"Sometimes in your life, you need lust. You need the adrenaline rush of knowing that this is not forever and that you're not committed to anything."

I've found that I am my happiest while....
-surrounded by my family, looking out across the ocean with the mediterranean sun beating on our shoulders and snow capped mountains on the horizon, eating fabulous food
-sipping on Madeira wine with my sister
-screaming the (correct, although the tv screen says otherwise) words to old Spice Girls songs with my girlfriends on karaoke night at an Italian club while my favorite boy smiles and cheers us on
-stretched out in the sunshine with my best friend on a Tuesday afternoon in Piazza del Popolo
-dancing and singing along like a lunatic to Gaga in my fave Italian disco, which my Lady-Gaga-hating boy slyly requested for me
-kissing said boy all through out the eternal city

Completely different, but I've never felt like I hated school so much in my life. I loved school last semester. It was so challenging. I was always writing, working, reading, thinking, learning... but it was palatable. I tackled 41 essays and came out with nothing under a 94%. I'm not used to struggling, I don't like it (although, being reasonable- who does?), and I feel totally intimidated and inadequate. I also really, really miss my pony.