The Start

For the slim chance that anyone has not already heard about how we got into this whole thing, I will repeat the story. One day my dad got a phone call from a friend he knew through his old job in the semi-conductor industry. His friend told my dad about this "great opportunity" for a job in Italy. Located in the quaint Northern Italian area of Lake Como, the company makes things such as high-tech mirrors that go into satellites. After that call, things seemed to move in a blur and what do you know? only a short week later my dad was on a plane to Europe. Thus I decided upon titling this adventure, "The Italian Job" after one of my all-time favorite movies. So now we have T-minus 42 days to go before the "Italian Job" officially starts for us Tryba Girls: my mom, my sister (Jamie), and me. Two months in a Northern Italian villa may sound like a dream come true for my sister, but I, on the other hand, think that it's two months with hardly any contact with my friends nor the American life-style I have come to know and love. I really don't know what to expect or even what I want to expect but I suppose the element of suspense has always been my preference. Now I have scarcely over one month to complete May Fair (our small towns' county fair), figure out whats going to happen to our animals (e.i. the family dog, Storm, Jamie's Guide Dog, Bonnie, Jamie and my four rabbits, and last but definitely not least our cat, Lily), pack up (and unfortionetely clean) the house, end my 4-H year early, momentarily stop playing sports, and say "ciao" to my friends. Since Jamie and I are home-schooled we get the "joy" of taking schoolwork with us, though I am pretty sure that Culinary (tasting the countries oh-so famous meals), Geography (naming and finding Italian towns), and PE (walking to and from everywhere) are going to be my newest electives. For the days leading up of flight over and the entire two months of our "extended stay" I will blogging to all of my fellow readers on my journey to one of the world's most magnificent country. As the Italians say "ciao for now".