busy week!

I hand washed my laundry today, it took about an hour and a half total. I need lotion now but sometimes it feels good to work with your hands. I mean besides art, I guess that's work but it's not the same. I don't think I'll ever complain again about the washer+dryer being $1.75 at school. The washer here is 3 euro= $4.50 and there is no dryer... I might indulge one day but I felt like trying out the hand washing this time.
Our fieldtrip on Saturday is to Pienza this week and my group has a presentation so I have to finish that by tomorrow as well as get ahead on my painting. I'll think about what's due Friday after these two are done tomorrow...one day at a time. I'm not really comfortable speaking, especially loudly, in front of people so I'm looking forward to Saturday being over.

Today the three asians (one full, one half, one quarter asian) went on a hunt for a Chinese restaurant because we heard there was one in Camucia, the town a bus stop away down the hill. We got there and..... it's closed on Wednesdays. (It reminded me of when we got to Cortona, the lady introducing us to the town said "the pastry shop is closed today... oh of course, it's tuesday!"... i don't understand how people keep up) So we were very disappointed and went to the co-op that was our destination #2 in Camucia, and the guy at the register told us about another Chinese restaurant a bus ride away, so we went there. Speaking to a Chinese waitress in Italian was probably one of the weirdest experiences I've had so far...