Hello Blog! After I fully recovered from the flu last week, because of my return to Italy the weekend before, I found myself with mountains of housework to do.
On the other hand, my home life in Dublin following rhythms well defined during the work week, or maybe dinner with film output fast with a few friends, and over the weekend with free outlet late on Saturday and Sunday devoted to shopping and housework.
During the week I go to relax and just work, then all the housework go on Saturday or Sunday.
It 'clear that when there comes a weekend in Italy or elsewhere to upset the plans, the consequences are felt for days.
But it is all because of my lack of organization. For example, the shopping, I can only on Saturday or Sunday because, apart from Thursday until 21 (which now often come home), other days the supermarkets close at 18.
This means that for food and stuff I have only one chance throughout the week, if I promise 2.
However, there are plenty of restaurants, fast food and kebab next to my house, not that I would die of hunger ... But I framed my pace of life in this way and I think that deep down I like that.
said, is not only the spending issue, are all the little tasks that make living alone a continuous and relentless maintenance of the place where you live.
viziatino not think it (which is also true!) But if you are in a shared apartment, at least divide the costs, charges, cleaning and routine work.
example, you can cook in turn, avoiding the need to eat to death that the portions here are strictly for 2 people or put them in the fridge to eat within 2 days.
alone can not and, although not regret not having company, sometimes a hand would help.
So long story short, last weekend I made 4 full washing machines, whose clothes I proceeded to place even on chairs to dry, and after an hour of washing dishes I was able to review the bottom of the basin.
In these months of research of self-sufficiency, but getting better expected given that some friends gave me to dress in rags or died of starvation within two weeks, I discovered many secret of home economics with an empirical test method that would make my father happy.
I learned to stretch almost to duty, to cook things that you did not even buy, in order to clean and keep house, to confront the many small contingencies of everyday life in a foreign country.
remains as always a bit of ingenuity that is tenderness and compassion, the choice is yours.
For example the other day I made the soup, just remember when it was ready I'd still bowls every time I forget to buy (now i got them). I solved
eating tortelli in 2 bowls for breakfast, like Japanese.
The broth, however, came good.
Well, I'm learning all the tricks like a good little man of the house, everything you ever wanted in my case, holding it, to know how to port forward and a house that you never dared to ask.
All the mothers do not say.
One thing eludes me, despite repeated attempts. A problem that goes on for when I started living alone and that torments me every time I'll put the commitment, clear, alas, to solve alone.
But how do you make a way to bend the mattress cover sheets, the ones with the elastic?
We'll find out just living ...