The Apple Doesn’t Fall Too Far from the Tree

Living in Italy for officially two months has allowed me to realize how much I am like the people I am surrounded by. It is mostly my parents. Also, living with five other people is definitely a challenge. I don’t know if I would chose living with five other girls again. I might chose one or two. Five others are just a lot. Anyways, I realize I am like my mom by I’m the one turning off all the lights when I’m not in the room. Even though we don’t pay the electric bill it’s still something I am conscious of. I would be scared to see what the bill actually was. I feel like the lights are always constantly on just because they are always on.

The second is waking up in the morning, and always making my bed. This is something my mom never stressed but dad always did. Now it is part of my daily routine, and I can’t tell you how good it feels to get into a made bed at night. I don’t know why. It just does.

The final thing comes from my grandma. She always told me how important breakfast was. It finally took living on my own to realize that. Each morning I make time to eat a good healthy breakfast. This morning I had oatmeal with cinnamon and bananas.

Living in Italy allows me to truly see how much my parents and family members have impacted me. Other things include putting the dishes away (no one likes a cluttered sink) or maybe I just have a little OCD, keeping the bathroom clean, and in general just keeping things neat.

Crazy how I never thought to say I would actually love doing the annoying things, well at the time, I thought were annoying. These small things now I actually make time for in my life. Crazy right. I guess that’s what comes with growing up.

Speaking of growing up, I had an interview for a Human Resources Intern at UPMC for this summer. The interview went very well. It was my first ever Skype interview. I will hear back within a week or two. Everyone cross their fingers and pray hard because I would love to come back knowing I have a job. A great pressure would than be lifted off my shoulders.

Until then, I will continue to live in the lovely city of Italy enjoying the warm beautiful days. Today was 64. The rest of the week should be getting warmer. I will continue to I’m sure take after my parents, and realize how much more I am like them.

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