Busy Bee

I have been so busy. Trying to keep the house clean is a full time job! Emphasis on trying. Also I've taken on 4 new classes this week which keeps me busy. And of course the puppy is generally crazy and wants to play all the time.

This weekend we had a 4th of July party at Ruffia. As soon as it was time to start cooking and set things up, it started raining. People were huddled under umbrellas and hiding in the house. I made a couple of pasta salads and everyone devoured those while we waited for the rain to stop so we could cook outside. Eventually we were able to make sausages and a couple dozen hamburgers and eat outside. Fabri's friend Robi made FOUR desserts to share with everyone which was awesome. After eating we sat around outside and Fabri, Miki, and Danielle played the guitar and sang. That was a lot of fun. We saw some friends who we haven't seen practically since our wedding party last September. Fabri's family was there having fun too!

We spent the night in Ruffia and Sunday morning poor Fabri had to wake up early and go to work. Thankfully he showed up in time for lunch. The extended family came back to Ruffia in the afternoon for lunch and to play by the pool. We ate a bunch of left overs plus some salamis that Francesca's boyfriend Ellio brought. His family has a farm with 100 cows, so they make their own salami and meat.

Fabri had a dicey patient he was worried about, but he didn't have to go back to the hospice which was very lucky! He was able to take a nap and then play badminton and swim all afternoon. Olney was really happy getting to play outside all day, but we're worry he got a little sunburned on his face.

That night we made hamburgers & hotdogs again and had a little pasta. A huge thunderstorm rolled in and dropped a lot of water. It was very windy and the guys had to run around the house closing the shutters. Everyone was very worried about having left their windows open and such, but I wasn't. And when we got home, the house was fine. I'm always right!

Anyway, that was our weekend in the country. Now this week we're both working a lot (Fabri's in the hospice all week instead of visiting his patients at their homes'). Then our plan for this weekend is to go to Nice! We need to do more traveling/hanging out together just us. The plan is to bring Olney too cause we're crazy dog people. We're those people who always have our dog with us and assume everyone loves our dog as much as we do... Just a warning.

Ok, back to work for me! Busy, busy bee!