It’s been cold, and it’s been raining, and I’ve carried box after box until my feet were about to explode. We’ve bought flooring, we’ve bought paint, we’ve bought pizza. Right now I’m sitting in what-will-become-my-office, looking out the window at a perfect evening sky. I am tired beyond belief, I am aching in muscles I didn’t [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2008’
Jun 25
can’t stop
I’m doing it again. What do I pack? What must I bring? I write lists longer than my suitcase. Sunscreen. Wet wipes. Aloe vera gel. Bug spray. Do I need to bring bug spray? Are there mosquitos in Amalfi? Ridiculous. If we should need it I know where the farmacia in Amalfi is. Should that be closed, I know where the [...]
Jun 24
dinner poetry
to twirl spaghetti onto a plastic fork seems virtually impossible and how come all paper plates are so tiny my food won’t fit but I see great benefits in using disposable tableware our kitchen sink has not been this empty ever and the small portions may make me more bikini friendly
Jun 23
buses and trains
With little more than three weeks left to departure, I think I have everything in order and yet I’m getting a little freaked. What have I gotten myself into? Have I taken on too much? The only things lacking right now are two train tickets: 1) from Roma Tiburtina to Roma Termini, and 2) from [...]
Jun 21
moving on up
The walls are bare, the cupboards are empty, we eat on paper and plastic. My nails are disintegrating after too many hours spent cleaning the kitchen. I have lost count of how many boxes I have packed, but there never seems to be enough boxes left. There are things everywhere. We have lived here for five [...]
