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2-27-2009

It’s my last day in Cortina. Tomorrow morning I travel back to Rome alone. I am so glad to get away from everyone. I just want to be away from the kids and Camilla. I should have a full 72 hours all to myself. Tonight and tomorrow during my travel time I will plan my days off in Rome. I don’t want to waste this time. I hope these next few days are fantastic. If I can get some good rest, I will be fresh and happy next week.

Last night we celebrated Anna’s birthday. These kids are not spoiled by material possessions at all. It was a really low key party and Camilla and Federico only bought her a couple small presents. I went to La Cooperativa and bought her a jewelry making kit and some Barbie clothes. You would have thought I gave her a diamond ring. She was so happy. I am really glad. Maybe I can just bribe her. Hehehehe. We all went to a pizzeria for her festa. The pizza was delicious and the birthday cake was sooo good.

I am really tired. I am well rested, but my body is just beat. I don’t even care anymore. I don’t care if Peter goes outside to play or if the girls beds are made or if they have their gloves or if they eat merenda (snack). I only care to get out of Cortina. Today I took Peter to the center of town to play in the square. It’s sunny, but the wind is awful and very cold. We didn’t stay long. We left for home and I made him lunch after he played a while. I have figured out that if he eats a lot before nap time he sleeps very well. So I feed him a huge lunch today. Also, if he eats slowly he won’t finish the meal, so I make him eat very very quickly. I gave him a plate of pasta, four meat balls, two slices of bread with cream cheese, a banana and a container of yogurt. He ate everything. I put him to bed at 1 p.m. and I don’t plan to wake him up until 4 p.m. when Anna and Ludo arrive.

Anna was selected to climb the mountain and ski down on the fresh snow today. Only 10 kids were asked to go. She is an athletic child and she skis better than Ludovica. Ludovica is jealous of her sometimes and I feel bad for her. Anna is definitely the favorite child. Last night before Anna’s party, Ludovica began to cry and say that she was fat and Anna was beautiful. I felt terrible for her. I fixed her hair and put some make up on her. Ludovica is my favorite by far. Camilla was really proud that Anna was chosen to climb the mountain today. She wouldn’t shut up about it this morning.

Now it’s about 2:30 p.m. I took a nice hot bath and shaved my legs. I will miss the bathroom in Cortina. My shower in Rome is so small and the hot water only lasts for about 15 minutes. I am relaxing until 4 p.m. I have an awful headache. I wonder why. I am really homesick. I miss Nick like mad. The only thing keeping me from giving up is that I made plans. I have plans to go to Morocco and I am taking Italian. I hope I can make it!