Day 3

Day 3
I woke up at 5 am , and I coulnd’t fall back asleep. Im waiting for chad and Sylvia to wake up , it’s 7 o clock . I want to call chandler but I don’t have his number . I miss telling him goodnight. I’m not at all homesick yet that is. I want to get my hair highlighted, chad said it is cheaper than America. Right now I’m watching fashion tv and playing with the kitty cat. She is so cute she jumped into my suitcase while I was dressing. I wonder if the stores are closed on Sundays. I must find out! Hopefully something will happen soon. Finally everyone woke up, then I was so tired. I wish I could have slept the whole morning. We then went off to the outlets I saw some cool things but I didn’t feel like using my money. Then we watched Sylvia try on some very colorful clothes. I felt so so tired the whole time we were there I want to pass out. So when we got home I passed out right on my bed. It felt magnificient! Instead of sleeping for one hour I slept for 5 hours. Dinner was tasty I tried some wine, SO NOT MY THING GROSS. But that seemed to jolt me up. Then me and the kids played candy land Tommy won and Gillian got jealous and then me and her kept playing to see who would win. She is such a little cheater , she thought I wasn’t looking and shed pick through the cards and use 3 cards at a time. It made me laugh. Then when I would “cheat” she said “OH that’s not fair” . After that I took an herb sleep pill and then got super drowsy whie I was reading my book. Then I fell asleep.

Day 4 I woke up way to early, my body is crazy I want to go back to bed. It was a treacherous afternoon as I stuggled to take a nap , but cute little Gillian wouldn’t let me . (Which is a very good thing) I met Franchesca the house keeper, she is very nice and probably has ocd. I got bug spray on the kids and we went for a bike ride downtown, I brought their work “school” books for them to do. We picked a café , they both ordered peach tea juice, and I ordered a cappuccino . We hung out there for a while and then Chad picked us up for lunch at Sylvias moms house. Ramona is a very nice lady, (that’s sylvias mom) . I thought it was odd that Chad and Sylvia had a house keeper but so does Ramona I guess its kind of the norm for this family. After we ate delicious food we all started napping on the living room couch. Im glad Gillian kept me awake, this will be good for my jetlag! I was super tired, I can’t even understand how horrible my body felt. I got over at around 6. While window shopping I found these gorgeous boots, I must get a pair. Then I took the kids and we all drove home on our bikes. (to get around here they use bikes! It’s a beautiful way of transportation!) Then Sylvia called and said her 18 cousin Julia was free from her final exams and could go out for pizza. I was so excited and especially excited because she could speak English. It was amazing when I met this dark hair girl how good her English was. I totally wish I could speak Italian like she does English. Anyways we had pizza and it was so fun talking to her, no awkward periods at all never did we stop talking. I loved hearing about Italy I could talk all night. Then we met her friends, nothing from what I expected. Julia is modest , almost shy , and just not the type of girl some of her friends were. They were so very friendly I loved them. I listened to a girls “bitch” on the final exams and how she wasn’t ready and couldn’t fail . All of the rant was in Italian. I make It sound like it was annoying, it wasn’t one bit. While she smokes and cigarette I just was so interested in what made these girls who they are. I labeled one quiet girl , the punky girl, another quiet girl, a friendly “prom queen” kind of girl, model “why are you smoking, that’s why you’re thin “ girl, and another girl from the group that smokes. I still feel a little choked by the smoke, but life is life. Some people smoke and you cant run from that. The girls made it look so elegant after they would light there 2nd then 3rd cig. They almost made me want to start, “almost” being the keyword. No , I really liked her friends they were intriguing I just wish I knew Italian so I could understand and respond like in my native tongue! By the end of the night when everyone wasn’t so shy they started opening up to me and asking questions about school. I feel horrible that there school is so much pressure, I feel like its almost taking away years from these kids lives. I saw one girls skin around the finger nails bitten and torn , like a nervous habits after math. When Julia took me home she asked if I wanted to hang out again, I totally want to hang out with them again, they’re so interesting! Some have boyfriends, but most don’t. The reason they don’t they say is because how busy school makes them, they even have class every Saturday. I’m happy to be an American.