more things.

I. yesterday, saturday, i slept. from midnight friday to 5:30 pm saturday. it was already dark when i woke up. this teaching thing is a little exhausting.

II. today is the first sunny day in a while, and it's nice to have a little break from the rain, though i don't really mind the rain. lately it's been pretty warm but drizzling on and off and windy, but a warm wind. blustery days. i just remembered that i love fall. even half-assed sicilian fall, which is similar to half-assed california fall. for east coasters it's not real fall, but it's the fall i know best. it goes without saying, of course, that fall in new england is the only time there that it's not totally miserable.

III. yesterday i was talking to my friend morena on skype and she was surprised to hear that i was coming home for christmas. you're coming home? why? and i was like, well, yeah, i need to take a real shower.

and then i thought, would i really fly 15 hours across the world to take a shower? and yeah, i think i would. i can handle a lot, but not being able to take a real shower pushes me over the edge. i really think you could ship me off to kabul and i would be fine so long as i got to take decent showers.

IV. i haven't exercised at all, other than walking, since i've been here, so about five weeks now. my body's changed, and it feels awful. my legs are scrawny and my stomach's soft and it's no good, no good at all. the joining of the gym needs to happen.

V. you might have noticed that i'm really not good at censoring myself when i write. everything just sort of spills out and the boundary between the deeply personal and the family-friendly dissolves completely.

hope you don't mind.

un bacio.

c