mi chiamo lyn.

so... since there are only 50 days until i fly off to italy, i'm taking some time to learn a little italian. i have flash cards and everything. "speak in a week" is the program i got, and so far, it's fun and i think it might actually work to help me survive the month of italian living. i looked at pictures of cinque terra today... and i can't wait. 

some of my other conquests lately, are to read slaughter house five(book trade with erin), and to finish the chronicles of narnia before the end of may. when i get back to searcy for the month of painting, i'll be reading books 2 & 3 of the golden compass... since i have finally finished all 7 harry potter books, which were the reasoning for not finishing the golden compass series back to back... which bothers me... but- its ok. dadams got all flustered with me when i finished book 6 of hp and was freakin out cause i needed book 7... he said "we all had to wait forever! i think you can wait a week!" bahahah- oh dadams. 

i'm slowly making a packing list for the summer, and i think i'm making very good decisions about what goes in the backpack and what doesn't. i think it's better for me to plan and write out every last thing i think i'll need and then go back and slowly cross out things that i know i won't use. it works that way for me. i don't think i'll be bogged down by my bag being too heavy, or by things that will just take up space.

i think i'm having withdrawal symptoms... i quit having 20 studio hours a week... and i quit cold turkey. i need an apron and a drop cloth... i need to make a mess. i need to be artsy.