Sunday

I haven't left the house today, and to be honest, I don't think I will. I've got a busy few weekends ahead of me so cleaning up the house and relaxing at home seems to be the right plan. I vacuumed today, it's amazing how dirty this place gets so quickly. Seriously, Milan is a sooty city. Fine black dust can appear anywhere. The weirdest is that my door frame on my front door gets dust around the edges. The other thing that I was cleaning up seems to be mostly lint. Because there are no clothes driers, lint just falls off the clothes when they dry. The lint color tends toward blue, since I have blue blankets, one set of blue towels, and perhaps even from my jeans. I've made the joke in my head that Milan is "The City of Lint".

Yesterday I did leave the house, to go to school and work. I got one major task done, so I am pleased enough about it. And I went grocery shopping on my way home from school. I have started to buy fresh milk, I needed it for an ingredient, and really the fresh stuff tastes fine, with no trace of that tetra-pak milk that I was afraid of. The spinach tortellini in the big package are actually the best ones I have had from the closest grocery store, which worked out well. My "adventure" purchase this week is those pre-cooked beets. I haven't seen any fresh ones yet, including in the farmer's market, so I don't know if this is just the way to expect them or what. I will update you all on how they are. I picked a pack with three small ones instead of two medium or even one big one, so I hope they are tender and sweet...