Life Is About To Get Better

This morning was our pre-contract signing. Papa and I gathered around a table in the housing office with our new landlord, Luigi, and our housing officer/interpreter. We went over each detail of the contract and each aspect of what will be expected of him and of us over the next three years (mostly him). Normally, at this point, we would've set up a final inspection of the house, but this had already been done in June so we are good to go, as you might say, and ready to move in. We have our final signing of the contract next Tuesday morning.


After that appointment, we will set up the move . . . which is a story in itself.

We had an email waiting for us just yesterday informing us that our household goods and express baggage shipment have both arrived. So now everything is here! Hurray! One step closer to moving into our Italian home.

I know one "boy" who will be so happy to see that day come. Sherman won't have to lay on the hard, bare, cold, tile floor anymore. We did purchase a special over-sized cushy pillow for him to lounge on, but he truly misses his own stuff! He will be so happy to see "his" rugs unfolded and "babies" unpacked! He'll be especially thrilled when our sectional sofa is put in place. Even though we don't like him to lay all over it, and do set aside one special "covered" section just for him, he seems to gravitate to the other sections of the sofa when we aren't looking. Silly Sherman! We may just overlook this for a short while and roller up the doggy hairs for the time being. It's been a tough few months for the Shermanator! Long airplane rides and hours and hours in his crate with strangers watching him; in his crate every 4th day when the cleaning crew from housekeeping come to change towels and clean our room/pet apartment, and no real place to run and fetch a ball with his favorite buddy, Johnny (We have to be careful not to say his name out loud when Sherman can hear us because he then looks around for him, sadly unable to find him. The same goes for Abbie, my mom and dad's dog), and things like that. Life is about to get better for The Sherman though.

Life is about to get better for all of us!

Ciao, Bella ~ Mimi