I was just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. So many thoughts. Good thoughts. Bad thoughts. Normal everyday thoughts. Sometimes watching your thoughts feels like a roller coaster. Up and down and all around and back again. All of a sudden I got another thought. And it was something like this: ‘these are just thoughts. None of this is real.’ And then, ‘well then, what is real?’ if this isn't real, then what is?’

By the time class was over today my brain actually hurt from having to concentrate so much. You really can experience your brain hurting from thinking too much. It turns out that a lot of the “students” in my class are nuns and priests from various different countries. The catholic religion is strong here. as one would guess being in Italy. But I am pretty far behind this class so I am having to focus a lot on understanding what the hell is going on at every minute. I just am not caught up with them yet. which is actually good because I will learn more to catch up. 

coliseum, treve fountain, piazza di spagna, the Forum, the roman baths, the pantheon, Julius ceaser, Brutus, marc antonym, octavius, etc etc. the scooter madness, the tour group, the girl, one Liz Stone. Army lieutenant , WestPoint grad, Rhodes Scholar. Really made an impression on me. it was like man you can take all the looks in the world and it wouldn’t match up to when you meet a girl who is just really smart and has it together and knows what she's doing and has a good head on her shoulders and has a good heart, etc etc. all that stuff is so much more important than the looks of the girl. Now you throw that together with a hot girl who has a real sense of style and fashion. And you’ve got yourself a super hero girl. 

The more I stay away the more I love America and Americans. We are not only very lucky to live in the country we do but we are very lucky to be the people that we are.