Lack of updates-
Sorry everyone that I've been slacking lately, but it just seems like the days are flying by and I'm not having as much “me” time as I would like. But that is okay, that just means that I'm keeping busy which is a very good alternative to having lots of “me” time. The reason for this is threefold. Firstly, I am starting to realize that to do this job entails a lot more than I previously assumed. As far as Leone is concerned, I'm taking a much more pro-active approach to him and his school work. This includes checking his school diary for his assignments, questioning him about his work, looking over it, giving Caterina daily updates and letting her know when Leone has reading in italian to do, and then givng her Leone's textbook so she can give him pop quizzes throughout the evening. In addition to all this I've been trying to help out Frank and Darshani, the Sri Lankan couple that is living here doing the cooking and cleaning (I can't remember if I mentioned that the original couple left because they couldn't stand working in this insane household. Anyway, they did and now there's a new husband and wife living here). They are awesome, I like them so much. Frank speaks fairly well in english and understands my jilted italian, and Darshani understands english if you speak very slowly. It is fun to help them in the kitchen (which Caterina loves it when I do this, by the way) and the whole time we can vent our frustrations together. It's theraputic. They are just the nicest and sweetest people.
The second fold is because I've finally developed some sort of social life, having met Lilith and Kelly and one of Lilitah's friends, a girl named Gaia who is very awesome and nice. She's really smart, speaks english really well, and is very enthusiastic about helping me out learning about Italy and tutoring me in italian. She is also quite foxy. We've hung out a few times, the first being last Sunday, we drove to San Gimignano which is this awesome (yet tourist-filled) town with a bunch of towers and lots of maze-like streets to walk around in. Unfortunately we were originally only meeting for lunch so I didn't think to bring my camera. The second time we hung out at her place and I read to her in italian to help my pronounciation, and then went back sentence-by-sentence to understand everything. It was very helpful! She also taught me some bad words to say to Leone when he's misbehaving.
The third fold was because I was tired of ranting about Leone problems, and for a while there that was all I had to talk about.
Sorry everyone that I've been slacking lately, but it just seems like the days are flying by and I'm not having as much “me” time as I would like. But that is okay, that just means that I'm keeping busy which is a very good alternative to having lots of “me” time. The reason for this is threefold. Firstly, I am starting to realize that to do this job entails a lot more than I previously assumed. As far as Leone is concerned, I'm taking a much more pro-active approach to him and his school work. This includes checking his school diary for his assignments, questioning him about his work, looking over it, giving Caterina daily updates and letting her know when Leone has reading in italian to do, and then givng her Leone's textbook so she can give him pop quizzes throughout the evening. In addition to all this I've been trying to help out Frank and Darshani, the Sri Lankan couple that is living here doing the cooking and cleaning (I can't remember if I mentioned that the original couple left because they couldn't stand working in this insane household. Anyway, they did and now there's a new husband and wife living here). They are awesome, I like them so much. Frank speaks fairly well in english and understands my jilted italian, and Darshani understands english if you speak very slowly. It is fun to help them in the kitchen (which Caterina loves it when I do this, by the way) and the whole time we can vent our frustrations together. It's theraputic. They are just the nicest and sweetest people.
The second fold is because I've finally developed some sort of social life, having met Lilith and Kelly and one of Lilitah's friends, a girl named Gaia who is very awesome and nice. She's really smart, speaks english really well, and is very enthusiastic about helping me out learning about Italy and tutoring me in italian. She is also quite foxy. We've hung out a few times, the first being last Sunday, we drove to San Gimignano which is this awesome (yet tourist-filled) town with a bunch of towers and lots of maze-like streets to walk around in. Unfortunately we were originally only meeting for lunch so I didn't think to bring my camera. The second time we hung out at her place and I read to her in italian to help my pronounciation, and then went back sentence-by-sentence to understand everything. It was very helpful! She also taught me some bad words to say to Leone when he's misbehaving.
The third fold was because I was tired of ranting about Leone problems, and for a while there that was all I had to talk about.
posted by J.B.K. at 4:18 PM
5 Comments:
Big Jimbo, pick'n up the ladies...
yeah... you need to have more updates.
I'm glad that you now have friends both inside and outside the house...
think of all the things you can put on your resume.
Older brother, Younger brother, brick scrubber, chef, manny, chauffeur, jiggalo, the list goes on and on.... and didnt you say something to me on I.M. about meeting some guy who is an art dealer?
I remember San Gimignano from our Italian trip. Very picturesque. Hanging out with the cooks can only be a good thing. You make friends, learn to cook, practice your Italian, and get fed all at the same time.
...nice smell of rose on my skin...
Gaia...what a cool name. Are you named after the greek earth goddess, Mother Earth?
brava!! that's exacly the origin of my name. but in italian "gaia" means also "happy"... and that's me!
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