Monday, March 26, 2007

7 more min...

Ok, so for those of you that don't know, Mimmo and I have just moved into our 7th (and hopefully final in ITALY) home. Now, we just have to move into our California one come fall time :-) OY!

And, I am currently without a telephone line nor internet, so I'm back to my old days at the Bacoli library (there is no internet point over here) where one has to wait in line for one of the 2 computers. There's so much to say and no time - Ok, now I've got 4 more min...

Brief updates: I'm just starting to show! Oh, I will have to have Teresa take a picture of my growing belly. Our new home is lovely, but it's taking a bit for me to get adjusted. Oh, and I'm sooo emotional, mammamia. The pregnancy hormones are in full force. It doesn't help being without internet and a phone line in that department. Yes, I feel isolated and yes, I miss you all teribly.

Ok, my final minute is up, so on I go to post...

More to come...

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Ode to Leanor Indira Rivoalan

I am in the midst of packing and you know how you find those random scraps of paper along the way? Well, with me it's more like a paper trail...I found this lil' ditty I wrote to dear, Leanor Indira Rivoalan who is the daughter of my long-time European friend/partner in crime, Sandra. At the time, Sandra was very pregnant and Leanor was late in coming. I had a dream that she was named "Carina Rosa" and so, the name inspired the words following....

"Carina Rosa" sounds like a song.
"Cute Rose" in English sounds very wrong.
But, "Carina Rosa" in Italiano has a nice poetic ring.
Perhaps only to this foreign girl who invented it in her dreams.
Carina Rosa, you are inside my dear friend, Sandra's tummy.
She told me you're not quite ready to face your head down.
She told me she's doing accupuncture to perhaps help move you along.
But, I know you will, dear Carina Rosa, come in your own sweet time.
I know you will be strong, sweet, and beautiful too!
Carina Rosa, born to a Portugese mamma and French papa in Geneva, Switzerland.
What a life you're coming into!
I see you, red, bursting, drawing all in with your sweet scent.
I see me, holding, rocking you as you take my pinkie with full hand.
Soon, I hope, so soon our meeting will be held.
But, for now, sweet Carina Rosa, I know you're swimming.
And when you're ready to come to shore, you will. :-)

Monday, March 12, 2007

Time...time...time...

Ok, time has flown just a bit too fast from my last post. Mammamia, I can't believe it's been almost 3 weeks! The pressure builds for the next post and I can tell you that I don't have much to say right now, but I might as well get the boring post out of the way so I can move on to bigger and better...

So, where have I been, you ask? Well, with fever and flu and then in the midst of moving - way too many Ikea trips. I had plans to post the pics from carnevale, but they all got erased. I'm officially in my 2nd trimester as of yesterday and am looking forward to less fraglie times. I have been California dreamin' a lot lately. I've forgotten temporarily how to blog...I trust that my blog brain will come back soon. That's the update for now, my friends,