The treat yesterday was stopping to eat Chinese food, Siena’s favorite type of food. The restaurant was completely dead when we walked in, and pretty much stayed that way. Of course I had no idea what I was ordering, and asked Pam if she would just pick out something good for me. Everything was different. There was no ‘Kung Pow Chicken’ or ‘Hot and Sour Soup’, and looking at the Chinese menu, written in Italian, I knew I was totally lost in translation. In the end, we ordered some sort of chicken with bamboo dish, and fried noodles with vegetables. Everything was good, but I still felt weird about being in a Chinese restaurant in Italy. Something about it just seemed wrong.
Trying to fit all of the groceries into the fridge was perilous. The fridge was already so full with leftovers, and older vegetables, there was hardly a place for anything we bought. By the time the girls and I were done filling the fridge, no one wanted to open it for fear of everything falling out. I think we will be eating in all this week, and next in an effort to get rid of all that food!
Last night was my first night to watch “Ballando Con Le Stelle”, the Italian version of “Dancing with the Stars”. There were some major differences, the first and most recognizable being that the show lastested upwards of four hours. Yeah, that was not a typo, I said FOUR HOURS. I ended up leaving before it was over. We all started watching the show at nine and by 1245am I was wiped out, and told Pam I was not going to make it, packed up my stuff and fell into bed. The way the show works is, there are five judges, plus one guest judge. Each of the couples, seven were left last night, dance and then each judge gets an unlimited amount of time to comment afterwards. In between this dancing there were little children who came out to perform and earned points which would be saved to give to one of the three lowest scoring couples. After everyone had danced, they had a dance off between each couple, and for each vote they received from the judge, they received five extra points. Then the audience could call, for about a dollar each time you called or texted, and vote for their favorite couple. That lasted for about ten minutes, then the totals were tallied, and the four highest couples were announced. The bottoms three had to dance again, and were not told what type of dance to do until they heard the music playing. After everyone had danced, the judges got to decide who they would award the children’s total points to, and then everyone would dance again, and then the judges would decide who they would kick off. I left about the time everyone had to dance again. Amazing that people actually stay up to watch this, but apparently, this is THE show to watch in Italy. I am a little sad that Saturday nights are supposed to be the family nights where I do my own thing for dinner, because I like watching the show. I think I might talk to Pam and see if we can make some other night family night, or if she really wants it to be Saturday, then I will accept that.
Mostly I am just having fun and trying to be very very useful to Pam and Sam. I am hoping, if I can get them to really like me, and not know how they lived without me, Pam will want me to at the least come back to Italy to help her with her business, and keep helping the girls with their English skills. Then I could live over here for four months or so, come home during July and August, and work again for another three and a half months, and come home for December and January. During the times I am home I would plan to do as much work as I could, wherever I could, to earn enough money to pay off my student loans for the year, and that way I could be in Italy, not making much money, without having to fret about it. Of course, if Pam decides she does not need me after the year is up, then I will come home and find a new path. Right now, the road seems fairly clear, but there are always potholes you do not see in the distance.
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