I guess the old saying is true: time flies when you're having fun. And I had lots of fun in 2012, along with many emotional ups and downs. Just to name a few:
(1) My art exhibit "Engaging Moments with Ordinary Sights" (which is why I started this blog in the first place) far exceeded my wildest expectations! For that, I have to thank you, my readers, friends, and family members who cheered me on and helped me out immensely. It could not have turned out this great without your time, effort, support, donations and of course, your presence at the show.
(2) I graduated from college. Finally! So happy!
(3) I studied masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance while living in the beautiful town of Verona. Undoubtedly the coolest experience of my entire life so far. I also ate a lot of pizza.
(4) I matured professionally by working at a museum.
(5) I witnessed three people I love get married.
(6) I made new friends, and became better aquainted with myself.
I can't imagine a year more wonderful than that! I'm looking forward to whatever 2013 has in store . . . hopefully it includes a job.
As a New Year's gift to my faithful readers, I finally published two more posts from Italy! My intention was to finish all of the days in order, but my two days in Rome are proving far more difficult to cover than I thought. There's just so much material (artworks, Roman ruins, run-ins with the transit police) that I could write TEN posts at least. So when they are done and posted I will let you know and give you a link. I'm assigning the date of each post as the day it happened, even if I finish the post months later. That way they will read in the right order, and can be found easily.
In the meantime, enjoy reading about Day 19 and Days 20-21. And have a Happy New Year!
P.S. I noticed that in some of my older posts the images have dissapeared. I do not know why this happened, but I will try to restore them as soon as possible.
