BORED!

My mother always told me(the myriad of times that I told her I was bored) that intelligent people are never bored. I think that this is wholely untrue as I consider myself quite the intellect and am ALWAYS bored. I mean things hold my attention for about 5 seconds then I am over it. I mean Madison (my three year old) are on about the same attention span- which works out great when we are together, but the majority of my day is spent in an office -where- when there is lots to do I am content and when there is nothing to do I get super super antzy! Like really ants in my pants can't sit still. I mean I can lay in bed and read for hours, I can watch movies (ones that I like) for entire weekends straight, but if I don't have something occupying my head I get agitated. I mean the problem is really that I am smart, but I am lazy. I have creative ideas, but am too lazy to put them into act. I prefer to be force fed entertainment as opposed to looking for interesting things to do. Am I a product of my 1980's culture? Maybe so...

Ugly Clinton???

ok, so I just got back from my lunch break where I was supposed to hop out to pick up my daily contact lenses, juice and diapers....and instead, I broke down and ordered a pair of glasses (which I never wear) as I was convinced by the "not so ugly" sales boy Claudio that if I continued to wear only contact lenses all my eye muscles would turn to mush and I would be blind by 40! So to the tune of €350 - translations $500 I have ordered a new pair of glasses that I desperately hope will not make me look like Ugly Betty. It's bad enough that there is such a thing as "adult acne" damn the man, and now I have to wear glasses- what's next "adult braces?"

checking in

so I am trying to blog more frequently as I am interested in what others are doing and there is the off chance that someone I know might be interested in what I am doing. At the moment I am at work- feigning work - as I have really none to do. My left buttock cheek is hurting from my sedentary lifestyle, but this morning I finally (after joining in July 2007) when to the pool to swim. It was a "prova" [Italian for ....for ...for..shit. can't think] a trial run sortof. I wanted to do my Power Yoga this morning and seeing as we bought a new DVD/VHS combo the other day and Madison slept at his grandparents as he is Scarlet with Fever I was again "a singlish adult"..however and there is always a however, this NEW DVD player does not play Region 1 (a.k.a. American DVDs. effer) so we are going to have to be rednecks and put the OLD DVD player on top of the NEW DVD player so I can see all my movies (50% of which are American). Goddammit!!!! So needless to say Power Yoga was American - I couldn't watch it and so I did a trial run at the pool- to see how long it takes to get there, swim a bit, shower, dry hair and get to work. It seems as if ..if I leave my house at 8.30 I can get there, swim about 45mins and be dressed and at work for 10.30. So I have made a deal with Alessandro- we are going to try for me to go to the pool on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning and he will take Madison to school and on Tuesday and Thursday night he will go to JUDO for 8pm...sounds like a deal to me. By the way, I am digressing but I just now finally saw the new version of HAIRSPRAY thanks to Carden Gene who sent it to me for Xmas. Love ya girl.... John Travolta is so good! My favorite line is "this sooooo Afrotastic" I wish I could say that a lot, but I don't think it is PC-but it's like saying Afrodisiac.... I like it... no offense intended.

watcha readin?

At the moment I am 2/3rds the way through Elizabeth Gilbert's - Eat, Pray, Love: A women's search for happiness...and I like it. I loved it at first, then didn't like it and now like it again. Next I am going to read- Watching the English...should be a good laugh

17.20 Monday afternoon

Well, it is completely pitch black dark outside at 5.20pm for those of you on a 12 hour clock. I am at work and have been typing my little heart out since 10.30. I am going on South Beach from today until my 10 year wedding anniversary- which is on February 14th 2008. I mean really, my child is now fully three so I can't use "I had a baby" as an excuse anymore. However, I have that "getting off of pasta" headache now. I have tried to do this diet like 4 times and I always gives up after about 4 days...Courage (spoken with a French accent- ku-rahj).

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome to 2008! I have a feeling that this is going to be a fantastic year and that great things are going to happen. I am not sure why I have this feeling but I do despite the fact that my horoscope claims that this year will be my most demanding one ever.....I find that hard to believe and therefore I don't. I had a wonderful Christmas here in Italy, despite my intial trepidation and fear that it would be sad and loney without my American family once again. However, we managed to have a wonderful holiday season right here in Italy. Instead of walking in a Healey wonderland on Donray Drive- my friends gathered in Via Baroni for the third annual Healey-Magherini winter wonderland party. There was good food to be eaten, drinks to be drunk and good times to be had. All in all I have to say-SUCCESS. Christmas eve was spent in town doing last minute shopping, Christmas day at the Nonni's(grandparents) house, the 26th Santo Stefano (holiday in Italy) was spent with the Zii (aunt and uncles)...a few days of holiday rest...then the 31st was spent with hubby and toddler at the CIRCUS...only in Italy do they give you a split of Champagne at the circus (obviously for you to toast the New Year at midnight) but I thought it was a nice touch. Of course, we had ours open way before midnight. And let me just add this for all those mothers who give looks to parents of rowdy children - if my child can not act rowdy at the circus when can he be rowdy....stay at home if you want a calm evening!!!!
Sorry, but I have had the most uncontrollable urge to slap some of those mothers... I didn't ask for an "active" child, but i have one and I love him and I refuse to tell him No 24-7... there is a time and place I agree- but a healthy tiger growl at the circus when he sees the tigers at the cirucs I think is totally appropriate.

Sadness

Yesterday was a very sad day for us. Beverly Domenick, mother of Michael Domenick (my sister Catharine's husband) died from Acute Leukemia. She was only 59 years old. I was not expecting it. I was not that close as she was my sister's mother-in-law but the times I met her she was kind. A good heart. It has saddened me and has confirmed my belief once again that life is a gift that we have been given (by God, by Allah, by the Big-Bang who knows) and it is our responsibility to live it. For what I believe we have only one life and a short one at that and who knows when our last day might be - so we must celebrate every day that we are granted and live it to the fullest. Tell the people near to you how much you care about them. Give your child a hug and kiss and let them know that they are precious to you. Don't hold back in love- invest everything in it because these are the things that really matter. Make the choice to be happy and make others happy. Smile, laugh, and enjoy every breath that you have. This is my choice and I hope it is yours.