Exhausted and yet, no bed as of 8:00
We took the overnight train again, although this ride was much more comfortable considering that we only had to fit three people into the really small compartment, at least for most of the ride. This train left at eight and we enjoyed it much more because the ten hours seemed to go by much faster. So we are now back in venice, although not in the same area. We are actually in the part where there are streets which is okay by us because you just take a five min bus ride to the other part. We could prolly walk but at the moment we have no idea what direction that would be. We arrived at our hotel at about 5:45, and it was locked. Although someone heard us and came to the door. He said that he would take our bags but we would not be able to check in for another three hours. Not great news but we are handling it in stride… debbie is doing well and i am very proud of her. After the news about the three hours we went back to the train station and read for a while, then walked around aimlessly for about a half hour and then found this internet point. So we plan on spending a little more time here before heading back to our hotel and sleeping for about seven hours if i get my way.
I don’t know if it was in an email or a post on the blog but one of my parents asked me how i was doing on my books. Deciding how many to bring was a tough decision, for two weeks and a couple days i had no idea how many i would read. For a while i was considering bringing two to four, then i up’ed it to six. Well I finished those two days ago and had to buy more. Oh and i read the one debbie brought. Which now brings my total to nine books read. I have one more that i can read, bridget jones diary… something debbie bought the other day. I can’t say that i am looking all that forward to it, but anything will help.
Debbie says hi but she doesn’t think that she is capable of writing at the moment. While I seem to be able to I’m sure there are many mistakes that me and debbie are not catching as i write. And believe me, we are finding many. Seeing as both of us are at that point right near incoherent.
Debbie says i’m rambling now and i would have to agree, but we kinda need something to do for the next fifty mins… oh well maybe check up on cnn.
Much love from both of us and we will write again tomorrow when we have had a good night’s sleep or two.
Matt, I could e-mail you my mother’s autobiographical novella which my sister finally finished re-typing and just e-mailed me, except (1) I don’t have your e-mail and La Chica is off risking permanent injury, paralysis, or death in an Ultimate manner [I just signed the release forms] in the pouring rain, no less, btw; (2) the only copy we’ve been able to find in 20 years left out what I considered the best part (especially since it’s left out); (3) you would have to read it in an internet cafe which defeats the purpose, I suspect, or print it out which also defeats the purpose; (4) it would only take you an hour or so, so “So what?”; (5) it wouldn’t throw light onto your inherited quirks, or your traveling companion’s inherited quirks either.
Comment by la Madre — June 24, 2006 @ 8:10 am
Oops. That should be “… been able to find in 18 years” not “… 20 years” (I didn’t catch that ‘born in 86’ mistake although I was married in ’84, had my first child in ’86, and do know La Chica was born in ’88. But then this morning, 4 days before her 18th birthday, I tried to beg off signing the release forms saying, “But you’re 18 already!” I guess just THINKING about an 18th birthday is so stressful that it feels like it has happened.)
Comment by la Madre — June 24, 2006 @ 8:17 am
Just thinking about all the possible “inherited quirk’ is stressful for me.
Let’s see: insanity, the inability to answer questions, random dancing, arrested development, not to mention just plain getting arrested, inability to finish projects, absent mindedness (twice, at the end of the day, I’ve discovered two belts threaded through my pant loops), a molecular need to imitate lightning rods, it just goes on and on.
Let us know how La Chica fares. Better yet, send me the bloody video.
And, Matt, I know you’ve have many bus and train rides, but don’t forget to look up every once in a while.
Comment by michael — June 24, 2006 @ 8:42 am
I don’t think you’ll like Bridget Jone’s Diary. You should buy something else. That book is too chick lit. Even I didn’t like it, but I liked the movie. But only part one. Part two waste of time. Enjoy the remainder of your time in Venice.
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