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Nympho on the Couch
Nympho on the Couch Back to the therapy couch that is my blog Life here in idyllic Italy has been hectic for many months now to say the least. I’ve been battling a sinus infection turned sore throat and ear infection all week. I really haven’t had a chance to slow down since the rehearsals for the Christmas musical started in Oct. I love being active in the theatre but it is time for a break. The Christmas musical ended and I started a 3-4 month long term substitute job. Two weeks into that, auditions for Sweet Charity and rehearsals. Before Sweet Charity ended Lil Bit was auditioning for Lil Mermaid Jr. My long term sub job ended the day after the last show of Sweet Charity. Three days after Sweet Charity ended we left for a week long cruise. Three days after the cruise a GF (not that kind of GF unfortunately) and I had a 5 day Easter-Mommy-cation in Amsterdam. Lil Bit had 3 shows this weekend then we’re done. Since I’ve been helping do make-up I am still there for every single performance except last Friday. Now that this is done we are taking a break. Lil Bit still has track for a few weeks and voice lessons once a week but that may all end if she doesn’t straighten up and fly right. Amidst all of this the Viking has had 7 or 8 trips to Africa for work. He left a little over a week ago again for several months. I had a mini photo shoot with the cash he had to take with him…lol…which is your reward for visiting. This strange feeling of being isolated yet loving the life I have continues. It is really an odd discontinuity and I’m still struggling to find some solution. I finally got an appointment for Lil Bit to see a therapist other than the counselor at her school I had been talking to. Her behavior and attitude continue to deteriorate and I’ve reached my limits. I’m also going to see someone but feel like the only thing I can really talk to this therapist about is the issue with Lil Bit and my past which isn’t much of an issue for me anymore. The rest of my issues are tied to our lack of being able to practice our preferred lifestyle and the feelings of isolation and hiding that brings with it. I’m afraid to talk about anything that could be used against us in this venue which isn’t really very helpful. To help increase that feeling of isolation the only GF I had made here that I was able to truly be myself with flew out today moving back to the states. I cried my eyes out saying goodbye to her on Sunday. I’d only known her since the Christmas musical but we bonded quick and had a fabulous time together in Amsterdam. She didn’t share my deviant proclivities but she accepted them and didn’t judge me for anything. The Viking and I had a long heart to heart about some issues before he left. We are both so frustrated and infuriated with the difficulty of trying to get pregnant. We talked about our lack of sex other than trying to get pregnant and my feeling like I was the only one putting in the effort. I’ve had all the fertility tests that I can here so until he has the few they can do on him we can’t move forward or get any other answers or referrals. I wonder if we didn’t spend enough time doing our typical cost/benefit analysis before we decided to try and that has led to a change of heart. We had the most perfect timing just before he left so if I’m not pregnant this time then I am convinced that something else is wrong. It is hard to believe I’ve been here almost a year. We have done so much and seen so many amazing places and yet it seems like we have barely scratched the surface of all we want to do here before we leave. In the last year we have visited castles in Germany, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Croatia and Turkey. I’ve been back to Amsterdam and got to see the tulip fields in full bloom then wandered the streets of the Red Light District that feels like home. We’ve hiked with donkeys through Venetian vineyards and Neolithic caves. Venice has become our backyard playground with art exhibits and Carnivale. We walked the paths of the original Olympic games and saw the very place the torch is lit for every game. We’ve shopped the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul after gawking inside Hagias Sophia and the Blue Mosque. We braved the cold in Munich and Neuschwanstein. We’ve had authentic Asiago, parmesan, Romano and mozzarella paired with the best hams, sausages, olives and wines on earth. We walked the medieval walls of more towns than I can count and seen more gilded churches than I could have imagine. If I never see another mummified human body part in a church again I will be happy. I love our house and yard. Our strawberries plants supplied me with the sweetest dessert last night. One of the strawberries was as big as the palm of my hand. The cherry trees in our yard are bursting. My landlord gave me a gallon size Ziploc and reminded me to help myself to more. I wake up and look out my balcony to see horses and cows grazing below the snowcapped Dolomites. The church bell is like my wind chimes lulling me to sleep. I still have days where I wonder whose life I’m living and when they are going to take it back. So many times I’ll be driving along and just want to stop the car to take a picture of some bit of scenery that takes my breath away. When I was a little girl I always believed I was going to travel the world just like I knew I didn’t completely belong on that pig farm in Ga. I was right but my life is so far beyond my wildest imagining. I keep telling people to just find a way to get a plane ticket here. I so wish I could just fly everyone I love here to experience this with me. Pictures and words just can’t do it justice. The Viking was planning on flying 3 of his nieces and nephews over this summer. One decided to stay and work a summer job to save for a new car, another couldn’t be bothered getting a passport so only the youngest is still coming. Unfathomable to me that a would screw up the chance at a free trip to Italy for a month in the summer. Lil Bit only has another 3 weeks of school then we are headed off on an Italian adventure. An Italian GF I met during the theatre productions is going with us since the Viking is gone. We’re even taking Buster with us. I just finished booking our 5 nights in Tuscany and 5 nights in Rome. We have 2 bedroom villas in both places that are gorgeous and cost under a 100 euro a night. We plan to see Florence, Volterra, Piza, Lucca and Sienna while we are staying in Tuscany. Our place in Rome is on the edge of one of the largest parks just beyond the Vatican. I’m so excited to finally have some time to explore more of Italy. There’s just so much to do that it is hard to decide where to go and what to see. Don’t be jealous just get that plane ticket and come visit. If we did nothing but the things within an hour drive of our house it would still be the best Italian vacation ever. Hopefully getting back on the therapy couch both here and in RL will help me sort through the feelings that just don’t fit in with my life right now and if not an Aperol spritz or a bottle of Moscato while watching the Italian sunset and the moon rise is sure to make me smile. Take care and love each other well. Kisses, L |
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Very sexy photo. Kisses
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GOOD
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I LOVED IT PAY FOR ABUSE ....
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Happy Thursday licks & kisses baby!!
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wow you soooooooooooo HOT!! Great body baby!!!
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This sentence really resonated: "I still have days where I wonder whose life I’m living and when they are going to take it back. " I am from the Netherlands (albeit not from Amsterdam) and am living since more than ten years in Japan. I have exactly the same feeling, being in Japan. And it really makes that you encourage others to hop on a plane and go see the world, just as what you are describing. So many interesting places to explore and discover.
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Thank you kindly, ma`am.
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Thank you for the lovely update. Especially when you talked about visiting Amsterdam, Munich and Neuschwanstein. It brought back floods of memories of when I was in Germany the summer and fall of 1991. I loved it there. I would jump to a chance to going back to explore more of the area in a heart beat. Please do keep us updated so that when I read your blog, it helps to bring back those happy memories. Thank you for sharing. Please feel free to read my blog at Losnewf Thoughts
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You're going to Tuscany, and Florence? Be sure to take lots of pictures. I've seen photographs, and both are just lovely. As for the photograph... you look like a classy stripper. lol Thoughts from the Garden...
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Well I am kicking myself that I didn't participate more in the group that shall not be named on bookface to get to know you better when I had the chance. Even though a handful did make the transition from the group to my real friend list, you weren't one of them. Otherwise I'd be booking my ticket now. Poor planning that.
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Nice to hear from you....and thanks for the update! Its always so great to hear about Italy.
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You accepting pervert visitors? Lol. Sounds amazing there. I cansee how it might get surreal over time. All are welcome to an audience with The Magnificent One oldirtybacchus
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worth every penny!
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That does indeed sound like a fantastic life. Also, I do love your ink.
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5/19/2014 5:05 pm |
Sounds like a great place to be. I just might be able to talk the wife into it. It would be fun. PS: Nice 20's.
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5/19/2014 3:44 pm |
Great update...in a way, I've envied those who get foreign postings, although there are plenty of places that I myself would rather visit than live in (Stavanger, Norway, anybody?). How many years do you guys figure that you'll stay in Italy?
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