This week has been exhausting, after recieving some bad news about a trip we were looking forward to, being completely overwhelmed with the idea of how much work I have to get done for school in the short 10 week semester, and Bessie- aka the Green Machine, being out of commison for 2-3 weeks, I was done with this week! Sadly, due to some mix-up that we still cant figure out and are still bitter about, we are no longer attending the marriage retreat at the end of the month at Edelweiss Germany. I am quite sour about it but we had made reservations to extend our stay which I am hoping they will honor so we can still at least have our trip!
School is quite overwhelming as I try to get into the right mindset of it all, three years is a long time to get back into the swing of everything, hopefully I will get the hang of it, leaving my husband without verbal lashings of how tired I am :)
Now for poor old Bessie. She was having some work done (sometimes you come to an age where you just need a nip or tuck right?) new brakes and rotors when I was informed by the mechanic that the caliper? on the right side was leaking (not good) and the left one was stuck which had to be pryed off leaving it un-usable. Terrible timing as I just started classes, no internet at the house (at least a good enough connection for a two hour class, three nights a week), and having to commute to post in the middle of the night with no car!!! Worst news of all the bad news! Anyway Bessie has been deemed unsafe to drive until we can get replacement parts, so she gets to sit in the parking lot on pos, tear :( , until that day comes.
Now the good news (well not for Bessie at least). Ironically enough Bessie has a little sister, a Golden little sister. One of the hubby's coworkers has the exact same car, just two years newer, with....get this....similar problems ie. new brakes and rotors need to be ordered. As generous as this man was we worked out to put our new brakes and rotors onto his car making his usuable in the meantime! He was kind enough to say that since we got it working we were more than welcome to use it, as he has another car anyway. Thank God for this man cuz without Bessie for 2-3 weeks would be rough...and only because of my school situation! Anyway we are now the drivers of what I call 'Golden Bessie'. Exact same inside and out just switch the green for gold! Sadly GB also has a problem with her drivers side window requiring new parts just like B but hey they are working wheels so Im happy!
Yesterday we travled to a local beach just North of Venice, Jesolo. No Dad it was not a nudie beach, but in true italian style the italians did what they wanted and we definately had to turn our heads away on more than one occasion. We were looking for a relaxing time to just sit and enjoy the sun, and we definately found a good spot despite the local attractions! The water was cold but there were miles and miles of beaches stretching to walk along and catch the rays! We were able to meet up with our former house guests and enjoy lunch and some time on the beach before heading back home for the day. It was nice just to relax afte this first week of real classes as I attempted to catch up on some much needed sleep as well....Little did I know that my night would not go as planned. After missing the exit for the correct autostrada to get home, I miraculously managed to find my way home via a completely different route than we had planned. As my copilot dozed...no not Tucker this time, I was able to find a familiar route back to Vicenza, Ill tell you now that that is quite a feat for me without a map on only being on that road once before...we have now established that we definatley need to invest in a GPS!
Now for the Quake...yes you read that right, we experienced our first earthquake last night. The epi-center was about an hour and a half south west of us but still close enough that we felt it. It started out as just a rumbling and grew to shake our bed as well as all the furniture in our house! Scared I finally got Kyle awake enough to realize what was going on as we both hopped out of bed. We made it as far as the door frame and It was over. Roo was whining the neighbors were running outside yelling....little to say I did not get a great nights sleep after that! Welcome to Italy right!
Today we are gonna have some friends over to BBQ as just relax around the house, next weekend we are hoping to make it to Rome for the 3 day weekend! Wish us luck in our late planning!
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