Good morning

For whatever reason I have been waking up before my alarm all week. And not just by a minute or so, but at least an hour early. And I've not been going to sleep any earlier, and have found myself waking up several times during the night. Stressed or lovesick? I have been more stressed than usual lately. I think it's because I haven't managed to play piano in the month that I've been here, which is unsettling. But stress usually makes me sleep more, not less...

Somehow I've managed to bruise the palm of my hand. It's very odd. Kind of like when I bruised my thumb when I first arrived here. Granted, my thumb got progressively worse, to the point where it was all swollen and looked broken (when it was definitely just bruised), and luckily my hand is just a tiny bruise that hasn't been getting any worse. I just have no idea how I did it...perhaps I got in another fight with a doorknob (not unlike when I hurt my thumb).

Last night I saw 'The Italian Job' (the old version) at the cinema. Great film. Having only seen pieces of it before and years ago, I found it even better now that I could understand the Italian (on the few occasions that it was spoken) and having lived around Turin for a few weeks.

I can't believe I'm leaving for Amsterdam tomorrow afternoon! It really snuck up on me. I'm so excited, but haven't even thought about packing yet...tonight's project.