Monday, June 22, 2009

plans...ahhhh

Right so I've cleared things up thankfully!

So staying with my uncle mark this week, then I'll be at my aunty Barbs for a couple of nights then My Uncle Peter will pick me up at Barbs and take me with him to his lovely cottage in the Lake District. His wife Barbara will be singing up there. Then I'll travel with him back to his home in Oxford.

I'm going to try and make some contacts and possibly get an under the table job if I can. Otherwise just make contacts so I'm better equipped for getting a job come septemberish...whenever my passport arrives really :D. hopefully no gliches with getting my passport..the lady at the British Embassy in DC seemed to think it was all stright forward so hopefully that is so!

Otherwise it looks like im just on vacation time till my passport comes...mind you limited vacation time as I've barely got any money. which is fine...I don't mind a challenge. Anyhow I'm really enjoying it all and I've not started missing Cali..yet any how.

Still I send my love out to all those I've left!!

Ta for now :D

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Entropy

Well Well Wednesday I quit my job and by Thursday evening I had got a plane ticket back to England and Friday early morning it was good bye Sardgenea....sigh. so to explain

Once we got to Sardegenea everything was free flowing and too much for my liking. I was told I was to be responsible of cooking and cleaning so as to give Ron and Geppe more time to work..alright makes sense. The first week little Gaia was with us. but I didn't have much to do with her as she was aloud to do what she pleased as there were lots of activites for her to do and the resort was very safe. Occasionally Id play with her when she decided she liked me.

Then she left and the plan I proposed was to learn Scuba Diving in the morning and then come back and make lunch for the lot and then go to the office. Alright makes sense. Day one of this plan complaint coz lunch was too late...umm ok we never had an offcial time the week before in fact we'd eaten much later but anyhow ok. So 1pm lunch tomorrow got it. I got it ready and by 1:40 they hadn't showed so I went looking for him. Found him chatting with some friends. Right I had eaten so i figured id visit with a friend for a mo whilst i waited for him to finish eating so i could clean dish's. By the time I got to the office he was all upset Id been visiting and i tried to understand what he wanted me to do and then he went on how the food wasn't that important and as long as I prepare it then it doesnt matter when they eat. But I then if the dish's arent clean I can't make dinner. So i was very confused about it all so I said right then I want to go home. And I did.

But the closest airport (Olbia) only had cheap flights to Birmingham about 1.5hrs outside of where my family is except for my Uncle Peter. corse when I arrived at the Airport I couldn't get through to him and my cousin and his Fiance came to my rescue and picked me up.

Then we went out to watch the new Transformers movie. It was long and didnt have much of a plot but it was nice to watch a film. Then I crashed out at my cousins and slept straight through to 10:30am. It was lovely. Then I spent all day out in Manchester with Krissy and a couple of her mates and we had a lovely time shopping (well I looked but didnt buy) then I went off to the pub with Lee and some of my other mates and Krissy and the others were having a girly night in before work the next day.

Needless to say once I started drinking double vokda and cranberry by the end of the night I couldn't remember a thing. oops. bit much I suppose o well :).

Today I'm working figuring out what the hec Im going to do seeing as I have no British id so I cant get a job legally anyway. So that puts me in a bit of a pinch. So we'll see. But I'm really glad im not in that job b/c when I got back I realized how stressed the situation was making me. A couple days before I left and since Ive been here Ive been stress eating like mad. Cheese cake, steak, chocolate, etc haha. Im just letting it go and my body shall right its self if it doesn't in a week or so then I'll step in ;). But that is my life thus far. Not even been gone a month yet. Ahh well.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Sardegnea

Well I arrived here at the camp almost a week ago. Not too much has happened work wise because we actually Ron and Guiseppe are setting everything up so they have not been able to teach me things thus giving me work to do. So Ive been twiddling my fingers a lot and playing with Gaia the toddler a bit. But she is a bit funny and is back and forth on weather or not she actually likes me. oh well.

Much more interesting life here at camp gets fun in the evening. There is a bar with a fantastic bar tender who is very cute...mmm hehe. And at 9:30 another cute lad named Marchello starts playing guitar (which he said he would teach me ;) ) and singing for a couple of hours. so usually that is where I am. Hanging out with all the other staff memebers. I have made friends with most of the people who work here and Ive picked up quite a few Itlian words..and not just swears. hahaha.

Currently to occupy my time Ive been assesing the men that work here to see which one can give me a bit of company and fun while im here. So far Im going with the singer...he has also produced a couple of albums ;)..but currently he is occupied with one of the guests...but she leaves tomorrow :P hehe....

Weather here is fantastic. Sunny and warm and windy so basically you are never cold and never hot. The water is lovely and cool but not Cali cold..you can actually swim in it. haha. Im also going to get scuba certified. looks like ill get my beginning certification this weekend. then ill move on to open water certification then advanced open water..then i can dive near ship wrecks and go down 100ft and see huge 40yr old fish..haha soooooo cool!!!!!

Well dinner now CAIO!

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Finally an interesting update

The week in England was great. I spent a lot of time with my cosuin chris's mates. We went clubbing in Bolton on Saturday and I danced my ass off with Lee which was so much fun. It was the first time I felt really confident and didnt care what other people were thinking. Sunday we had a barbie (bbq) at my aunties house..as in I invited my mates over and my aunty was super cool and left us the house. After the barbie we went to a pub. We being Marc, Lee, Matt, Ben and I. We were joined by Sophie (Bens lovely G/F), Chris (my cousin) and Krissy(his fiance). I got a bit sloshed but not to bad. Then monday I saw this realllly cute puppy (see pic on my FB page) which belongs to my friend Lee. its a laberdoodle. haha. Then Tue and Thur Lee and I kicked it in Manchester. Just wondered around. The whole week I was there it was sunny and 80F. really fantastic.



Ok so Italia. I left Thursday evening (round 8:30p over here) and had a bumpy landing into Bergamno. Worst turbulence ever! Like we literally just dropped a good five feet or so...bit harrowing for my tastes but we landed saftely otherwise. I found Ron and he took me to Cita Altta. Wow it looks like a movie set. Its a rennisance town high up on a hill in Bergamo. It was about 11pm at this point but people were wondering around or sitting at table eating or drinking. Not too much was open but there was some activity. We took a nice 45min or so walk then headed to the motel. Woke up at 8 had some breakfast (hot crossiant) then headed to Lake Como. Como was pretty and full of these narrow zig zagging streets and houses asending the hillside with red terrcotta roofing. All surronding a large lake. We looked at the church first then the villa and eventurally headed to the hotel where the bride was getting ready. The videographer left ahead of us and took our car keys so we took the boat with the groom and some guests. Ron took a bunch of photos then waited at the dock for the bride to arrive with her mother and brides maids. Then an hr or so long ceramony in Italian some pictures outside where it started to drizzle then the guests piled into vans to get to the house. While Ron and I got to ride what looked like a beautiful motorized wooden gondola with the bride and groom to the villa built by her grandfather. I got to eat yummy food and sleep on the couch for two hours. we were working from about 10am to 2am. when we finally got back to the car we had a 4hr drive to Pisa which took longer b/c ron and the Videographer had to stop and sleep and witch off. I slept the whole way. 7am we arrive in Pisa and we are heading to Rons friends house in Porta Lucca. But when I awoke Ron was driving slightly off corse so my first sight of Pisa was a big huge wall and arch way and the Tower of Pisa..soo cool. I then went back to bed for 4hrs and woke up to some breakfast. We are no on to today being saturday. I walked over to the Tower and wondered around below for a bit then walked up the tower and walked back to the house. where I napped a bit then got up and had dinner. BTW the ice cream (Gealto) here is soo good. like strawberry tastes like real strawberries and chocolate tastes so rich and chocolaty def better than that american stuff. Anyhow I leave for Sardgenea on monday and will be there for three months. I go to Austria in July to see my nephew play soccer and then after the summer looks like Ill be helping to get internet/tv and telephone services to Cameroon Africa. hopefully this means a trip to Africa even though home base will be in Europe. Woo thats a lot.



Yes this was a post to a particular person but it came out so much better than when I was trying to post on here b4 so anyway enjoy!! Hopefully Ill get photos up soon.

Caio!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Italy and terror

Hello all...I'm setting off for Italy in a few hours 8:35 over here and 12:35 in Cali. Anyhow I'm sure all will go I'm staying a night in my own hotel room in Bergamo then off to Pisa till Sunday or monday then off to Sardegna.

I've had a lot of night mares do to the extreme amount of worry I'm recieving and the lack of excitment..not a great combination but I'm pleased so many people care. Anywhoo all that has somewhat forced me to put on a brave face and this morning I realized how stressed out I really am and how scared so I burst into tears. No worries I'm currently with a wonderful friend and a very cute puppy so that ought to help.

I'm heading into Manchester for a bit of a wonder and some fish and chips and a pint of Laeger. Should be yummy!! Then I've got to get to the airport. I've managed to pack for three months in the tinest duffle ever bc european carry on sizes on tiny tim. I've also packed very demurly so as to avoid any nasty Italian men rubbing up on me...or at least the ones that are nasty. I've herd Italian people can also be quite friendly. Well its a big enough country I expect its a mixed bag really so we'll see.

Anyhow at some point I will post pictures and I will right more hopefully. I'm not bringing my computer or I-pod with as I don't feel it is safe enough to do so. Well I've got lots of plans and ideas and I'm really proud of myself I really feel my confidence growing and that I'm turning a corner. So I'm pretty happy if not a bit terrified.

Well Ta for now *MUWAH*