Perhaps it’s actually the food I fall in love with in Rome. I really must diet. Post Covid the situation is quite dire. And yet in the heavy stomach of Rome it’s not the time to diet. August 1st I promise. I will live on Tuna and baked salmon, giant leafy greens. And stop drinking so much wine. - I really must stop drinking wine. I’m getting a wine belly. - And yet, in Rome, at lunch I do not care. I will deal with this wine belly next month when vacation is over - next month so much will be over. I’m at a fork in the road with 3 problems coming to a close soon. I have a spark of what’s next once I close out this audit, this divorce, the visa problems. By September surely they are all solved. Resolution for all is in my forseeable future. Now I begin to imagine - once the energy these 3 problems take is over - see how they run - I will be free and I will deal with my wine belly and study Italian. But first I do nothing. Mio Dio I love these vacation days of doing nothing. I study the art. La Dolce Far Niente. I will diet August 1. No wait. We best make this September 1st. That’s a much more realistic goal. I’ve learned a thing or two about goal setting. Make goals challenging but achievable. I have 2 vacations planned this year. Now I am on the 2 weeks driving tour in Italy with Lori, and then I will go back to Venice for 2 weeks before a week in Corsica with Danielle and Jean Pierre. Mornings in the sea. Lunches. Sand. - Please tell me Danielle there is a nap involved in the afternoon. - But now Lunch. Roman lunches. We split each course Lori and I sharing one plate so we can taste everything. Lamb innards with artichoke. Goats cheese. Pasta with Amatriciana. 4 hour slow cooked veal. No dessert. My god. Mio Dio. I wave the flag. Espresso. And the last of the red wine. No dinner tonight. But we couldn’t help having just a glass or two of wine. Sleep. I should be worried. I have lots of things to worry about these days not the least of which is money but I find I am living a quite rich life on very little money these days. I spend a lot of time not thinking about the future. I breathe Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” I feel guilty for not worrying- like am I messing up by not being stressed? And yet - I don’t worry about what the future holds because I feel... I know... my destiny is already written in the stars - why worry. These dreams of mine they have already come true. Time is just waiting for me to catch up with itself.

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