Cold, Cold, Cold

If you have not guessed, I am cold. It is getting below freezing here at night, and I think I am just going to have to start leaving the heat on at night. Every morning I wake up with a sore throat and a messed up nose from my head being so cold, and my body so warm at night. If I were to live here, I mean for a permanent, or atleast a few years out kind of thing, I would certainly need more than this breezy apartment Pam and Sam have set me up in. Of course there is also the want for an actual stove instead of a hot plate, but mostly it is the apartment itself. It is not very air tight, the windows might as well be cardboard coverings, and so it takes a long time to heat the place up after it becomes cold. Yes, I think I could live in Italy part of the year, and in America for the rest of the time, however I would need an actual apartment. I am pretty much sick of being cold. Of course, I am hardly ever cold and Pam and Sam's place because their apartment has been renovated and has a better system of heating, not to mention a fire place.

Yesterday the wood man came to drop off the last load of wood for the season. Now, when I was young, and we had wood delivered to the house, the men always stacked it for us up on the side of our house. Well, it is not done that way here. Imagine if you took a dump truck full of wood and poured it out into someones front lawn, then drove away. Now you get the idea of how wood is delivered in Italy. We had to carry up a small mountain of wood to the second floor where Pam and Sam's apartment is. I will have to take a picture of the wood and post it on the blog for you all to see.

Also, I made dinner last night. Italian Wedding Soup; which technically none of the Italians here have ever heard of, but that is beside the point. The girls liked the soup, but would not eat the meatballs, claiming they were too spicy. Pam had a bite, and did not find them spicy at all, only flavorful. Still, the soup was a hit, and I am glad. I have a relatively small number of dishes I can make for dinner, and this one happens to be quite easy, so I will plan on making this more often.

Other than this, I have just been trying to help Pam with everything she askes of me. I have not gotten to do actual TOUR stuff yet, mostly just organizing and helping keep the house picked up. But, I think I might get to start doing some actual travel agent stuff after lunch. I will let you know how that goes later on today. Mostly, Pam is just so busy she cannot take the time to explain to me how to do this and that and the other. She is constantly on the phone or internet confirming and planning. I think I am going to try and wake up early early tomorrow and be at the house right after Pam comes back from school and ask her to show me some Travel things I can start helping her with.

I will do my best to post some pictures tonight!!!