MN Little Italy 18

[DemonBradleySlaysPippi]

Where are you????

Javier, yes, totally agree with you re Santoro. I think - at the moment - he is the less servile of all the journos. I still quite like Gad Lerner too. I miss Enzo Biagi.

So, explain us what you have in mind re the school

Che cretina! No, I meant "what you need to teach Italian in an English primary school" All this talk of Scammy has deadened my brain.

They have not asked me. But I thought that I could do it to get some experience and then when my kids go to school, I would be employed by lots of local schools and would not be a sahm anymore.

But that's when sahmhood starts to get fun, really

lol!

Camo I hope you are a bit better today.

How are things in sunny rome sputnik? Or is it miserable like milan today?

Right now it's raining and miserable.
Miserable as Milan, well I'm not sure, but pretty miserable

just book marking ..grandma still here leaving domani so will be back on ....

Miserable in the North-east too! If it does not stop raining soon I will have to buy a canoe to get out of the house. Booored, and DD is much harder to entertain when the weather is like this.

MM, I honestly do not think it will be impossible for you to find a job in Geneva - it's so much harder when you are away to apply for jobs and have a fair idea of what is there. I am having a really difficult time myself of finding jobs in NE Italy in the middle of a crisis (and I come from here after all!)- but after three months of radio silence people are now starting to call back; it's tough but I am starting to create a network, and I have a lot more ideas than I had 3 months ago when I was just applying rather randomly. It would be a lot easier if I was looking for a job as a new graduate - but 10 yrs of high-flying globe-trotting City experience seem to scare a lot of people off...

On the finance thing - Penthe has got it right. I have been SAHM for a while now and that is what I do re: money and it works. However, as my DH keeps on repeating - the finance problem is in my head and not his - I am looking after our DD after all! I know what you feel though - becoming a SAHM was a bit traumatic from that point of view (and I hope I will not be a SAHM for long!).

On the teaching Italian in a school - if the school is private, then I believe the HT can hire whoever they like to teach a subject, regardless of the qualifications. Although the more expensive the school the more likely it is that teachers have MAs in education etc.

A lot better today, thanks! not having the restful day I envisaged as DP had to take DS to a birthday party and decided to stay over as it'd be pointless coming back and there again (not far, but far enough with traffic iykwim).

DD's just causeing meyhem and I still need to go change the beds and hoover upstairs.....

hope everyone's ok

Camo, glad to hear you are a bit better today

Rosa, did you get to have your night out?

Minerva, good advise for mm . Glad to hear you are starting to establish a network

Hi guys, back again. So many interesting conversations over the weekend when, having DH finally at home, I feel guilty about doing anything that does not involve him, so no MN...

Male friends: like many of you I have close male friends with whom I go out, mostly for drinks or dinner a deux. DH is perfectly happy and does the same with his female friends. It does not matter whether we knew the friends before or after meeting each other, it is just that some friends were or have become closer to one or other of us.

MM: I agree with the others: you are going through two major changes at the same time (changing country and role) so it is only natural to be worried. I think it would be odd if you weren't. I am having two major changes together too (loss of role plus about to have a child) and can relate particularly to the loss of the professional identity. More on the other thread...

How good that those with a firmer grip on what is going on in Italy take the trouble to keep us up to date- thank you! [NB: this is meant to say exactly what it says, not to be sarcastic, though I can see myself how I could use the same words in a sarcastic tone. If I were better at emoticons I would add the right one, but I am not- hence the long explanation!] It is really interesting and I now have a good idea of a few programmes to go and watch when I have yet another long evening at home with DH out on work evenings...

Also, it means bump gets to hear more Italian, which is good as I am a bit worried that s/he might not hear enough to be familiar with it once it is born. Which is probably a stupid thing to worry about, but apparently hormones are particularly all over the place around 30 weeks (which is what I am now)...

Javier i think you need to do the normal teaching certificate (i am not sure what it's called, pgp perhaps? or another acronym) to teach a foreign language- thats what a friend of mine is doing. it takes about a year and then you're qualified.

thanks for all the words of wisdom on this and other thread, they do really, really help i mean it.

i think i am just sh*tting myself (says the laaadddeee). also so incredibly to be leaving London...

but check me out- i made an amazing apple cake today!!! [swiss stepford emoticon] so maybe i have it in me after all to be all stira e ammira [qink]

i think i'll cheer myself up by watching a bit of Wire.

speaking of which... toying with the idea of changing my name to WhatTheFuckDidIDo? but i don't think enough mnetters would get the quote and it's a bit rude, even by my standards.

ok inane question. how many pairs of shoes do your dcs have? cos today i took dd1 to buy an extra pair of shoes (she currently has only one pair) and a friend made me feel very lavish and profligate.

SG i think your lo will be fine! seriously, he/she will speak every language really well. his/her italian will be brilliant (as long as you don't mind a slightly dodgy accent). Still if worrying about the language takes your mind off other worries then please worry away! (see, i am a consrtuctive worrier...)

SuiG I remember worrying about the star sign my dd2 would be !!

When are you due again? Do you know the sex yet? Have you stopped working? Sorry if you had said all this before but sahm reduce the brain to a 'scolapasta' , to use one of Franca's expressions.

"Still if worrying about the language takes your mind off other worries then please worry away! (see, i am a consrtuctive worrier...)" . I totally agree with this (and yes, SG, do not worry about the language, just always talk to him/her in your mother tongue).

Masseuse, 2 pairs of shoes are hardly a decadent statement (unless they are hogan ), especially in the winter when it's colder, wetter etc.
DD has: a pair of wellies (they used to be her brother's), a pair of fake uggs style boots (5 euros in the sales ), a pair of really nice, green mary janes (think start rite, but nicer)

Ds has: a pair of trainers, a pair of wellies, a pair of football trainers.
They will both get snow boots from decathlon, which shouldn't be more than 15 euros.

MM DD1 is like Imelda and always had 4/5 pair of shoes in one go: say winter, one pair of boots, one trainer, one ballerina, one scarponcino, one wellies; summer, one crocs, one all star, one sandals, one of god nows what. Def a case of PFB, the shame !
DD2 has got and always has had 1! I will buy another booty one for winter though as the one she has are a bit open.

Same goes with the clothes.

I think two is the right amount. Anything like mine is an idiocy.

lol at worrying at star sign

Today I posted on a "what are you having for dinner" thread and I wrote: Roasted chicken tights

Dh is out for dinner tonight and can't watch the wire. Damn!

Masseuse, lets talk about McNulty;s promiscuity.

Thanks for the reassurance: I like to think I am fairly "with it" (is that what I mean? English seems to have gone down the pan today) but then there are things that make me wonder...

Pippi: due in mid-Jan, no idea whether boy or girl (we were not sure we wanted to know, and the baby is camera-shy, so we have not found out). I have stopped working now for reasons unrelated to the pregnancy (essentially took redundancy), but it is working out quite well pregnancy-wise, as I am not sure how I would cope with a full day in the office by now...

I was going to change my name to "happy now, bitch?" also a quote from the Wire...still in 2 minds....

I think M's promiscuity rocks, I wish he came here now and acted promiscuous with me.

2 shoes here too for ds, dd no shoes as she does not walk.

I am always a bit shocked when people ask me the star sign of dcs.. I have no idea...

Do you think you need to do the pgce to teach a foreign lang in a primary school? Seems such a waste of time.....

Franca, INDEED (you won't get this quote for another one or two seasons ) let's talk McNulty

McNulty is, fundamentally, an asshole, and also, in many respects, a complete loser. he is however, un figlio di puttana (for want of a better description), and also quite fit, and he awakens in women that suicidal/maternal/masochistic/nursing instinct that she is going to be the one to stop him being an asshole and a loser. plus he's got that maddening, cheeky, "what the fuck did I do" grin.

he's got many layers as befits a true Wire character, and not all of the layers are that nice.

un figlio di puttana, indeed...{letch emoticon]

. Yes, I watched the first 3 episodes and I'm starting to have a vague idea of what he is like. Agree with "that suicidal/maternal/masochistic/nursing instinct" (which unfortunately I experimented too often in rl), not sure I can feel that way for Mcnulty, as I'm already busy with scamy

Also, McNulty reminds me a bit of Buffy's Angel (physically, though shorter)

MM forgot to say: "Change the name!"

Shall I get The Wire for DH as Xmas present?