non parlo italiano: parte due

hey guys! i wanted to mix things up a bit, so i made this post as video! this is my first ever vlog, so i was really nervous about posting it- let me know what you guys think. if you would like to see more video posts, or would prefer all text posts, let me know in the comment section below.

ciao, cuppycakes!

this is all i was given to eat today.

hope.

last night, ophelia fell asleep holding my hand. after being apart from the girls for nearly a year and being so quickly taken back into their hearts and lives, sweet gestures like this really give me hope not just for myself or these next two months, but for everything. it's one of those sweet little moments in life where you know that in the end, things will be okay.

with all of the hate and uproar going on in the world, i thought i would share my tranquil little moment of hope and love.

have a sweet day, cuppycakes!

they say lightning never strikes twice.

and they're wrong. i once met a man who was struck by lightning not once, not even twice, but THREE times. and i'm sure i don't have to tell that the chances of that actually occurring lie in a very small decimal somewhere between slim and none. my thoughts wander back to that man at times when i feel something incredibly unlikely has happened to me- times like today.

sshhhhh!

don't tell anyone, but i had to stop my sandwich-making to do a little man's work and vanquish the beast i found in my room just now.

an explanation

i've just finished reading louisa may alcott's "little women" and am just starting "pride and prejudice" by jane austin... and believe me, strange things happen to your thoughts when your main source of daily contact with the english language is reading books that old. i may or may not have but probably did think something was a "capital idea" yesterday. it's probably about time i came home.

albert crombey and fish

with my parisian adventure (sadly) behind me, i'm spending the rest of time abroad with the girls' family in france. playing pétanque (bocci),