a long way from everything

Staples of Roman life: walking, gelato, boots of all kinds, pasta of all kinds.  We finally got food in the house, although the supermercato was a challenge for sure.  They charge you for all kinds of things..carts, bags, stuff that we are used to just having in the states.  The heat is kept on only for two sets of four hours a day and at night is turned off completely.  Consequently I have been sleeping in sweats and my mocs every night.  And adjusting to the time change was much more difficult than expected.  All I wanted to do at 1 pm today was go to sleep for hours and hours.  I resisted the urge at first but finally succumbed earlier tonight, and luckily Michayla surprised me with some pasta she made so I was forced to wake up.

Hot water is a precious commodity here and so if we can't shorten our showers we have to turn off the water whenever possible during them.  If one person showers or washes the dishes another can't shower for at least an hour.  So you can imagine that with 7 girls, it's either a cold shower or none at all.  Something we will definitely have to get used to..everything here is cold. 

Our housing workshop officially laid out all the things we absolutely can't do which is a little more than I had expected.  School is a long but pretty walk away but today we found out significantly less so when it rains.  Cold and rainy today, and for the next four days I think.  I always have to include my little weather report in these things.