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Hello hello!

My apologies, friends, for the hiatus. You all are aware of the reasons so I shall not bore you with excuses. If any of you are even checking this that is. I am going to try to get back into the blog thing, though it's not guaranteed. I still don't have internet access at home, so it's a big undertaking, but I miss keeping in touch with everyone this way and I continue to get requests to update this thing so I want to oblige my friends and family.

I bit of what I've been up to since...April is it? Well most importantly, Elyse and Patrick finally got married! The shower and bachelorette parties were big hits, and the wedding was a joyful, peacful and inspiring day, one of the ones you remember forever and that makes a smile always come to your face. I went home to the states for the wedding and also got in some (not enough!) bonding time with the family and local friends...lobster dinner, boat rides, bbqs...it was a true Maine vacation and I loved every minute of it!

I've also taken a couple of trips - to Barcelona once to visit a friend (it was still nice enough to go to the beach, in October!), and to the Dolomites again - where I went porcini mushroom hunting with Carlotta's glorious family.

We found 2 kilos worth! Over 2 days.........among 5 people.....

Mom just came to visit as well!

She stayed a week in Rome, with her good friend Sara. We have a lovely time catching up and exploring Rome together. I got so used to having her here, now it feels like I've lost something without her. But she'll be back I'm sure, and I will be home hopefully sometime around Christmas, so I'll be ok!

Otherwise, it's just business as usual... my job continues to bore, though the commissary family is quite cute. I eat, I sleep, I go out, I have fun...drama ensues! But it's all good! I will post pics soon, now that the updating is out of the way.

So, until next time...which will be soon, I promise, take care and arrivederci!!!