mondays are nice

i really enjoy my ancient city class. we meet 4 days a week, but only monday is an actual lecture. it seems like all of the lectures are just...really fascinating. like... i would sit and listen for fun in my free time...but instead i'm getting credit for 2 classes. Also, the workload is pretty fair when you consider that it really is two classes. there is a lot of weekend reading, but then nothing during the week. we have a weekly quiz on the reading and field trips, two on-site oral reports, a short (7-9pg) term paper, and a final.

my oral reports are on the form and function of the Roman Senate house and the statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus. for my term paper i'm going to explore the statue issue more, looking at representations of Augustus in sculpture. So exciting!

anyway, i have Italian class in two hours, so i'm going to try to get a good chunk of wednesday's latin homework out of the way. tomorrow is going to be a busy day. i have an all day field trip to Lavinium, Nemi, and Tusculum, which is supposed to get back at 6, but then i'm also going to this... Wellesley gathering on tuesday night. Several Wellesley alums, and Wellesley students abroad in Rome are getting together for a cocktail party to meet and talk with Professor Emeritus Alan Schechter, who apparently was Hillary Clinton's advisor at some point, and happens to be spending a few days in Rome. It should definitely be interesting, but it goes from 6-9, so there is going to be a mad rush to get over to the party (completely on the other side of Rome) as soon as I get back from the field trip. But still...very cool, gotta love that Wellesley network.

so yes... off to translate some martial!