Day 135

I'm back in Rome! After having a really wonderful two weeks at home spending time with those I love I flew back on Sunday and have started picking up where I left off. 
It was hard leaving home; harder than I'd thought. I'm happy to be back though, M and F jumped on me and squeezed me when they saw me, so that's the warmest welcome I could have asked for! 
They were supposed to start back at school on Wednesday, but there was a bit of "first day of school-itis" going around, and after one car in need of a valeting they were back home with me for the day. We had a good day though, playing games and making Lego and painting (NB finger painting with poster paint inside is a rather stressful experience when walls and sofas are white!). Needless to say, neither of them were truly unwell and have gone to school on Thursday, and went be going swimming later! 
It's been a quite relaxed week one way or the other; I've had the apartment to myself while the family are away skiing, and somehow or another I've managed to survive off a wonderfully healthy diet of chicken, popcorn and potatoes. I did have my first ever fro-yo yesterday, so that was very exciting! 
Clare should be arriving soon with pizza, so that'll mix things up a little! 
Ciao!!