curious-me's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- la vita e bella I got the Italy blues! This was the first vacation where I couldn't just jump back into real life. I had such a hard time letting go. At night I would dream about where we had been or dream we were on another train going to a destination in Rome. My spirit did not want to let go. It was a fucking fantastic vacation. Here's the thing with me IRL I hate braggers. I had people who 'had the best time ever'. And then will bore you for hours about their trip. I'm not one of those people. So when people ask me how the trip was, I say "great" or "Amazing" and sort of leave it at that. If pressed for a detail or two I will say a few words but I don't gush. I won't even gush now but trust me when I say it was a trip of a lifetime. Also it seems I couldn't turn around with finding out someone I knew was also in Italy or nearby and nearly all of them were on like a MONTH long trip. I guess they are better at squirreling away money than we were! We actually came back with almost 500 euros! We landed with a sinus cold and a wet basement welcoming us. We believe it's our water heater. It ruined a few things we had stored in the furnace room - a biggie is our futon. This futon was the king of futons. The mattress was the thickest I've ever seen and the structure was very sturdy. But now it's toast. A few other big ticket items - heavy end tables I have had for over 20 years and some other furniture I had been holding on to. We have decided to rent a bin and toss the big items. We also may get rid of our pool table. I mean we were always going to get rid of it but this may be the time. It's a BEAST in the middle of our basement and is not fit to sell but it's gonna be a pain to get it out the door. So yah that's the fun we're dealing with. Once we clear the basement next week we'll call the city to come replace the water heater. All that in between my first mammogram and my follow up gyno appointment and our 19th wedding anniversary! Shew talk about a busy week. I just hope we're both feeling a lot better. This cold has been draining and I don't know about K but coming back to reality has been draining as well. Why can't I wake up every day and have a flaky chocolate croissant and cappuccino from ITALY? Oh right I'm not stinking rich. Ha. It was hands down the best vacation I have ever had. And I learned while we ran for trains and stared at confusing maps and got lost in back streets that there is no other person I would rather be with than my husband. He was my rock. I just had to slip my hand into his and know whatever the situation it would be all right because he was there. I've learned not to take that for granted anymore. 8:52 p.m. - 2024-09-29 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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