ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

BACK HOME! When something good – like my seaside fortnight’s holiday – comes to an end, we tend to draw a balance . To be honest, I must confess, I didn’t expect much. What I really wanted was just to relax and to recover my energies after the last never-ending school year. And, indeed, this is what I got: relax, long night sleeping and also afternoon naps, long reading sessions under the sun with consequent tan, long evening walks, pleasant boat-trips to wonderful places – Capri, Positano, Amalfi. By the way, do you want to see my photos of Positano and Amalfi ? Here they are!

These were the pros, of course. What about the cons? I definitely ate too much and I’m not used to that and I put on weight (HELP!) and , since I’m not very good at going on diets … (DOUBLE HELP!) Then, I stayed in a hotel so, let’s say, I was spoilt a bit: no cooking, no housework, none of that! How can I re-start with all that without feeling sad?
So, you see, there have been lots of pros and very few – if any – silly cons. I was even able to go on posting, though I really had little time for blogging in general. Now, still two weeks off then … BACK TO WORK!

P.S. Just wanted to let you know that I had started reading Anne Bronte’s “THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL” but something happened which scrambled my plans. I bumped into Nick Hornby’s SLAM in one of my evening walks. I’d better explain: I was having a look around in a small bookshop, I saw it, I bought it and started reading it – just to see what it was like – as soon as I came out of the place. I was there, sitting on a bench, waiting for my husband and son gone for an ice cream, and couldn’t stop reading and smiling and laughing. I kept on reading it in bed that night and … finished it in a couple of days.
What was it like? Great fun! It was warm, witty, wise and touching. Lovely, indeed. Nick Hornby is super! Now I’ll dive back to the Regency time, when the more serious “Tenant” is set.

P.S. 2 You want to know what SLAM is about? Yeah, you’re right, of course. The protagonist is Sam, 16 years old, a skater. Mind, there’s no ice: skating= skateboarding. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum’s got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he’s thinking about college after his GCSE and he has just met someone. Alicia. Then a “little accident” happens, one with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam is trapped, he can’t run nor skate away from this one. He’s a boy facing a man’s problems and the question is – Has he got what it takes to confront them? Tony Hawks , the world famous skate-boarder, will help him through in an odd and rather unbelievable way…

From tomorrow back to my old life. At 7.00 o'clock MY FAVOURITE WALK !!!