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I made a list of things to get done before I go back to Italy. It's stuff that I would want to do anyway, but seeing Mimmo adds some incentive. Well, I'm also thinking of growing my hair a bit longer, which I hadn't thought of before. Something like this.

What do you think? It's similar to my current haircut, only longer. I'll bring the picture to my hair stylist to discuss. (Basically, I want to knock the sexy Italian guys dead :))

Speaking of dead, I bought an end-of-life planner. I had wished that my mom had had one, so I had been thinking about it. What got me about this one is the title: “Fuck, I’m Dead!” It should give someone a laugh.

Crap. I overslept, and missed a webinar, but there probably will be a recording of it. A lot of people are off work today because of the holiday tomorrow.

The Italian teacher got back to me, and I think that we have a time. Yay.

I think that I'm getting used to the heat. It's currently 81F/27C, but it feels okay upstairs, and I don't have the fan on. Today is going to be a day spent in pajamas though.

They're letting us leave early for the holiday, but I need to make up the time that I overslept this morning.

I received my Italian keyboard, so I need to test it out tonight.

I just realized that I have tai chi tonight, so I need to take a shower and get dressed.

I’m thinking of getting a ceiling fan for my bedroom this weekend. I wonder where my ladder is.

Went to tai chi. I think that I like yoga better than tai chi, which wasn’t what I expected. Somehow I missed that they want us to have a pair of gym shoes only for Tai Chi, so I ordered some “open box” Skechers on eBay. (I looked at Kizik shoes, which I live in, but they would cost $120 for shoes that I will wear twice a week. No.)

I forgot to put out the trash last night. Drat.

People have started shooting off fireworks. Sigh. Here comes the noise.

Facebook has been showing clips from the Golden Girls. Damn, that show was good. I’m tempted to watch it on Amazon Prime. I bought the first season and watched the first episode.

Jenny Craig was having a big sale, so I decided to try it (ordered). My map of Italy got trashed in the move, so I ordered a new one.

Studied Italian. I enjoy checking off verbs that I know. I'd like a white board to list the ones that I know to motivate me. Bought a small one.

It's too late to start anything else (even though I don't need to get up early tomorrow), so I'm going to go to bed.

Oh. I forgot to mention yesterday that my mom thought that my coming to visit her in Michigan was a great idea. So I'm planning on it (although we haven't set a date yet). I put it to her as "you need to stay home and I need a change of scene".

Hmm. If I want to try scuba diving, Urbana has a dive shop that has lessons. It would be cool to do a dive in the Caribbean. I need to brush up on my swimming, but after I start working in Champaign, I can join the gym at the U of I. They offer swim lessons, which might not be a bad idea.

I now have the Celebrity Cruises app on my phone, but I need a cruise reservation to link. I'm kind of anxious to book the trip now that I've decided on it, but need to wait until I get paid again. Though I haven't heard back from Windstar yet. I'm thinking that I would want to be on the same deck as the library or iLounge, but it's a little more expensive. Might be worth it though. But if I bring my laptop and have WiFi, it wouldn't matter. A Web site said that the lower levels are more stable though; I suffer from motion sickness. Do I want an oceanview cabin? $400 extra. The Web site said that seeing the ocean, paradoxically, helps with motion sickness, plus it would be nice to look out the window. Bah, the soft drinks package is extra. Do I want to do a non-refundable deposit or refundable? So much to think about. Hmm, the cruise is through Tampa, so I could spend an extra couple of days and check out the Tampa area as a retirement place.

I've got this picture of St. Lucia as my desktop computer's background. I hope that it will help me to save money for the cruise.

I priced the Panama Canal cruise, and it's more expensive, not surprisingly. Plus that's a cruise on which it would be nice to have a balcony to see the transit of the Canal.

Zara has to check out everything that I eat, whether it's something that she wants or not. She's currently sitting on my lap. Now she was chewing on my keyboard cord so I evicted her.

I need to get going on my walking, but my schedule makes that tough. I need to run errands after voice today. Maybe tomorrow. (Monday is homework and will be my sewing class, Tuesday is piano, Wednesday is voice, Friday is guitar, and Sunday is Italian.) Definitely on the weekend (though if Mom is coming down on Sunday, I'll need to stick around).

Voice went well. My teacher said not to worry about using the piano to find pitches. I told her that I'd like to do the Purcell piece as a break, and she said that she'd look to see if she has it.

After voice, I ran errands. It started pouring part-way through, so I bought a cheap rainbow-colored umbrella. I like it. I might get another one.

I got my Define My Day planner and really like it. I want to start using it next Monday though to start at the beginning of the week.

I'm making a turkey burger (no bun) with mashed cauliflower as a side.

I want to ask Mom if she'd want to go to Orlando with me. I'd want to check the area out a a possible area for retirement, but we could spend a couple of days at Disney and Universal.