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Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Fooling yourself

OK, so I really did think that when Luigi got to this age I would have more time. After all, he should be able to play by himself, right? Ha ha ha ha ha! I think I actually have less time. He’s a very demanding child. I admit, I had pictured him sitting in his [...]

Women’s Day

As many of you may know, Sunday, March 8, was International Women’s Day or Festa della Donna here in Italy. To be honest, I’d never heard of it until I moved here 3 years ago, but it’s celebrated here with mimosas for the women (the flower not the drink) and with many groups of women [...]

Like a shot in the…

Yesterday and today I had to do one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in my life. Well, it was scary for me anyway. I know there are tons of people who do it daily, and several times a day, but just the thought of having to do it myself made me nervous. Maybe [...]

Where did my brain go?

I’ve read about “mommy brain”, but I never really thought much about it. Ever since Luigi was born though, I can’t remember anything. I used to be the kind of person who could remember everyone’s phone number, knew to the penny how much money I had in my purse and at the bank, remembered what [...]