Fear and Hope

I still hang from the pendulum, swinging from elation about the pending trip to absolute fear that next Wednesday morning will be a repeat of this Wednesday. It is as though someone is playing with my psyche, how much can she take....when will she break, will she make it?? I look at my partially packed bags and wonder, and I hope. Please let this happen, I need a break.

Single Digits

I was reading one of my old posts about getting excited at 2 months.....Let's see, we have basically 8 days left as of Tuesday AM. Now the days are flying at me and I am so crazy to get on that plane!!! I still have the tiny fear that something will happen at the last minute but I am already rehearsing my message for the personal and work phones, my bags are partially packed and I pretty much have everything taken care of or scheduled for "taking care of".

I am going to have a wonderful Tueday, breakfast at Bonnie's with my east county freinds and Dinner at Antico Toscana with the "girls". Then I will have a fitfull sleep and wake early to take a slow ride to the airport with Hank and Mary (cause one goes no where without the other).

I hope for a great plane trip but the end of the ride is my reward as I will be in an incredible place. I will see history that I have only seen on TV and books. I will touch stones that have been touched for hundreds of years, walk in the paths of the Romans, the ones who built the Empire.

Setting Sun

I am never really sure which is my favorite, sunrise or sunset. But the setting sun can make anything look nicer.

The setting sun will also make the dust and cobwebs shine like jewels, ever moving and elusive. They float out of your reach, sparkling on their flight before lighting on a surface that seconds ago appeared to be clean.

tre settimane, ventidue giorni

The days are flying by and preparations are underway, like seriously so. The suitcase comes in this weekend or next for trial packing, how much am I taking, how much can I bring back!?!?!?

I am trading one set of brown eyes for another. I will miss the furrier of the two for a few weeks and I know that she will greet me with great leaps and bounds on my return.

My mother told me about getting someone to stay with her mother when we all went to New York. She said her mother was afraid that the caretaker would not stay, I told her I was not worrying about anything. Maybe she will be happier with my friends.

I have copied my "important documents" and will leave a set with my friend and one to Jessica. I am hopeful that all will go well. I can't wait to start planing my next trip and this one isn't even over.

Preview

I just spent a lovely two and a half weeks with my little girl (who turns 30 in January). She was here to work but we made the best of our time and I appreciate every minute of our time together.

It was not so hard to leave her at the airport today as I will be with her again in just 31 days.
We will have so much more room at her house in Italy, where I will spend about 30% of my 3 week stay. We will be in a car together, sometimes even sharing a hotel room. So we will be close for another few weeks, I can't wait!!

And for perspective...Jess came (back) to SD to work and spend a little time with family and friends. I am going to Italy for the first time in my life with no work! I will see works of Michaelangelo and Da Vinci, the most incredible archeological site in Pompeii, the peace and beauty of the Tuscan country side and the life of a population that is going to be new and yet very old.

E una favola! It is a Fairy Tale!!