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Post by **Shyriath** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:54 pm

Well, well, where to start? ...So, I've finally gotten myself employed, after quite a while of non-employment after my hellish time at Wal-Mart. I don't know how well I'll like this new job, but it's bound to be a less grueling experience than hauling shopping carts around a parking lot. And a lot more rewarding. (Mmmm, money.) I don't start till November 8th, though... but it's just as well, I need to adjust my sleep schedule to something more reasonable for a day job.

The reason I don't start till then, though, is because I didn't want an upcoming trip to interfere with any new employment. My parents and my great-aunt are going to Italy later this month, to visit the village where my great-grandfather was born, and after a lot of persuasion from other family members and a lot of worrying over how much money I'd have to spend, I eventually decided to go. After all, it's quite possibly a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and I've never been out of the country before, so I went for it. I likely won't have Internet access while I'm away, but I intend to get many pictures taken and to keep some sort of account of what I see and do, so that I have stories to tell when I get back.

But it won't be all fun. An optional but desirable objective of the trip is to find out more about my great-grandfather's family... which, aside from a few names, we know nothing definite about, though we can guess. Since I'm the only one in the family to have taken college Italian classes, I have the unpleasant feeling that I will be the one called upon to try to pry information out of people... this, in a country where many old records are kept in parish churches, and where local priests are not considered particularly cooperative in looking through them. Ah well.

At any rate, none of this goes toward explaining where I've been lately, for which I have no real excuse. I have been trying to teach myself how to carve a decent-looking wand out of wood, though.

osmose1000 · Post by **osmose1000** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:07 am

I thought I'd be in my second year at college before you finally got another job. :P

H4773r 3lfs0n · Post by **H4773r 3lfs0n** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:33 am

Shyriath wrote:
At any rate, none of this goes toward explaining where I've been lately, for which I have no real excuse. I have been trying to teach myself how to carve a decent-looking wand out of wood, though.

Im not entirely sure why, bu that last bit entertains me greatly.

Kaiseress Carol · Post by **Kaiseress Carol** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:48 pm

Perhaps, as a new wizard-in-training, you can cast a spell over those parish priests (just kidding!) to make them give access to those parish records. I hope you have a great time, and also that your new job is a great improvement on the last one. If you can, send us reports from internet cafes as you travel, and apend pictures (lots of pictures).

Post by **Gman Russell** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:57 am

DANGIT! Why does everyone who finally starts posting leave! Well, anyway, have fun dude!

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Post by **Shyriath** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:05 pm

Thanks for the good wishes, everybody!

I thought I'd be in my second year at college before you finally got another job. :P

:P

Well, I was going to have to get something sooner or later, before my money ran completely out. (I'm only glad I didn't end up going back to Wal-Mart again... bleagh)

If you can, send us reports from internet cafes as you travel, and apend pictures (lots of pictures).

I'll try, but I'm not sure there ARE Internet cafes in Torchiara (though there may be in some of the places we visit). It's apparently a pretty rural place. At any rate, there shall be pictures in abundance, so long as Mom brings along the digital camera.

Post by **Gman Russell** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:06 pm

I'm waiting!! *taps foot*

Post by **Shyriath** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:39 pm

And you shall keep waiting for a little while, I fear. :P I said I was leaving "later this month", and indeed, it is only tomorrow that I board the plane. But woe is me, my dad booked us on Alitalia, and I've been hearing horror stories about that airline. I hope they at least get our luggage to the right place (and getting US there would be nice, too).

But since I'm leaving tomorrow, this shall be my last post for a while. I should be back a bit before Halloween; see you all then!

Kaiseress Carol · Post by **Kaiseress Carol** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:39 pm

Bye for now!! Bon voyage, Shiriath!!

Post by **Shyriath** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:20 pm

Behold, I have emerged from the land of pasta and olive oil! With all luggage intact, no less!

A beautiful, beautiful place, but those roads were scary. The stories of the way Italians drive are true, I fear.

Hypatia Agnesi · Post by **Hypatia Agnesi** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:30 pm

Well, it's good to hear you got home safe!

Neike Taika-Tessaro · Post by **Neike Taika-Tessaro** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:39 am

Welcome back, Shyria'! Good to have you back.

Kaiseress Carol · Post by **Kaiseress Carol** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:58 am

Welcome home. I'm glad things went well and the Italian drivers didn't get you.

Post by **Gman Russell** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:22 am

Hurray!

Shireroth

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