Bittersweet Symphony

So good news…I am finally finished with classes!!! Bad news…finals start Sunday…not fun. However, they only last until Monday and then I am free to explore Rome without worrying about deadlines and homework. It is really starting to hit home that I will be back in 7 days and it is a bittersweet realization. Bitter because I am leaving the most beautiful, wonderful place I have ever seen. Sweet because I am going back to my own home with my own bed and a family that I have truly missed over the past four months. I would not have traded any of it for anything in the world. I feel that I have changed for the better through this experience. It has made me more independent, more outgoing, and less apprehensive to try new things (food, activities, friends with different personalities,etc.). It has made me a well-rounded individual and has taught me the importance of being open-minded. I hope that these newly found characteristics will continue and that future experiences will have an effect on me because of what these characteristics have taught me.