Rome Diarys

Aghhh why cant i shift the weight on my jelly belly!! The other exercises are going well and work but nothing seems to work on the one area i want to lose!!

The weather here is still so hot! to hot! i have a hat now to i dont get sun stroke! Im always sweating by the time i get home from my course in the mornings! and then as soon as im in the flat the aircon is swtiched on. I never liked air conditioning but i have to admit its really helping in this weather! I still see some Italian's wandering around in coats there mad!

The amount of accidents i have seen with mopeds and bikes here is amazing there are always accidents with them everyday where they have gone to fast or weaved in and out of cars and then got hit. Everytime we see an ambulance screeshing past i know its an accident with one of those bikes, its really put me off going on one at all!

I went and bought a dress from a market stall today got it home and it just looks weird on me.

Some old college friends have joined my facebook and i have an old work friend joining it to its so nice to be able to stay in contact with people.

My italian is improving i was driving Alex crazy on the weekend with my boken italian sentences hee hee and i talk to his friends on WOW in italian as well now so at least i can communicate better even if i dont always make sense with it.

Felt a bit lonely after class on momday it was just a passing feeling but i didnt like it. I think i will be happier once im working and have made some solid friendships.

Well the course is still going very well, learning new words of italian everyday and talking to Alex more and responding to him more in italian. Even been Msn his friends in italian which impresses them although i still dont know alot. I even did one to a hundred in italian in class so i was thrilled when the italian football came on and i could understand all the numbers they mentioned, i was shouting them out at the TV!

Still been doing the exercises although i haven't been able to shift much which is a bit depressing but im not giving up! The walk to the class does me good and i may start going for long walks around Rome before going home after them. I found a local gym as well and once i start working im going to join and start working out. Pasta and pizza are nice but not so good for the waistline!

Its turned really hot here now, im wilting in the heat and have visions of me turning into a red lobster quite soon! It would be nice to get a tan just not burn like i know my fair skin will.

My plants are coming along nicely lots of green shoots but no flowers yet! i have been watering them everyday as i dont know how well they will do in this heat.

Well the Italian course is going well im learning more and even going through stuff i know already! The class in friendly with a mixed bunch of people, english, french, canadian, brasilian, american, purvian. The teachers speak in italian all the time so sometimes its a bit of a task working out what they want you to do but there patient and friendly. Its good to know im not the only person who doesnt speak italian yet, one women has been in italy for a year and shes still on basic italian she told us.

I found some kittens for sale and mentioned it to Alex as we had talked about getting one after the summer. He said that having a pet is the will to have a baby and why dont we just have a baby instead! He doesnt mean this minute right now but sometimes in the near future so not far away. I guess the kitten would be a baby substitue in away but i do love cats! and grew up with them around me so having one eventually would be nice.

Since doing the italian course and going out more to get to class its motivated me to get out more. I need to finish the forms for that agency about the babysitting work as i want to earn some money as well so i can do some shopping, i hate asking Alex for money and i rarely do because of this.

I met more of his friends on saturday night we all went out for a meal, there a very friendly bunch and i really like them. Again they all talked in italian again because some of them did not speak english but some of the women said we will arrange a dinner for the ones that speak english one evening so i dont feel so left out next time which was nice of them!

I have been doing the exercises everyday and i can see a small improvement so i think if i keep it up i will hopefully lose some weight! It should be good when we go to the mountains in july plenty of walking and exploring will be good exercise for both of us.

Its been really nice and hot lately and im hoping i will eventually get a bit of colour and not burn like red lobster! I have noticed that some italian's still wearing coats, jeans, boots, jumpers! to me this is crazy with it being hot! I dont know if maybe im feeling the heat more than them but i just find it strange they do this while the weather is so good!

I've had a wonderful week this week last weekend we went out with friends round parts of Roma i havent seen yet they had a friend visting from another country and wanted to show him around. All the walking was very good for me and for Alex. We saw St Peter's square, more fountains, some allys which have loads of little shops down them and are popular with the tourists, we walked in a park as well. We went out sight seeing over the whole weekend which was very nice it was so lovely and hot as well.

I start my italian language course on monday im a little bit nervous but i know i will be ok. Im feeling more comfortable wandering around on my own. I even went clothes shopping to a shop Patrizia told me about theres one 2 stops on the bus from us its called Oviesse, i bought a purple top and a lovely summer dress! I realised i need to start exercising and lose some weight i have gained while being here, not doing much during the day has caused it and i know once im more active like going to the course getting a job etc it wont be a problem. So i have started to walk lots and found some exercises to do on youtube, some good surfer exercises etc which seem fun and you feel the results straight away.