Standard Monday

Why am I so good at hitting the snooze button? Last night, I made an itinerary and was hoping to stick to it, but all fails when I decided to sleep in until noon. Shame on me...I know.
Anyways, I got my 25minute jog..hoping to pave a new path soon but I am a little nervous to jog out in the open, busy streets of Via Trastevere.
Onion, cheese, omelet breakfast ready when I came back...expected nothing less. Walked to school because it was still nice out...worked up a sweat walking up all those hills...probably could have done without that mushroom white pizza I stopped to buy on the way with Libby.

Surprises of the evening:
1. Care package from the parents containing, HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER, almound butter with chocolate, my sperry loafers, europe plug converters, cookies, workout cds, a nice little note, Italy books...ei yi yi GRAZIE MAMI!
2. Receiving a text message during class while eating my almond and peanut butter, "Hey, I signed you and Libby up for the cooking class tonight- I forgot to tell you, see you there!"
Our roommate was a sweetheart and signed us up before it filled up so tonight we enjoyed making Bavette al pesto, patate e fagiolini. I learned how to make pesto from scratch without a blender...a lot harder than I thought. Cooked potatoes until they were soft, added green beans and noodles- and wa-la!

Mashing it all up

Mashing garlic

Preparing the basil

Pesto Ingrediants

Final Product!

Roomies