HODGEPODGE SEPTEMBER

1. What gives you energy? What takes it away ? 

 

 

Sunshine, warmth,  the sea and rocky mountains. 

 

Darkness, rain,  cold, trees loosing their leaves

2. How often do you shop for clothes? What accessory do you always wear ?

Only when I need something. I am not interested in window shopping, I like to be dressed nicely but I don't need to shop every day.

As accessories, I always wear matching necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, rings and my Swatch. Shoes are not so important but I pay attention that I don't forget them and that the color matches my clothes.    

3. What's something free that you feel grateful for?

Sunshine 

4. Breakfast, lunch, dinner...which meal of the day do you enjoy most? What's your go-to comfort food? 

If I enjoy food I prefer supper when we are all together and have cooked ourselves. I have no go-to comfort food. I love the Italian kitchen, that's the most difficult thing to get used to here, the classical kitchen is all made with potatoes ! I have never eaten so many potatoes in my whole life as now here in our castle. 

5. This week the world remembers the tragic events of 9/11. Do you mark the day in any way? How do historical events shape your perspective on your personal challenges? 

I think looking back at 82 years of my life, I have more memories than I have of the last 20 years. Nothing has really changed; buildings are always being destroyed, people are always being killed, somehow I feel like everything has already happened before. Politicians are making the same mistakes. Auschwitz is now called Gaza, people are starving, and others are bursting from eating too much.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

This week was nice, and also the weather, I thought that soon (in November) I will be here two years and  I am actually happy with my third phase of life. 

Now, all the residents come to me with their worries or when they don't dare to complain about something. I kind of stumbled into it, but I like it.I feel needed. It doesn't bother me at all to demand something from someone that is really necessary. If you scold them humorously, you can achieve a lot. Just don't get aggressive. Now, the residents jokingly call me their union representative.  

What I can't understand is why people put up with so much, and why even their relatives don't dare go to the management. After all, they're adults and they pay, but they behave like schoolchildren afraid of their teacher.