Another story morning glory..

Tommaso with our AWESOME pumpkin.. I am quite proud!

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another photo of the pumpkin

pumpkin in the window.. eery!!!!!!!!!

The inside of our "Palazzo Vecchio" where politics take place in Florence.. impressive

yes this is where i belong.. giving a speech in the palazzo vecchio in firenze.. magari!

This room made me think of my father who loves to collect maps/globes .. very impressive maps btw..

me at the festival delle creativita.. weird chair that somewhat resembled a inner tube covered in velcro..

Pomegranates from Tommasos uncles garden.. HUGE and quite wonderful ! ahh tommaso!

ok so I got it in my head to post more pictures of my daily life since frankly , its more appealing to the eye and makes me seem less frustrated than my earlier posts hehe.. I really am a happy person , its just when im happy im not usually at home writing a blog ( except for this morning! ) ..

Its late October.. work has been going well, the mullet-3 wheeled car was broken monday so I didnt take the kids i teach english to tennis, i suppose i am more worthy as a driver than an english speaker .. like i didnt already know that! yesterday I met a girl ( Gianna) who will be working with insiderabroad with me ( thank god! ) .. and we spent a great brunch drinking coffee/eating bagels and recounting our lives stories.. I can pretty much tell in 5 minutes whether or not I "click" with a person and she was such a sweet girl! More good times ahead I presume, and the fact that she was from Boston gave her some points.. everyone I have ever met from there is amazing.. why was I born in Texas? i kid i kid

so work has been going better, i have developed more of a selling routine and am MUCH less nervous getting out there and selling .. I believe in insiderabroad very much and I even though its slow going for ad sales in Florence, i do see potential.. most italians are like "what the hell are you selling or why should i spent money on this instead of buying google search words ".. but the more resistence I get the more passionate i get.. at least at  this moment. wait until next blog! LOL

I love october-nov-dece. something about the winter-fall that gets me excited! ironic since i was born in the summer and i HATE it,, to hot, sticky, no air conditioning.. while winter style is sooo much more fun. boots, scarves, sweaters, hats.. i never got to do that in texas!

I feel less-stressed than before but I am still very aware of the problems to come with italian bereaucracy..

tonight im going to dinner with friends since Allie ( an american friend who is going through similar visa problems) is going home to get her visa and work a bit before coming home ( to fLorence :) ) . .. is leaving.. pizza and laughter.. what more could you want.. ( 2,000,000 euros would be nice ) ..

so until then.. have a glass of wino on me!

Octobers already almost over?

fun times with my brothers girlfriend amanda!

Having dinner at our house with tommasos parents.;; yes it was amazing!

listening to music in Piazza Signoria next to Mr.. yeah i jumped off a mountain, saved a baby seal.. ect ect

my brother "not" looking like a tourist in Venice

venice splendour

so beautiful

the perfectness that is an "antipasto" platter

soo I have been lazy, i need to write more.. so one day I can look back and reason that I was once insane or
merely quite chipper! I just love that word.. chipper.. update on life.. we filed the visa so we wont have any problems until january but it IS Italy so who knows what CRAZY roadblocks Italy will create for me to live legally here.. I dont even care anymore.. its to be expected.. :P

work is going well , hustling but the apartments are starting to annoy me , whereas before it was simple as baking pie , now i get all these emails demanding that I lower the price because " of the recession" .. umm do I look like I own the apartment? and whats worse, unlike many would-be landlords, booking agents ( like me ) , I listen attentively , answer everyone almost immiediately and give advice about coming to Italy.. and what i get in return is people backing out the last minute after confirming and I am just sooo done with it. I know I need to be more strict as in.. 48 hours confirm or no-go like alot of agencies demand but I like to assure people and help them out the best I can but maybe since its the internet people lose sight of ALL manners.. business is business i suppose!

the best was after i spent a month or so showing this apartment to these two italian/english girls. literally they came to see the place like 3-4 times asking last minute and i did since I thought they were a good fit. all was smooth and they were ready to move in, but THEN the next day after they moved in . They sent this longgg email to the landlord ( my boss ) saying how DIRTY the apartment was  and they demanded that it be professionally cleaned. I was sooo shocked it was like getting socked in the stomach.. After all, i was there when they moved in and they were jumping in glee not disgust! The owner actually cleaned the apartment herself with her husband and anyone who knows an italian knows how super clean and precise they are.. the worst part is that they wrote directly to her and not to me.. which was a little strange since they only had contact with me thus far., i wrote them back a scathing email asking why they A. didnt call me so i could come over and look and B. why they wrote to her instead of coming to me first... the landlord actually wanted to kick them out when she found out why the apartment was so filthy, apperently the washing machines tubes werent gleaming nor the window frames.. WHAT????? I have decided I no longer want to work with people anymore.. or i may be arrested one day for assault..

Its been a crazy month so far, first insidersabroad finally merged with the English Yellow Pages which was nice even though we weren't in any of the "pasta party " pictures which was kinda disappointing.. why even take pictures of us if your not going to post them? then my brother and his girlfriend came to visit which was AWESOME, I got to (finally ) see Venice and just go out to dinner guilt free almost every  night. I was hoping they would have a great time and noone would be rude to them, albeit a few experiences in Rome ( well it IS rome ) , i think they had a great time and it gave me a semi-vacay as well! there is NOTHING i like more than friends/family coming to visit so i can show them why i chose Italy as my home!

whats the plan now? well .. besides going out too much ( lol.. i kid, i love staying home watching movies. ANTM, sex and the city ect ect ) , halloween is coming up.. i dont really have any plans but i do hope a last minute halloween party will happen.. you never know here! november i want to work my a** off to make some money for my trip home to Tejas in december.. i realllllllllllllly hope that i will be able to afford to go to los angeles.. its been FAR too long! but i hate bumming rides off people because i obviously have to fly in there and renting cars is not cheap so we shall see... please god send about 10,000 my way?

ok back to work.. until we meet/write again..