humor me

I am about to do a lil bit o' complainin'..

deal with it!

This cold is not going away! 

I have been sneezing like crazy today

I keep getting the feeling like I have to sneeze in my left nostril and then it just goes away and causes my left eye to tear up and it has been going on all day and it causes me to look like I am constantly about to cry!

I officially hate this cold for the various reasons:

1) It sucks

2) It has overstayed it's welcome

3) It caused me to miss my good friend Giuditta's birthday dinner!

4) Instead of getting better in the last few days, it has gotten worse

5) I just don't like it!

My right ring finger, the one I broke a capillary on hurts.  

It has been hurting all week and I don't know why!

It is possible for a 25 year old to suffer from arthritis or rheumatism?

(Image found here)

I was slicing some onion for dinner on a mandoline and I sliced way into my finger.

OWWWW

Onion stings, guys!

Once I managed to get the bleeding under control (15 minutes later), I put a bandage on it and am trying to dull the throbbing with some red wine.

I don't know if it is working, but I am definitely halfway to being drunk

BTW, when I googled 'mandoline' to look for an image I found A LOT of images of people who had sliced their fingers with these guys. 

Like, as in, they had done some SERIOUS damage.

It's good to know I am not the only idiot out there who thinks to themselves, "I don't need the protective cover, I won't hurt myself."

Word to the wise, it comes with a hand protector thing for a reason, USE IT! 

They're really sharp and dangerous, as I found out today!

Oh, and before I forget, one last thing..I have a cut on my tongue....not fun!

I am hating the winter at this moment!

I never minded the winter back when I lived in L.A. 

I never really minded it all that much when I lived in Nor. Cal, either. 

Sure it was a bit colder than the winters I was used to down south, but it was tolerable and it allowed me to live out my obsession with scarves and hats :)

AND THEN I MOVED...

Now, some of you might be asking yourself (because I know you all really care about my life), where in the world did she move to that warrants this hatred for winter? Alaska? Siberia? 

ITALY

I moved to the land of eternal sunshine, la bella vita...

...and cold, snowy winters!

When I tell people it snows out here the reaction I often get is, "You are so lucky, I would love to live where it snows."

REALLY?!?!?

I used to be one of those people, so I get it. I love the snow... I think it is beautiful and I see the romanticism in it, especially since I come from the land where, at Christmas, visions of palm trees dance in our heads. 

So, imagine my shock when I moved to an alpine town in Northern Italy and was smacked with the reality of what living in snow really means.

It means: really freaking cold temperatures, dealing with slush when it starts to melt, having to deal with ice on the floor when all that slush re-freezes at night or next time it snows. It means doubling the amount of time it takes you to walk from point A to point B. It means praying to God that you don't slip and a)make a fool of yourself and b) break something (this really does happen! My roommate broke her ankle this way 2 years ago and I know of many more injuries friends have gotten due to snow). It means having to put on 15 million layers to go to the corner store to buy eggs when you realize you forgot them and they are a main ingredient in the meal you are preparing. Basically, it's just a pain in the ass!

Snow is great the first two or three days, you can run around in it, play, make snow angels, have snow ball fights.

Snow is fun if you like to ski or snowboard. 

I have said it for years, "Snow is great to look at from the inside of your nice warm living room, but it's horrible to have to function in."

Anyway, this post seems to have turned more into reasons why I don't like snow and not so much about winter, so let me get to the point I had planned on making when I sat down to write:

I have a love/hate relationship with winter!

I LOVE the ambiance, Christmas, my birthday, everyone just seems to be cheery!

I HATE the fact that I get so sick during the winter. 

That's not to say that I don't get sick during other periods of the year, but usually during the months of November (usually only the last half), December and January I know it will be a stream of colds, and at some point a full week of fever and what I feel is imminent death. 

Sure, I used to get sick in California, I will never forget the year I got strep on Christmas, but I never used to get this sick this often, until I moved to Italy! 

I am currently sitting here a coughing, sneezing, runny nosed, watery eyed mess and I blame you, Italian winter!

*I'm just realizing that most of my plans in the foreseeable future deal with snowy, harsh winters. Crap!

Random Ramblings

* The above picture is what's for lunch today!!! 

My roommate E and I made them.... or rather, she made them while I wrote down the instructions so I could try to make them on my own someday!

*We decided to have a white wine spritzer while cooking... and I am a bit tipsy!

Not good considering I have to be at work (where I deal with children, or rather one child) in about an hour....

opps!

*I went to the gym today and when I came home there was Bob Marley blasting out from my roommates room.

*It is snowing a lot outside and while I did not want to go to the gym, I forced myself to get my booty out of bed and go. 

Not so much for the fitness aspect but because if I didn't I know I would be a hyena all day today 

(read: snappy at everyone!)

*It is officially December!

Time flies!

* A big 

Happy Hannukah

to all my readers, all 5 of you (I know, i sure must think a lot of myself), but one in particular (you know who you are!)

in honor of the festival of lights that begins today at sunset: