we're finishing up week 6 (the last week!) of my first long pose. I'm all set to begin a new 6 week pose at a different Florence Academy campus called Bandiera. I've meet some of the students i'll be working with and they're grand, i'm really excited to move over there. the pose at Porta Romana is finishing up well and wasn't nearly as bad as i was expecting, I'm a little tired, but that could be the 30+ hours a week i'm working for the school as well as with artist on their own projects. I started yet another pose with a man named Jordan Sokol, he used to teach for the school and now spends all his time painting. he's really talented and i'm looking forward to seeing how this painting ends up.
it's getting cold here. cold and damp. i'm not going to lie, i don't like it one bit. we turned our heat on though and it's nice to be able to dry clothes on the radiator and to feel warm when i'm going to bed at night. we've been bouncing back and forth between rainy and sunny days and the rain gods are smiling on me and managing to stop the downpours when i need to ride my bike somewhere.... most of the time anyway...
work has been keeping me very busy, i'm still trying to squeeze in some play when i can. before it got too cold i would stop at Boboli Gardens to read for a while before or after work, I'm hoping to make it to the Bargello Museum this weekend, and maybe if i play my cards right i'll make it to the science museum as well. i also found time last weekend to make it to a halloween party (I was Cynthia Gregory... the only american to be named Prima Ballerina) and visit some friends in the country for a bon fire. it was a grand weekend.
I'm hoping to visit Rome later this month, but i might forgo that and save up for a bigger trip over christmas... we'll see. more goals for the weekend are to find a good coat and some boots. i did NOT bring adequate footwear to this country and for my health's sake, it's time to find some warm shoes.
i'll try to post about Venice soon.
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