plug adaptor issues

I made it to my host family. They are really nice, made me coffee and their oldest son walked to me the neighborhood church for mass. It is rainy and cold today, so I am reading from my room. It is pretty tiny, but I have my own bathroom which I know in europe is a big deal. I am having some issues with my plug adapters working with my computer, the three prongs won't fit into the adapter. My computer is about out of battery but hopefully when the family gets home I can ask them for help. I am also happy to report that while I can't respond with much vocabulary I can understand what they tell me in Italian. It's a little hard I won't lie, feeling like I have no idea what is going on. I keep thinking of the movie "Lost in Translation" which is pretty much how I feel, wandering around a city totally clueless. It's only day two so I know things will get better. Also, despite my hour nap I am so incredibly tired. Can barely keep my eyes open kinda tired. I am making myself read to stay awake. Hopefully I will get my computer working again so I can also keep checking my e-mails. News from ya'll at home makes me feel like a human again!

A few hours later:

I figured out how to get on of my adaptors to work, whew. I am also in a little better mood. I know I have been pretty heavy on the postings, but things are slow right now. Classes don't start until Tuesday ad because it is still raining I don't feel like walking or exploring. In the mean time I have been studying my italian and I learned what has kept me from really forming sentences. Prepositions. Yea. In case you are wondering why these awful little things are throwing me off so much I will quote from one of my workbooks

"prepositions are tricky. Every languages uses prepositions differently."

For those of you who didn't have grammar lessons either, english prepositions are words like: to, for, at, with, about, from, in, on. Pretty important and, for me, in italian they are a nightmare. This is mostly because their uses are so different. For example: we say "to laugh at" they say "laugh of" also we say "to look for" and "to pay for" in italian these expressions are actually their own verbs. Hence my confusion and serious difficulty in saying seemingly simple phrases. School will help but I really want to refresh my memory on things like this before I go. Also, I am getting tired of saying a word, or a verb in response to questions.

My host family is still out celebrating easter with their nonni. I am actually happy to have the house to myself to unpack and organize, listen to my ipod (nice american songs) and study up on my italian. It's relaxing not having to concentrate so hard on everything around me. Every simple conversation is exhausting, reading a map, getting food, even just telling people I am from Texas takes every ounce of concentration I can muster in my sleep deprived state. I'll post pictures to later, my internet is being really slow loading them right now.