!
We both went in and out of the water every so often since it was so hot, but neither of us swam. It was still kind of cold. SO then it got to be about 5:20 and we packed up our stuff and headed back for the train station to take the 6:20 train home. Ainsley was pretty burnt and I thought I was too, but I got a lot of color mainly. I wasn’t near as bad as Sicily though! SO we got dressed and headed back for the train station. We had originally agreed to getting a taxi back earlier when we were walking to the beach, but then decided the walk home shouldn’t take as long now that we knew what to expect. Ainsley and I esp. love little Italian children because they are so presh! There was this precious little child walking out in front of us and I swear I was like you are too freeking precious in those little green pants! Haha
So then we walked back to the train station and got our tickets for home! We don’t know why the ticket was so much cheaper, but we were fine with it! We then waited for the train after we almost thought we missed it and luckily we got on the train at the right time. The other beach we talked about going to, but have heard too many mixed reviews on is called Viareggio, which is like 1 or 2 stops before ours and when we got to that stop on the way home it was like a mad rush of people on the train. We had a hard time enough with finding seats, but then it became standing room only after Viareggio. At first, we were sitting across the aisle from each other, than the people sitting by me got off and Ainsley moved over and then the huge mass of people that got on made the train standing room only. We were both sweating from our sunburns and because it was SO hot in general!
So then people kept getting off at really random stops, but whatever, and then we finally made our way back to Florence at about 8ish! All the train rides now bring back memories because everytime I pass the stop for Firenze Compo, I think of Sam and I’s terrible train ride mess back from my beloved Sicily! Haha
So then we both agreed we didn’t want to cook, so we were debating kebabs or my sandwich place for pizza this time! I told Ainsley Saturday when we got my sandwich for the last time, I wanted to get pizza from there at least one more time too! So we decided on the pizza and if it looked bad, then kebabs instead! The pizza looked legit, so Ainsley got this huge sausage pizza I have been wanting to try ever since I had the sandwich the first time with Alexa and I got this procioutto and mushroom pizza. We bought different pizzas on purpose so we could share pieces with each other! Both pizzas were so good and the sausage on hers was DELICIOUS!! So then we took the pizzas and ate them on the steps of the Duomo. It was kind of chilly, so we ate real quick and just wanted to go home! So we both said Ciao and went back to our apartments to shower and then snuggle in our beds!!
So I got home, caught up with Alexa and Bess. Both of them were like dang girl, you got color!! Haha. We were discussing Cinque Terre because Alexa and I both have been, I may go again this weekend actually, and Bess wants to go- so she had questions. I went into the bathroom to actually see myself and I was like OMG you guys, I didn’t know I got this much color! I got so tan-- I loved it though : ) !! haha
So then I decided shower time, no matter how painful it would be-- I had sand all over me! It wasn’t too bad, but it was pretty painful. Lotion, Lotion, Lotion, Lotion for sure! Haha
So then I got into bed, checked facebook, and added like 575 photos from just the past 3 days. I am over 5000 obviously by now everyone! GO ME! Now it’s time to try for 6000 : ) !! haha
So then I did benderball, did more laundry, and went to bed!
This morning I woke up and it was bittersweet. I took some shots of expresso and went down to school to print my paper for Customer Relations and make sure my friend Johanna printed the last part due for our Special Events project! Saw Ainsley in the computer lab and we exchanged burntness stories. She is worse than me and on her legs, she has like 3 different skin tones! Haha
So then we walked over to our LAST Special Events class. Oh now now, we are not SAD! Are you kidding me? I wanted to go to a bar with everyone and cheer our drinks to the last class! Sucks we still have the midterm and party on Friday to set up for! But Ainsley and I missed Haleigh since she was still in London! So we discussed what we thought of the party project, our final, and the party details and then ended the class! Johanna and I had to go to another class, so we had to leave before getting to tell her our real opinions of the project and see how we were doing on everything. I swear this teacher annoys the living heck out of me. She has yet to ever return any parts of our project, so we have no idea how we have been doing, she keeps us over time every class pretty much, the whole party planning deal was stupid because they used like barely any of our idea, and so much other stuff! GRRRR.. Anyways that class is almost over. YES!
Then I walked up to Italian and we did some of the oral presentations and then did some review for our final! I give my presentation Wednesday, so we will see how it goes!
Then of course, bad part of the day number 2- I then, as always, tried to go to the gym after class because we had been told last week it would now reopen today instead of last Tuesday. NOPE! I went downstairs and the whole floor was like dug up and the lady told me it is closed indefinitely and the original gym would reopen next month (HELLO! I won’t be here : ( !!)……..So then I was just mad and dropped my stuff off at home and went out for my run/walk and then back home to do my stretches. I swear, when I get back to my RecPlex/Spartacus workouts………..It’s going to be rough. Cardio Max and my walk/runs can only do so much. GRRRR.
So then I booked it back down to school for my last Customer Relations class! : ) !! Got down there and we had to turn in our papers and then give a short presentation. We got that done and he explained some of the questions on our final and then he ended class early! It was only like 4, so I decided since I have no more internet at my apt. (I will explain that in a moment!) that I would stay and use school’s internet so I could write my Italian oral presentation and catch up on Facebook. I did add like over 500 more photos I think, so check them out. : ) !! SO I caught up with miss Tricia in London finally and then I was running out of computer battery and came home!
Of course, Shelley doesn’t check the weather and had no umbrealla all day! It was sunny earlier, then rained during Italian, then stopped, then started pouring in Customer Relations! Luckily I waited just long enough that it wasn’t raining anymore and so I walked home. One of the last times I have to do this Corso to Italian to the gym and back to Corso, then home routines! Kind of sad, but the walk has gotten annoying. There are only so many different new ways I can go and way too many tourists now. I went a new way today and almost got lost, but theoretically I knew where I was. Haha!
So then I came home, caught up with Alexa, and told her my stories of the day. Then I cooked dinner. I had spaghetti with my new spicey tomato sauce and chickpeas! Then I made my chicken, pepper, and zucchini stir fry type thing right and mixed it with KC MASTERPIECE instead of adding it to the pasta like the other night!! Haha! IT WAS SO GOOD! I just love me some KC Masterpiece!!
Then Alexa and I discussed her family coming and the whole Osama’s dead news! Thanks to my minfeed on Facebook, I found out that news pretty quick. I swear like EVERYONE’S statuses involved that news! Haha! But YAY for America! Now it’s time to get gas prices to go down and I may come home!
So then I took a shower and washed all the rain crap off my legs from my walk/run today, folded my laundry, and then started writing this!
So that is what is new day wise!
But here we go again for real this time everyone. Shelley Marie may be MIA for the next 2 weeks. I got the message today that my internet is almost out. I swear I wish I knew better Italian so I could say some seriously nice words to Vodafone and scream at them for how big of liars they are. I can’t stand them and they are such liars. I am nowhere near my 100 hours I bought, but yet I am almost out of internet. GRRRRRRR. I refuse to buy anymore since I only have 2 weeks left, plus I will not be at my apartment much anymore because we have big plans for this weekend and next week. So if you don’t hear from me, I am alive…..but just don’t have internet access. So check facebook and this for updates.
Like I told Alexa and Tricia today.. I think this whole gym being closed and no more internet is like God’s way of telling me to shut this “I don’t want to go home” crap up and prep to go home. However, I have lived without a LONG list of things I used to love in America…….so no more internet or gym? I think I can handle it if I get to stay here longer and not come home. BAHAHAHAHA! What a joke! Shelley without the gym and Shelley without being able to Facebook creep. What would my life be? Haha! I am just kidding, but no seriously this no internet and gym thing SUCKS.
So if you don’t hear from me, just expect the BACK IN THE STATES text next weekend. (I mean I would put my flight info of where I will be on here, but I have too many creepers! BAHAHAHAHA KIDDING! Just felt like writing that!)
So yes, this is long. Geez how do I do this! Why can’t I write papers like this!!!!!!! Haha
Hope everyone had a good weekend and until tomorrow! Ciao! 3 days till Cinco De Drinko………I mean Mayo! HAHA!
Miss and Love!
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