NZ to Rome - March 17
On the hottest day so far in Summer in Ĺtautahi, Felix and I embark on our trip to Italy. It was quite an undertaking getting ready for this trip as I had clients to take care of in the final week and to make plans with for while I'm away. I had our dog Pasqua to part ways with, leaving him with a lovely couple and their Goldie. I had a house to prepare, clean and make up for a delightful family who are staying there for three weeks while me and a Felix are away. On top of all this, sleep has not been on my side leading up to this trip as past memories and a life that has led me to today kept my conscious and unconscious mind busy and scrambling around to complete cycles of integration. Needless to also say, that after over another year of sobriety, I had decided to allow myself some glasses of limoncello and chianti while away in Italy. So I started early, having had several drinks in the fortnight leading up to going away. The day prior to departure, at my son's birthday din...