Finito!

Well, I successfully completed my finals, thus ending my academic career at JCU. Needless to say, it was not a particularly challenging semester. I just hope all my classes do transfer and that they fulfill my major requirements. Nobody needs to know that the school is kind of a joke. It's Middle States accredited! and therefore legitimate. Anyway, my finals all did go well and I left each of them feeling quite confident. It's good to be done because now I can focus on other things.
These other things include: cleaning a lot, packing, finalizing travel plans, going to museums, and Rome in springtime. I have a few places I still want to see here so I've got to get that done before I jet out. Ooooh, I don't like to think about leaving. I know I'll come back here; I just don't know how soon it will be. Maybe someone needs a travel companion? Yes? No matter. I will be back in Italy.
On Saturday I begin another big adventure. We have to move out of our apartment then so I will store most of my stuff and live out of a backpack for 19 or so days. Awesome. I have to pack wisely. Anyway, I may go to Florence for a day or two or just hang out in Rome. Then on the 14th, Mike and I fly off to Istanbul and Budapest. We'll stop back in Geneva after that to rest a bit and do some laundry then we got to Berlin to meet Nikki and Andrew. Finally, Germany! I hope it can live up to the hype I've created in my head. And finally I will return to Rome around the 30th, say good bye and probably cry a little bit on a bridge over the Tiber because I don't want to leave, and fly home on the 1st of June. And then Galen graduates! Everybody is getting so old. I am super excited that everybody will be home and I get to see them all at once. If there wasn't a graduation, I probably wouldn't have the opportunity to hang out with certain family members because they're all grown up and don't live at home anymore. And I would leave for Europe again and then go right back to school. It would be almost a year before I saw them again. Fortunately, that's not how it's going to work. Also, I think Grandpa King will be in town! So much family!
So I am going to get dressed now and spend some time with Rome. Look at art or maybe just go to the park. It is another perfect day here and I have no responsibilities. Absolutely lovely.