I haven't updated the blog

for a long time and I haven't replied to your comments. Sorry about that. It's been crazy with very little time for myself. 

Things are doing well and I feel less stressed than a few weeks ago. I am off today and tomorrow (thank God!) which is great because next week and the first week of December are going to be hectic. Next week I'll be stuck in meetings and workshops while the first week of December I'll be on biz trip for 4 days. 

I'm so glad I am at home today. I worked this morning and then I spent time with Orlando in the garden. He ran and played and had fun without doing stupid things except for eating a small branch. Obviously he prefers running free in the garden instead of going out for walks on leash. However, he has to be supervised all the time even though he has improved a lot. No more stones, just branches and leaves (sometimes). Unluckily there's a cat who poops in the garden and Orlando... well, you can imagine what he does. Bleah.

December is approaching and I still haven't given serious thoughts on Christmas, Christmas presents and New Year's eve. To be honest, I treated myself, namely I bought some gifts... for me ;-) I guess we'll spend Christmas day here and invite over my small family while we'll spend boxing day with G's family. New Year's eve has never been special to us but THIS YEAR is special because of Orlandino and we want to stay at home with the him.

Anyway, we'll see. We don't have plans yet.

Since Orlando is with us, I am happier and more "balanced", if you can see what I mean. Of course there are drawbacks but the trade off is worth it. We sleep less but we do have him :-)

On a different tone, I'm reading a very interesting book which I highly recommend: The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton. I promise I'll write a post about it. 

I'm still alive!

I've been very busy lately and I haven't had time to update the blog. Plus, this heat is killing me. I'm glad we have air conditioning at home. Luckily I'm working mostly at home but when I go to Milano I feel exhausted at the end of the day. 

A couple of things I want to share:

- DOGS. we are dogsitting a friend's dog! She (the dog) underwent a surgery last week and A. needed help so here we are :-) Tomorrow kira will stay with us -well, mainly with my mum- the whole day. It's nice to have a dog around again although it's weird to see her instead of Duick. Just in case you're wondering the answer is yes and no: on the one hand I feel better, on the other I still miss him a lot and I'm not over it. Last week I saw a dog like him (a gordon setter) and I burst into tears. I can't stand seeing gordon setters. 

A decision was made: no more gordon setters. Another decision was made: perhaps a golden retriever? My mum thinks she is ready to have another dog. The dog will be shared: we need my mum's help and she is a dog-lover like exactly like me. I'm not as ready as she is so I guess he (this is a thorny question: I'd like a male, she wants a female! G. is fine with both) will be staying more with her than with me IF we get him in the near future. However, given that she lives in the same property ... he will be staying with the three of us from the start. The plans are to get a dog after summer holidays. I must admit that I'm both thrilled and sad at the same time. But I can't have Duick back and we don't like living without a dog so... 

- FRIENDS. My Canadian friend and his family (4 people) will come to visit in July! They'll be staying at our place for 3-4 days and then we'll go to Sardinia. I'm looking forward having them here. G. is worried about his English and keeps telling me that he is not going to speak ("my English is too bad").  It's going to be tiring and funny, I guess. Other friends, one from the UK and one from Greece, will come to visit in October.

N., my best friend's son, will turn 1 tomorrow :-) he is ADORABLE and we'll celebrate him on Sunday. 

- SPORT. Well, I almost passed away during England versus Italy (Euro 2012)! I lost my voice but it was worth it. I doubt we'll beat the Germans tomorrow though... fingers crossed!

Quite a while

I've just realized that I haven't updated the blog for a while... things have been hectic here and I'm about to leave in a few days (Barcelona). I hope I'll have the time to write from there. If this is not going to be case, I'll catch up with you as soon as I'm back.