January 21, 2019

Stayed up last night until around 4:00 a.m. setting up this blog and man did I feel the effects today. Woke up around 9:30 a.m. and got the day started with my routine trip to the OASI gym. I attempted to snap a pic of the 100-yard long wall of graffiti along the way but somehow managed to miss every design. After a solid workout and a quick trip to the grocery store, I came home for a lunch of pasta with meat sauce (ragu) followed by the typical balsamic and olive oil dressed salad and finished with fruit and some sweets. I then attempted to start watching Unbreakable with Gaia (having seen Split together earlier last week) but was soon called into action by Gio.

We spent around the next three hours shooting around on the mini-basketball net I gave him, and then partook in a round of Disney themed monopoly. While loving the Disney component, the game itself gave me a newfound appreciation for the countless hours my parents and older brother must have spent enduring Monopoly and the many other games I frequently asked to play during my childhood. The game ended prematurely thanks to an impatient Gio, allowing Gaia and I to finish the film. With half an hour or so until dinner I figured I could knock out a quick entry…looking forward to what’s on tonight’s menu!

The food coma is in full swing and I only have a few minutes to type this before I pass out for the night. As usual, dinner was amazing. We started with a carrot and leek soup (I think my favorite soup so far) before eating a spinach pie and the tuna meatloaf as a main. Benedetta’s mom joined us for dinner and we finished the meal with a blackberry marmalade cake that she made earlier in the day (it was delicious). Benedetta and I got to have a nice chat before heading to bed and I think I will try a coffee shop near her work tomorrow that she suggested after I’ve finished at OASI. Buonanotte!