Day 303

While I'm writing this, I'm out with the family in Sardinia. It's beautiful here, if not a little too warm today! We've been here for a week now, and every day has been filled with hot sand and long swims in the sea. My feet have been burnt by the sand and climbing over rocks; my skin has been bronzed (and also a little burnt!) by spending just that bit too long in the sun - watch out, by the time I get home noone will recognise me!
Speaking of going home, I have just over a month left in Italy, and then it's back to Wales for whatever adventure meets me next... who knows where?! There's a lot of thinking to be done, but realisitcally, once I've got a bit more money I'll take a look at America without the Disney - that's the only problem with having spent 10 months in an American church; practically all of my favourite people from Rome have actually been from across the pond! Another big thing is that next week marks the end of my teen years. I ended my childhood in Kenya, and now I enter my 20s in Italy. It's strange, but it sort of takes the excitement out of a birthday. But that's a part of growing up right?!
Seeing as how this blog post seems to have taken a downward spiral away from what has actually been going on, let's see if I can pull myself back out and tell you!
All week has followed the same pattern; breakfast on the roof terrace, cream and costumes, beach until lunchtime, lunch, coffee/ice cream and relax and attempt to keep cool, beach until dinner time, shower, kids' dinner, adults' dinner, dishes, and sleep! And sleep before midnight is pretty necessary because everyone is so tired from the heat and diving and swimming so much, that if we don't sleep, then everyone gets rather frustrated, and that's no fun for anyone!
We had a great day yesterday though - we hired a motor boat and spent the whole day driving to different parts of the coastline, stopping, swimming and exploring for a while, and then moved onto another place and did the same. It was wonderful, and beautiful, and everyone was in a good mood. By the time we got back for dinner, I think we were all a bit pink, and definitely windswept and salty!
Tomorrow two other families arrive, and I start sharing my room with another au pair, so guaranteed I'll be rather frazzled from a lack of alone time, but it's sure to be fun (even in a crazy, busy, noisy sort of way!).
Anyway,
Ciao!