fail.

Florence transportation went on strike today. I was aware that the busses went on strike this morning before I left. However, the trains and planes decided to join in on the strike as well, and by the time I payed my 25 euro cab to get to the airport, ALL flights had been cancelled. The people at the airport thought I was crazy. The place was empty. No people, no flights, nothing. I tried getting on a later flight, but the price difference was silly. Meridiana put me on the same flight tomorrow to Barcelona. Its fine, Im just bummed because everyone else is arriving there right now, and Im not. I was seriously bummed, and even more upset because I had to then get a cab all the way back. Spent so much money on cabs this morning and got absolutely no where. It stunk. The cab driver on the way home gave me a discount though because I basically cried the whole way back. I always cry. Its fine.
I got home and the girls who were still here cheered me up. Mary and Laura were making me laugh and the three of us laid in bed and hung out for a bit. Laura and I decided to stop being blobs so we got up and went to Anna's bagels for lunch, then over to the Academia to see David.
David was amazing. He is at the end of a long hallway, and right when you see him from the end of the hallway he takes your breath away. I loved it. Kuss (laura) and I spent so much time at the statue. There are places to sit so we simply sat and marveled at it. The rest of the museum actually isnt good at all, so we didnt do much else. There was an exhibit off to the side of old musical instruments which was really great, so we went in there for a while, but otherwise, besides David and the Four Prisoners, there wasnt much excitement to the Academia museum.
Were back home now, napping, figuring out flights and cabs for tomorrow, and hanging out.
We will probably stay in tonight because the last few of us have to get out tomorrow and we want to make sure that goes smoothly.
Ive been trying to put myself in a better mood all day since what happened this morning. Im mad at myself for being in a bad mood at all. Im trying to remember that I am here, in Florence. How blessed am I to be stuck in Florence? Even more, to be stuck here and able to go see the David?
Im done being a baby. Thankful i still have a flight to Barcelona and thankful Ill be with my best friends in the world tomorrow.
Ciao