As always, the days have been flying by and lately I have been finding it difficult to concentrate on anything. I am thankful that some freelance work is picking up, so at least I am forced to be productive given certain deadlines.  My brother visited this past weekend, so it was nice to just chill and have a valid excuse to not work.

However, I am feeling the pressure this week, because a friend will be arriving this Thursday night for a two-week long visit.  We are going to Munich for Oktoberfest and then back to Italy for random roaming.  This means I must finish more than two weeks of work in about two days. Ugh! Need to really focus, but I have a knack for finding something else to occupy my time…like blogging randomly.  Sigh sigh…

Balloons during our town's Festa della Madonna - I feel like I'm just floating around...

Posted on September 29, 2009 at 11:16 am | italy | 1 comment

Whoa, another year has passed and today I must say Happy Birthday/Buon Compleanno to myself!  It’s a bit odd to feel old and young at the same time.  I started feeling old because getting to a certain age, you start thinking about how much should have been accomplished by now, by this stage in life. Funny how easy it is to think of the things you haven’t done yet, versus everything you have!  I went on a major cleaning spree instead of napping after lunch, because it feels so good to clean everything and then take a hot shower.  Reminds me of Monica from Friends, although I’m not a neat freak really…I think…

Of course on the flip side, I know that I’m still young and have so much time ahead of me. Married life is still new and there’s so much to do and experience together. The sunny side of not having done something yet, is that you can go do it still!  Yup, I’m full of contradictions.  Old…young…bahh! Well, it’s just another day after all.  My hubby is taking me out tonight, so I’m sure we’ll have lots of fun and tomorrow will be another day.  For now I leave you with some old photos as I’m going through my digipics files and organizing.  Nostalgia! I should also warn you that it might be a bit of Linda overload, so many photos of me!

Various old photos of me...

Posted on September 17, 2009 at 5:19 pm | life thoughts | 4 comments

Even though we are all appreciating the cooler weather as Autumn approaches, I am feeling a bit nostalgic and missing our summer day trips already.  More photos on my Flickr photostream…

Posted on September 2, 2009 at 1:56 pm | italy | 1 comment