I'm back!
I can't believe it has been 4 months since I have posted anything on this blog and my last post was so incredibly personal, and to be honest, sad - that I think in a way it took a lot of the wind out of my sails. However, here I am again - hoping to be a bit more prolific - at least as much as I can be, but I will try.
Loads has happened over the past 4 months. On 9 May, we had a huge party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Beehive and it was a joy to have friends from far and wide come and celebrate with us. It should have been stressful, but it absolutely was not. We had a wonderful time. I had been hoping to post the story of The Beehive's creation around that time thinking it would have been an appropriate thing to do since we get asked so often about our story. I hope one day to post it here for posterity and even then, I know I will not do it justice. It has been a very long, bumpy and beautiful road.
I finally got my Italian drivers license! It only took me 3 years to do it, and to be honest, if I had applied myself and not been such a procrastinator, I could have gotten it a long time ago. Like everything else here, persistence is the key as well as having plenty of patience.
Our youngest, Viola, turned 3 years old on 12 March. She is currently going through her terrible 3's. Everyone talks about the terrible 2's, but all of our daughters have experienced this tumultuous period in their 3's. We now know that she needs to be very well-rested, very well-fed - oh and get anything she wants from her sisters - in order to not throw a tantrum or whine, but since it's never 100% any of those things, we put up with a lot from her right now.
Giulia and Paloma are wrapping up another school year at St. George's. These last 6 years have been a fantastic experience for them and they are excited about their new year at the Green School. They had a going away/early birthday party this past weekend at the Villa Borghese and it was great to see them have so much fun with their friends whom I know they will miss very much.
When we first moved to Rome, for some reason I was fixated by the name of the one way traffic signs here which are called "senso unico" in Italian. There was something so appropriate at that time about these signs that really struck a chord- appropriate in the sense that we were heading in one direction with our new lives in Italy, there was no turning back. I still feel that way, looking and moving forward and that said, it is all official now and we leave for Bali on 9 August. I feel that this year away in Bali will give us that breath of fresh air we've been craving as well as some time away from the chaos of Rome to regroup, evaluate our business and how/if we can make it grow. Owning a business here has proven to be very frustrating and we need to think about whether or not we can live with that frustration or move onto other projects.
At first I had considered archiving this blog since we will no longer be here - I'll have to find out how they say "senso unico" in Indonesian, but I think it's still appropriate to call it that as we move onto this new adventure.
Loads has happened over the past 4 months. On 9 May, we had a huge party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Beehive and it was a joy to have friends from far and wide come and celebrate with us. It should have been stressful, but it absolutely was not. We had a wonderful time. I had been hoping to post the story of The Beehive's creation around that time thinking it would have been an appropriate thing to do since we get asked so often about our story. I hope one day to post it here for posterity and even then, I know I will not do it justice. It has been a very long, bumpy and beautiful road.
I finally got my Italian drivers license! It only took me 3 years to do it, and to be honest, if I had applied myself and not been such a procrastinator, I could have gotten it a long time ago. Like everything else here, persistence is the key as well as having plenty of patience.
Our youngest, Viola, turned 3 years old on 12 March. She is currently going through her terrible 3's. Everyone talks about the terrible 2's, but all of our daughters have experienced this tumultuous period in their 3's. We now know that she needs to be very well-rested, very well-fed - oh and get anything she wants from her sisters - in order to not throw a tantrum or whine, but since it's never 100% any of those things, we put up with a lot from her right now.
Giulia and Paloma are wrapping up another school year at St. George's. These last 6 years have been a fantastic experience for them and they are excited about their new year at the Green School. They had a going away/early birthday party this past weekend at the Villa Borghese and it was great to see them have so much fun with their friends whom I know they will miss very much.
When we first moved to Rome, for some reason I was fixated by the name of the one way traffic signs here which are called "senso unico" in Italian. There was something so appropriate at that time about these signs that really struck a chord- appropriate in the sense that we were heading in one direction with our new lives in Italy, there was no turning back. I still feel that way, looking and moving forward and that said, it is all official now and we leave for Bali on 9 August. I feel that this year away in Bali will give us that breath of fresh air we've been craving as well as some time away from the chaos of Rome to regroup, evaluate our business and how/if we can make it grow. Owning a business here has proven to be very frustrating and we need to think about whether or not we can live with that frustration or move onto other projects.
At first I had considered archiving this blog since we will no longer be here - I'll have to find out how they say "senso unico" in Indonesian, but I think it's still appropriate to call it that as we move onto this new adventure.
posted by lomalinda at
12:08
4 Comments:
Welcome back. I think that people were beginning to worry about you. Your B&B is still getting recommended over at Expats in Italy.
Best wishes for your wonderful year-long adventure! And PLEASE consider blogging while you're in Bali; even if you don't post, keep a journal - trust me, you'll be SOOOO glad you did!
Welcome back!
really enjoyed reading your blog. fellow ExpatsInItaly poster. hope you don't mind me linking your blog on my own. keep it up! ciao*ciao
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