June 1:... Rescued a bird today! Well, helped it, at least. It was a fledgeling and couldn't quite fly yet. Gwen got it rather tame after a while. Marino has taken some of our pieces home to fire -- seems he'll have to reassemble Gwen's. Otherwise, more drawing and video games today. Also Audra's birthday. I really want more wine.
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June 2:...Painted more tiles. After lunch, studenti went on tour with Skillen of the underground of the convent -- effectively getting me out of dish drying. Yay. After lunch, Gwen and I computered more, and took a break at 5 so I could do some grocery shopping. Well, it was Wednesday and the grocery store was closed, so we got gelato. For some reason, the gelateria was mobbed. When we returned, I showered, computered some more, then we all evacuated the convent at 7:30 to go to Pizzeria Charlie's. It was Pamela's birthday, and she got a cake. We stayed until 10 something, then left for home, inexplicably exhausted.
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June 3:... Did not a whole lot in class today. After a pretty good pranzo, dried dishes, then had the talk over my course grade with Skillen. Argh. Colored. At 5ish, went out, got some very minimalist groceries. No wine. Later, had phone call from mom. Watched Gwen play more video game until midnight. Went to bed.
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June 4:... Last day of dish drying. Did a whole bunch of not much and at least 6 1/2 hours of video gaming with Gwen. Typed up two papers for Skillen. Joy.
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June 5:.. Claudia cleaning today, so Gwen and I evacuated and went to the market, got a few shirts (2 euro each) and a bikini (*wince*) and Iater I got a new pen -- my old one died-- and (finally!) an Orvieto magnet for Jenny. Returned and tried on stuff. All fits. After pranzo, showered, washed some clothes and started on last page of comic. More computering with Gwen. At 10, ate dinner. Saw candles on cliff edge with Peter and Gwen. Returned, worked more on comic page. Partially colored now. Went to bed.
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June 6:... Last day of kitchen duty. Boy am I a slacker. Finished the last page of my comic -- I have five sketchbook pages left -- and wrote a whole 20 days of journal online. No gaming today. At 7, there was an end-of-the-semester party with the nuns, and Skillen wore his Ferrari jumpsuit. Madre Giovanna called him Spiderman. I showed a bunch of people my comic. Lataer, I cleaned the kitchen and went to bed. Note to self: Sister Sue is borrowing "By the pricking of my thumbs:.
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June 7:... Got my box back today, all fired. A few cracks, but otherwise good. Everyone debated about how to paint them for most of the class. After pranzo, Gwen showed me more cut scenes from a video game, I investigated one of Julia's books ('Color' by Victoria Finlay), and when we got stuck on the game, we went to work on our sculptures, then went to a meeting where Skillen told us some return trip protocol. After, Gwen and I went to a restaurant -- I had crepe with ricotta-spinach filling and cheese-truffle sauce, and a creme caramel custard for dessert. Mmm. After, we made progress on the game and went to bed.