Well it's been awhile since I have felt inspired to put pen in hand (or fingers to keyboard ). I now am a "mom" of sorts. I have an exchange student living with me from Italy. I so enjoyed interacting with Lars last year that I decided I would like to host this year. Andrea is a very "sport oriented " guy. He loves Soccer (of course) , American Football (Pittsburgh steelers fan), baseball, etc. So ESPN Sportscenter has become very popular of late in my house. He also is into cars. So I plan on getting him out to some car shows in the area.
Some new things for me .. getting him registered in school , picking out classes, being a taxi, explaining our complex nuances and slang, having someone living with me in the house, and in general not being so work focused and the big one being involved in high school sports.
Of course he decided he wants to play soccer . He also wants to be an MMA fighter too, but I think that needs to hold off until soccer season is over. The team will play up to three games a week and practice at least 5 days per week. WHEW ! Plus he signed up for two periods of PE. He's actually passed out asleep as I write this.
I also got my first Italian cooking lesson from him the other night as he was homesick for pasta so I got the pot out and he showed me how to put the water and salt in the right ratio. You must stir the pasta every one to two minutes when cooking it ... and surprisingly it cooks in about 8-10 minutes. Throw a bit of marinara on to lightly cover the pasta and voila' .. dinner. He also likes to eat about 8 or 9pm at night which is perfectly in tune with my normal schedule.
I also had LASIK surgery this past week on my eyes and I didn't realize how much I was missing with my glasses and contacts until I started healing up from the surgery. I had an excellent nursing student taking care of my aftercare (thanks so much) and while putting in multiple drops several times a day is annoying let me tell you it was the best $3800 bucks I have shelled out in my life!
I am really enjoying being a host mom and gaining better sight. Since my seven days has passed since surgery I am allowed to start wearing Mascara again tomorrow ! YAY ! With that I am going to end this because my energy has gone right out the window.
Some new things for me .. getting him registered in school , picking out classes, being a taxi, explaining our complex nuances and slang, having someone living with me in the house, and in general not being so work focused and the big one being involved in high school sports.
Of course he decided he wants to play soccer . He also wants to be an MMA fighter too, but I think that needs to hold off until soccer season is over. The team will play up to three games a week and practice at least 5 days per week. WHEW ! Plus he signed up for two periods of PE. He's actually passed out asleep as I write this.
I also got my first Italian cooking lesson from him the other night as he was homesick for pasta so I got the pot out and he showed me how to put the water and salt in the right ratio. You must stir the pasta every one to two minutes when cooking it ... and surprisingly it cooks in about 8-10 minutes. Throw a bit of marinara on to lightly cover the pasta and voila' .. dinner. He also likes to eat about 8 or 9pm at night which is perfectly in tune with my normal schedule.
I also had LASIK surgery this past week on my eyes and I didn't realize how much I was missing with my glasses and contacts until I started healing up from the surgery. I had an excellent nursing student taking care of my aftercare (thanks so much) and while putting in multiple drops several times a day is annoying let me tell you it was the best $3800 bucks I have shelled out in my life!
I am really enjoying being a host mom and gaining better sight. Since my seven days has passed since surgery I am allowed to start wearing Mascara again tomorrow ! YAY ! With that I am going to end this because my energy has gone right out the window.
