The Day of the Creatures

So it has been a couple of days since my last blog post and that is due to the busy schedules we have had. Monday and Tuesday were filled with classes and more classes which were actually full of new ideas that can be used in the every day world. I want to take the time to compliment our teachers, Vanessa and Patricia, on overcoming the task of teaching "boring" things and actually taking the information and pairing them up with examples that we are learning in our everyday lives in Florence. OK, now I gave them their 10 seconds of fame on my blog so I will move on to other things, me. Today has been a long day and still isn't over with. We woke up at 6:00 this morning to go to the train station to book our tickets for Paris. Immediately after we came home and finally found 2 hotels after 2 weeks of searching. We were all ecstatic because it was starting to look like Paris would never get to see these 6 crazy Cajuns.

After this we went off to Italian language class and learned our numbers and ABC's, well not really, it just sounded good. It felt like kindergarten all over again. Right after this we went take a tour of the Ufizzi which contained many famous works of Michelangelo. Our tour guide was amazing and even called an Asian man a "creature" as she said it. We had a last laugh with her and by this time we were starving. We decided it was time to go get a Kebab from our favorite shop Mesopotamia Kebabs. Do not let the name fool you because the owners Mustafa, Billy, and Tommy give you dinner and a show. After three weeks they know our names, somewhat, and pretty much everything about us.

The next thing on the list was a speaker from the American Consulate who taught us about what she does. She basically works here in Italy and works with American companies who want to export internationally. It was interesting to find out that only 1% of US companies export internationally and of that 58% goes to Mexico and Canada. These numbers are crazy when you think about how much we import.

Tonight we have cooking class and I do believe it will be an early night because tomorrows schedule goes like this:

• Train for Pisa at 8
• Pisa until about 3
• Train back to Florence
• Pack
• Bus to Amalfi Coast at 6
• Sleep

Now before I go I want have a very difficult homework assignment that I have to do for Mrs. Pat. Some of this will not make any sense to the average reader because you are not in our class so I will try to make it easy to read. So here's to you men haters out there. I will start off by quoting Mrs. Pat when she said in her blog "love conquers all". This being said I must write a job analysis on my spouse I want to one day have. I could probably go on for days about this and probably make a few have the "she man women hater's club" out to get me so I will keep it short.

For all of you who do not know what a job analysis is; it is a procedure that involves identifying every aspect of how a job is done by interviewing and observing someone doing that job. Now to some of you a relationship/marriage can be a job in itself but when in reality I do not believe this should be the case. People who feel this way probably aren't happy and the relationship/marriage probably will not work. Anyway let me get down to my analysis of my spouse.

I believe that the absolute most important thing my spouse should be able to do is make me laugh and make me happy. As a 21 year old guy looks can be very important right now but as I have learned looks don't mean anything. I say you should find someone who is pretty much your "type" so I don't think I have anything to worry about in the looks department because I mean come on what can I say, hahaha. OK I will get serious because this is a "homework assignment" and I do not want to look like the cynical guy.

My spouse should be someone of intelligence with a brain somewhat bigger than that of a "squirrel". She needs to be able to support our family in case something would happen to me because I do believe I will be able to support the family. Now before all you men haters start getting your horses in an uproar, I am not saying women cannot support a family, I just come from a background of believing that the man should support his family and not have his wife work so hard. I must say though I know many women who support themselves and their kids alone so kudos to you, but I do know many who sit at home and do absolutely nothing. I'm digging myself deeper aren't I.

I look at life this way, and I do own this quote. "If you want something, why not go out and get it. Do not think twice about it and nothing is never impossible. Even if you cannot afford it or it seems physically impossible, there is always a way around it, and if you do not seize the opportunity one day you will look back and regret not doing it." That being said my spouse must have this outlook on life and never be scared to try new things and worry about the consequences later because I tell you what, I have done more things in my life that some people will never do in their life and I owe this all to my family supporting me, although it takes a little bit of convincing sometimes. 

In a nutshell I want that sweet, loving, caring, intelligent, never scared, blonde hair, blue eyes wife that everyone dreams of having. OK so the last two are only additives to the rest, but do not have to come with the package.

By all means please do not hate me or think I am cynical in any way ladies. I will be taking applications at anytime so include your resume and I will start the "recruitment process" and then move on to "orientation". This was for you Mrs. Pat.

Once again "love conquers all"...

I am finally done, thanks for bearing with me....