Roaming around Rome

Today we had planned to get up early and get to St. Peters just as it opened. When the alarm went off this morning I just couldn't get myself to get up. I had another hard night of restlessness. James went off without me. He said it was just him, some nuns, altar boys and a whole bunch of priests as they started to do the morning Masses at each of the altars. He came back and we had breakfast and went back to st peters. the coffee SUCKS in Rome! he showed me around and then we went down to the tombs of the popes. saw John Paul the II tomb and St. Peters. all very cool. then we took the underground to the Colosseum and forum. It was a pretty cool building. very big. We didn't go inside cuz the line was long and I didn't feel like spending the money. We wandered around and saw some churches then headed back towards the hotel to find pizza and ice cream. By then i was in great need of a nap. I slept for about an hour and woke up grumpy! i have a heat rash on my chest and I'm having an allergic reaction to something in the air here. I was tired and itchy and I really didn't want to get up. At 6 we were going to church at the american church in rome called Santa Susanna. We got dressed and headed down there. We stopped in a church called Santa Maria della Vittoria where the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa is. That is an awesome statue and Saint Teresa of Avila is the saints name I took as my confirmation name. Very cool. After that we headed to St. Susanna and met the priests. The service was nice. I was glad to hear english. I was glad to understand everything that was going on. After Mass we chatted with Fr. Tom the priest there. He is a Paulist like our priests back home. Nice guy. After mass James was very very tired. It was strange. Going to church perked me up but wore James out. We headed back to the hotel and James is lying down. I hope he feels better soon! It would suck if he got sick right before we headed home. we will take it slow tomorrow and hope he feels better. Soon I'm going out to find food with or without him but its the first of may which is a holiday here so its hard to find food. So far an awesome trip but we are getting pretty tired and are very ready to be home. Cant wait to see home in 2 days! ciao!