Afternoon Coffee Break

So today, as I sit down at a side-walk table of our local bar (coffee place) of choice in a rare-unhectic moment with my colleagues, Emma and Naomi, who also just so happen to be two of my best friends in Rome -- in addition to being part of the original Charlie's Angels trio (our boss being Charlie - us being, well just look at the photo) -- where was I? Oh yes, rare-unhectic moment sipping on a caffè coretto -- meaning an espresso with liquor in it -- in this case Sambuca -- letting the day wind down and talking about our end of April girls Venice trip and the dinner we've planned tonight in Trastevere -- I realize that in all of my posts til' now there have been two major focuses: my relationship with Jacopo... and our cat.

Now I ain't about turning this into a Boyfriend/Cat version of a "Mommy Blog" (see: blogs written by obsessed mothers about babies and burping and diapers and absolutely nothing else of interest) -- so just for the record -- while the major "stuff" going on right now that's type-worthy involves my love and my pet -- that's not all my life is about -- i've got my good friends, many of whom were there before the love and before the pet who saw the love and the pet happen and/or listened the talk for hours on end about them -- and I absolutely adore these friends without whom Roma would be a very sad place indeed.

Here's to you, girls -- (raises teacup of espresso-spiked-sambuca and salutes).

October

October 2005 -- The Spaniard and I "break up". My December plan of moving to switzerland and teaching english while getting a masters degree? Out the window. New life plan -- finish school, save $, get the flying F**k out of America.

October 2006 -- I leave America, for good. Oddly, by boarding a plane heading towards Madrid, where the Spaniard is waiting for me at the airport. That, as we all know, doesn't work -- and i've been living in Rome since.

October 2007 -- I decide Rome is IT. I'm here, i'm staying. This leads to me beginning the search for a semi-permanent room, further from the center, big changes at work (restructuring, promotion, new office etc.) and the decision to go back to New York -- my once home -- as a foreigner, for a visit.

October 2008 -- (about) Moving in with Jacopo.


Notice a trend? If something big and life-changing is going to happen -- it usually chooses to poke its head out in October -- so when Jac told me yesterday that his apartment contract says he needs to give 6 months notice to move out ... and I counted that from April 1 -- that means the move in date is October 1. I wasn't surprised, and oddly amused.

I wonder what else October will bring?