Today is the first day of my new job- that is to say, the job that I am creating minute by minute. I have already spent a good part of the morning "setting up shop" and talking to friendly and helpful people at the Secretary of State. My paper work is being filed as we speak and very, very soon we will be cooking with grease- as they say.
It still hasn't sunk in that my last day of "work" was yesterday. Today doesn't feel any different. Honestly? It feels like a Saturday. I ran errands this morning, worked on a few quick projects and cleaned a little house. But now I'm settling into my to-do list and making plans for next week.
It also hasn't sunk in that it's actually November 1st. Halloween was fairly cool, but incredibly comfortable. I was plenty comfortable walking down the street to the neighbors house with a bottle of wine- I didn't even wear a jacket. Marco said he didn't think that was the way trick or treating worked, but what does he know? They don't trick or treat in Italy.
Plus this morning I was responsible for cleaning up the remains of our summer garden. I picked basil and rosemary and a few egg plants that were still hanging on- and about 4 more pounds of tomatoes. We still have two plants loaded with green fruits, so we're paying extra close attention to them. Today these are the last of our "old" plants. November 1st and we're still making salsa- I could get used to this kind of lifestyle.
