Little Italy 25

[Rosa]

Greetings, Ciao , Welcome , Benvenuto

That is great, (made mental notes for the future!!!!!) so are you off to the beach or in laws now? Its humid glad we are out of the city now,
Gio enjoy your priority boarding!!! Seriously hope it all goes well and the weather does improve it is pretty crap in the Uk now. Mum says she hasn't worn a t shirt since March!!!

We are still in milan, as I still have at least 3 loads of washing to do, plus have to take them to the dentist and ds is watching the football with a friend today... But yes, we will go to the countryside asap.
How are you enjoying the beach rosa? Not sure why, but the trip to the us made me nostalgic of britain! Boh!

Beach is good thanks, dh is workingon and off so it hasn't got to the relaxing stage as yet, plus niopte is here as well until sat so its extra everything.....am pleased to be out of Venice right now and feel for the people in EM, I know most have A\C in the tents but it must be terrible.....

And love the new look you were quiet about that change!!!!!!

Welcome back Franca! Sounds like you had a great time, I'd love to take my lot in a few years time.
It was the DCs last day of school today, yes they have been continuing in this heat and it's been a bit of a sofferenza. It was quite sad as 2 of DD's close friends are leaving for good, including the mum I got on best with in her class, the ones she always went home with if I had to take DS to speech therapy or whatever. I am hoping we will stay in touch though.
Also sad saying goodbye to DS's teachers, they have been fantastic and he has made huge progress this year.

Ragazze it is 10.20 at night and 30 degrees in our apt, I really hate to but I might cave in and get AC installed next year.

Thank you! I went blonde to fight the white!

Sputnik, sorry to hear your dd's friends are leaving, that is so sad at this age, but I am sure you'll be able to stay in touch. And happy to hear master sputnik has had a great year!

Rosa, that is lovely of you to also have your dn .

Sput you'll be soon heading towards croatia, vero?

Oh no Sput, I feel your pain. A/C makes a huge difference if you have to spend summer in the city (or at least a part of it). God, 30 degrees is a nightmare. Would an ice cold beer help? (momentarily)...

Sput I feel for you I recall our old place which was high ish and well ventilated was just an oven... Even with a portable machine it couldn't cope but It was better than nothing. I adore my A\C at home just taking out the humidity makes a massive difference, and it means I can do things without just wanting to lie on the floor or stick my head in the fridge.... Nipote is nice but is at the stage where he asks things 10 times and never seems to absorb the answer...
What a shame re the children leaving especially as they were a help, we are loosing 1 good friend as she goes to an elementary on the other side of the canal and its a shame as dd1 and her met at 6 mths in the pool.....

sounds like my ds (the nipote, I mean)

fuck the rigore, btw

EVVVVVAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Franca I saw the fb pic, you look fab! Maybe I should consider that, I'm getting very grey!
So far we've avoided AC on the grounds we're not here all summer anyway, and I have an aesthetic objection to a huge unit in our living room (which is also kitchen and study). But really these last 2 weeks have been awful, it's very humid where we live too.
Anyway, we're off to Croatia tuesday, after which we're in the mountains as we're finally redoing our bathroom down here. It can get hot up there too but at least in the evening there's some relief.
Yes sad about school friends, and at some point it'll be us leaving, as DH will be forced to transfer at some point by his employers. I try not to think about it!

Thank you sputnik! I am very grey, I'd say that 85% of my hair is grey, and I am not yet ready to go grey... I think that by turning blonde I need less trips to the hairdresser... plus I am actually enjoying being a blond

I agree re a/c being aesthetically challenged... Thank goodness you are going in just a few days, nights aren't that hot in Croatia, if I remember well.

Oh gosh yes, saying goodbye is just awful, but I agree, don't think about it... where would he be transferred, UK or somewhere else, do you think?

It would never be UK, if he stays with his current employers it would be maybe somewhere in Africa, or possibly Thailand or Egypt. He might have a chance of a job with some other UN agency so you never know, New York could be a possibility. We are ambivalent about it tbh as if we moved the kid's school would be mostly paid for, as it's not right now and it's a struggle. On the other hand DH's family are here, and we'd like at least a year or 2 more here for DS to see how things pan out for him, and we'd need to go somewhere with good provision for him if he needs support in future.

Oh it is so difficult isn't it. I hope you manage to stay here for as long as you wish to, also, ime it might be exciting for us adults to move somewhere else, but I guess that for the children it is quite hard, when friendships and a sense of belonging become important for them.

I've spoken to several adults lately who moved around as kids and loved it, so that's not necessarily the case. But it would always take a while to adjust, and probably depends on personality too. For DS who is just getting to grips with the whole social skills side of things I think he really needs stability for the moment. Anyway, we definitely have another year, so we'll just take it as it comes for now.

I agree it depends on the personality of a child and also the age. It is good that your ds has def another yr at his school. And then whatver happens, we'll support you (and if you move to Thailand, we'll come over )

Thanks Franca!
When I was 10 we spent several months I Canada and I went to school there, I made friends and was even starting to talk with a Canadian accent by the time we left.
Poor DD seems to be ill again, hope we can shift it before leaving.

Hope she feels better soon, poor dd, it is horrible being ill in this heat.

Gorgeous pic franca, what a good looking family you are . Sput hope dd is ok. Sad re friends leaving. I find i embrace change like that far less as i get older. I want the staus quo to stay exactly as it is re friends, day to day life etc. Am i becoming middle aged ? Think kids adapt very quickly though. I moved a lot up to when i was 10 and wasnt a great issue at the time. I understand that now you are making progress with ds you not wanting to change that at the moment.
I am getting aircon next year.I cannot cope any longer without it. if i wasnt leaving on weds i would be on euronics site this minute ordering it. There is not one breath of air and it is so humid.
I want to be watching the Stone Roses in manchester (stamp feet emoticon). Have listened to their album all day in tribute and found myself getting very maudlin and nostalgic for my lost youth.....

Bloody awful isn't it Gio. Domenica it's set to hit 40, yikes!
Not sure what to do about DD, she's had a cough for a while so we took her to the docs the other day, he gave some cough syrup and said if it doesn't clear after 3 days give ABs. Then today she slept all morning and woke up with fever and looking really pale but it went away again, so wondering whether to start the ABs or not. Normally I take a wait and see approach but I want her to be well when we leave.
DS is asking me to turn the crickets off!

I wish I could. Skrk skrk skrk I hate the bastards.

Thanks Gio, all of us of Little Italy are fairly special

I know what you mean about getting nostalgic. It recently happened to me, rediscovering a song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers which I used to love when I was in my early 20s and hadn't listened to for ages. Ooooh being young again!

Sput, can you take her back to see the paed just to be on the safe side? Or tomorrow being saturday is a nono? Sorry to hear she is still unwell, there is still some viruses doing the rounds, I am told. Uffa!

Oh no Sput what a pain, do you have a continuita ped down there or has it been cut there as well?
Dd has earache, she was checked 2 weeks ago and said she had lots of cerume ( normale as she suffers from it) but with all the swimming it seems to have blown up , have given Auran and have been looking at guardia medicia etc. All I need is somebody to check for infection as if its red then Auran is ok but slightest infection needs to be stopped as if she has a wax block it gets messy......However had to laugh, despite the fact we are on hols and 1hrs drive from home or 1.5 hrs boat we are still in the territory off our USSL so we can't use the medica turistica open 7 days a week!!!!!! Will call them anyway and see what they say.
40deg blimey I feel for you all really. We got a good deal on our a/c as it is a low noise, low consumo, we waited until April to have the actual split and external thing fitted as the newest ones came in. If you are getting a portable get one with a small external thing or better a tube as lugging the 2 from room to room is a pain..I speak from experience , I had the external bit in the corridor once as I was pg and couldn't lift t to the window sil dh came home to a sauna in the hall.....

D&V doing rounds in Vce apparently lots of upset tums and bums...