The Funk, I'm trying to get out

Ok, I'm trying to get out of the Monday funk I was in because my honey bunny OO8 went out of town to Charleston without me. We both hate when he leaves but it really sucks when Ellie and I can't go with him. Then it has been raining for most of the weekend and it was coming down something serious last night and it just stopped about an hour ago I think. It could just be a break but I'm sitting here all lonely, Ellie and I and the cats are like what the hell is going on this week? So yes I was in a complete funk yesterday and ate almost all day. I only worked out for 10mins or at least that is all I could mustare up. I fell asleep on the couch and trust me I don't know how I did that. I was up and then the next thing I know I wake up on the couch with the TV on and I have no clue what was on, lol. I didn't want to go anywhere earlier either but I managed to make it out a few times.

Today I've worked out for an hour on the elliptical today. I even made it out to the grocery store finally. I gotta order cat food here in a couple of days before they start eating Ellie and myself. I plan on doing some yoga this evening hopefully. We are keeping hope alive on that. I also have an idea of doing some Italian lessons for at least an hour if not more. I gotta start that back up of course. I will admit I bought a new flavor of haagen daz at the store along with some more fruit, lettuce and bread. I wasn't all good but I was just a little bad, lol. It is carmelized pear w/toasted pecans. It is pretty good. It is the flavor that won this time in the new ice cream contest. I think I'm having seafood tonight since I am left with all the food but not sure if there will be pasta involved or not.

The Scarf-Our 1 year Anniversary (Well not until Sept.1st)

What's in the box. Now I already knew what was in the box because I saw them box it and carrying on but it is still pretty. It took me at least a whole day before I actually unribboned the box. Yes I know I am a mess.


We agreed, after some research, that our anniversary date is going to be Sept. 1st which will have us being a couple a year here in exactly a week from today. Being out and about at Lenox Square he walked me in a few stores and asked a few questions. Then after walking into one store and a cautious browse around something was seen and picked. I really can't wait for winter to be here so I can be wearing my scarf all the time. I have ideas like: over my heard, around my neck in a bow, around my neck & down a shirt, etc. The posibilities are endless I'm sure. I gotta find a website or something that teaches me different ways to fold and do a scarf. I can't believe we have been together for a year. It feels like we have been together forever and not one of those bad forevers either. Sometimes you think, gosh it has been a year but are you sure it hasn't just been 4 months, lol.

An overdose of meat, AGAIN!! (shhh!! but yay!!!)

I would first like to say YAY!!! I set a goal for myself and I accomplished it. I set a goal of exercising everyday last week and I did it. I had to push myself Friday but gosh darn it I finished with 6hrs of exercise for the week under my belt and I did it finishing with an hour on the elliptical Friday and trust me I had to push myself all the way to the end. I don't know if I lost any weight yet though because I didn't weigh myself before I started. I plan on weighing myself Tuesday and seeing where I am at from there cuz I have kind of an idea of where I was before I started. Plus I can tell some changes have taken place. My posture as well as my abs have changed a little bit. Hopefully some pounds will start coming off this week to come because I need to turn in my fat club member card, lol. Now the big thing is to accomplish the same thing next week on top of adding a few more things I must do to the list. Since OO8 will be in Charleston I am sure I can accomplish them a lot easier because I'll have more time on my hands which sucks cuz I rather be in Charleston with him but I have to be here Friday to get Mel from the airport at 10:10am and I have a Dr's appointment before that. It is unfair because both of us don't want him to go but it is his job so what can you do.


This weekend, OO8's co-worker/friend showed up from taking his girlfriend to the airport for her journey back to Rome and stayed with us until today. It was festive and entertaining. He joined us Friday evening so we went out to Fogo de Chao, so another weekend day of overdosing on meat, lol. We had a bottle of delish wine and dessert this time which is highly unusual for us. Saturday we strolled around Lenox Square and I got my anniversary present slightly early, we've come to agreement and conclusion our anniversary is Sept. 1 and that is a week away but hey, which is a Hermes scarf. It is something beautiful too if I must say. It is a shade of green with some reds, creams, and I think browns. I'm not ready to take it out of the box they so carefully wrapped it in yet. We ended up going to Prime in the mall to eat and that was delish. I had new castle beer draft which was fairly delicious. We also had dessert there and the Creme Burlee I had and the turtle torta OO8 had were scrumptious. His friend had the Key Lime Pie which was ok compared to the ones I've tasted in the past. We came back home and guess what we received before going out, another piece to our desk in the multi-functional room. He ordered the hutch to go with the desk and thank goodness his friend was here so I didn't have to help put that together as well as figure out what is going on with his computer, lol. It looks nice and will be a great addition to help keeping that piece of area organized in some sort of fashion, lol. Today his friend left back to Charleston but OO8 didn't go with him, of course using an excuse that blames it on me but hey oh well, the excuse wasn't that bad, lol.

We FINALLY have his computer working or at least will I think or should I say we finally have updates going on cuz it is finally connected wirelessly to our wireless router. I called the people and finally got what the passcode was. I damn sure won't be forgetting that passcode now, lol. So Mel if you are reading this bring your laptop when you come if you want to, I know how to hook you up to our router and you finally be able to stay on, I'm thinking, lol.

He leaves tomorrow, THAT SUCKS!!!

New start Monday

Hopefully I can keep it up for a lot longer than I have this time and I am talking about exercising and of course eating right. Going to Italy did not help the exercise plan or the eating plan. Don't get me wrong we ate well in Italy. Not a lot of junk at all. His mom cooked good and healthy stuff everyday with about 3-4times we ate out and ate junk but ummm it doesn't help we went out every night for 3weeks and of course I was drinking every night with exceptions of a few nights and those nights I had some good Italian Gelato (Italian ice cream) which is completely different than ours and VERY delish!!! I will have to admit though with all that I only gained about 4lbs if that maybe which isn't a shock with all the walking we did when we went site seeing, shopping, or the beach. Fighting with the waves in the sea or moving around on the beach helped so I'm thankful for all of that movement. But now it is time to get back to the real deal. It helps too because now OO8 is on board with changing the eating habits and exercising. He is going to go to a volleyball meetup tonight and play some. Which is good, hopefully his knee will hold out which I'm sure it will. This will help him lose weight which he is complaining he needs to do and I'm in the same club with that, lol.
I did 20mins of step it up which is a dance exercise video and I did 45mins of Billy Blanks Fat Blaster. I still think Billy is trying to kill me no matter how many times I do the video, lol.
Wish me luck ya'll cuz I plan on sticking to a good exercise plan this time. I want to be down some weight by the time I go to Italy for Christmas, hell down some poundage when I go to Texas for Thanksgiving in Nov. So far I've got a good start and mindset.

Sunday, Paris to Atlanta

Waking up at the crack of dawn (6:30am) to catch the 7am shuttle back to the airport was ok, made it to the airport and through the international flight area ok, everything was ok except me having to eat pastry for breakfast. Damn it I wanted some out of country McDonalds but like all airports you had to get that before you went through security or you were stuck with whatever was in the area and to me that is WRONG!!!
9hrs and 45mins or less later we are back in Atlanta and it feels good. The flight wasn't so bad. I saw some good movies with one or two being something I already saw but were still goodies. The flight back was like the flight there, a good one. We both made it through passport check, customs and immigration ok. We almost had a meltdown between each other about getting a cab or some damn thing to bring us back home but as usual we didn't and all was fine. A guy saw us who ran a towncar/limo service and got us home.
The pooch almost had a breakdown with joy when she saw us. Poor thing pee'd on the boarding place's floor twice because of excitement. She didn't know how to act when I was unpacking either. Poor Ellie thought I was packing to leave and bringing me her ball but when she realized I was unpacking she went back to lazying around, lol.

Saturday, the airport, the flight, lost connection, etc....

After getting in at 3:30ish am Saturday morning we gotta wake up at least by 8am to be ready for a 9:15am pick up for the Napoli airport to get the heck out of dodge. All was going smooth and pretty in that aspect but my poor honey, OO8 was starting to get a little nervous because for the last few days the flight from Napoli to Paris has been late with the shortest late time being 30mins but that isn't kosher when your layover between the Napoli to Paris and the Paris to Atlanta flight is only an hour plus he isn't/wasn't too spiffy about leaving but I need my pooch and my own space again after 3weeks.
We get up, get ready, we were packed by Thursday night and completely by Saturday morning. We had our coffee, told folks bye or actually for real more like see you in a few months from now, lol. His mom walked us out, all waiting for DDQ which came wonderfully on time. His mom told me bye, uh no lady, ciao, lol. Now the funny thing is, everything gets packed in this little European car, all about to climb in but uh HELLO DDQ!! don't forget me, I gotta get in on your side cuz guess what, he was about to get in and forget about me. On our way to the airport, everything is fine and dandy, get out, get the baggage, kiss the cheeks and say our see you laters to DDQ who says he'll be visiting us in the US. Yeah right, seeing is beliving, love ya but mmm hmmmm, lol. Now the Napoli airport is a big crowded mess and I mean that for real. I ran over a few people with my luggage but hello don't just stand there when you see me or looking like a bump on a log but with my wonderful boyfriend who finally figured it out, we made it through alive. They added new check-in counters which even confused him because they added them since the last time he had been there which was Christmas but you can tell they are trying to make things bigger and better, good luck Napoli. Hopefully the next time we visit I won't have to run people over with my luggage or almost get ran over, lol.
We are all checked in so the wait begins. A little late boarding and then a little late leaving so guess what, we will be arriving in Paris at 3:55pm but guess what else, our Paris to Atlanta flight leaves the runway at 4pm. Guess where we will be staying the night, in Paris and OO8 is not at all happy and I mean not at all. He's a little piturbed the entire flight but not enough that I want to strangle him, you gotta love him. We make it on the ground and of course we missed the flight. We go up to the Air France Customer Service counter and he tells the lady our situation. My poor baby, he was so ready to be all in her shit but she was way too on top of it. She was calling a hotel to keep us, printing up our new boarding passes, & giving us the slip the hotel will need to comp our room and meals. Oh, did I mention she put us of course on the first thing smokin' out of Paris.
After standing around for what seemed forever and talking to some nice lady that said the Napoli airport was ridiculous (of course I giggled cuz she didn't know that OO8 is from there)our shuttle for the hotel came. We stayed at the Campenile<----I think that is how it is spelled, the hotel looked ok on the outside, nice in the lobby but the room was T-niny and I do mean that. I'm glad we love each other or it would have been hell. We slept and watched the Olympics most of the time but of course we did go down and have our complimentary dinner. It was a buffet but ok nonetheless. I'm sure if I was staying there I would have ordered from the menu because the buffet was just that, O-K. OO8 was a little pissed and of course doesn't like the French so he wasn't too happy but I was too damn hungry to care. I mean I cared but baby I was going to get my grub on, besides when I was as hungry as I was, you eat almost anything but somethings I just had to say no to, lol.

OO8's best friend & Friday, our last full day and night there

Today, our last day in Bacoli I finally meet Antonio, OO8's best friend. Now unlike DDQ, Tonio looks like OO8's best friend. I mean their interaction was just completely different and Tonio's interaction with me is/was just on a different level. We interacted more than the DDQ and I do. I know this was there time to catch up but it just seems like there is more of a connection there. It was funny too, I wasn't feeling all that great because of the weather change once again but still trying to be semi festive or at least social. We were walking back from having our cold coffee and of course they were talking so I was walking in front. Tonio called me baby to catch my attention to show me where his parents lived. Now of course I turned around out of habit but then it was like hey wait a minute. I didn't get mad or upset or anything cuz it was like ok it was just Tonio calling me that but it was like hey that's not fair catching me off guard like that. I was like OO8 come on, he giggled and was like he called you that because that what he hears me call you. He knew a little English like I know a little Italiano. It was fun, both of us waiting for translation from OO8 when either one of us spoke. I don't know, the friendship felt/feels like it does when Mel is here with OO8 and myself.


Our last night in Bacoli was fun and entertaining. From what I gathered this is OO8's time to sit at home and mope around but not this time, this time we went out in the sweltering evening and had a good time or at least I did for a hot bit, lol.
For our last meal there his mom cooked some fresh caught tuna that was caught by someone she knew just the night before. It was delish but can I get them to warn me about all the little bones it has in it. I've always eaten tuna but it has never had bones but then again it has never been freshly caught the evening before either, lol. We got dressed and were out the door by 11p heading to the cigarette vending machine where DDQ and Jeremiah picked us up. Of course it was off to the Monkey Bar where we could all meet and say our "until next times", which is exactly what happened. People from all kinds of past came out. OO8 said it was the first time in years that all of them had been together like this. It was fun in a sweltering heat kind of way because yes folks, we were all melting our lives away in the night heat but hey then again it is/was August. We had glasses of Perseco and glasses of Rosa Regale. I ended up getting a present from the girls, some beautiful red earrings that I just adore. I can't wait to have some reason/moment to wear them.
As the crowd started to fade away we were taxied home by Danny and Claude and then it happened, another car accident in Napoli. This time we were hit and it just had to be on my side a few hours before I gotta get up to leave. Luckily I wasn't hit too bad because nobody was going that fast but sheesh, two in three weeks, come on people. I survived, no bruises and I wasn't even sore the next day.

Thursday night was interesting

Thursday during the day not much happened due to I had a headache from the weather change so we rested all day pretty much cuz mr. OO8 wanted me well rested for that night of festivities. The night comes and we are trying to figure out how and when we are going to go out to eat with some "friends" of his. I use quotes because that day/night they didn't act much like friends at all. They were suppose to call and let us know whether we were going to be picked up or what, well they call with something like they are going to be 30mins late so OO8 goes back to watching the soccer game and tells me not to rush in getting ready, which is fine by me on the rushing.
Finally after not hearing anything and the game is almost over we get dressed and are going to take Scarlett aka the scooter to the Tropicana and have dinner ourselves whethere they are there or not. Hey which is what, fine with me. I'm going to miss Scarlett because from what I understand last night/Thursday night was our last ride on her before she goes away. As OO8 is pulling her around he gets the call asking where are we cuz they are there and he was told 10 but he told them to call. So we head up there eat dinner, you know all that good stuff. Come to find out Jules' girlfriend has some kind of issue with OO8 or has to because OO8 feels a weird vibe and OO8 is usually 99.9% right about his vibes. He asked me and I couldn't think of any reason why so I had to ask Mel who knows him as well and she thought she secretly wanted OO8 or she is jealous. Her and I couldn't think of anything and OO8 is perplexed as well. When she is around it is like she wants Jules to have nothing to do with OO8 or to have a lot less to do with him. But pretty much anyone who is around OO8 enjoys being around OO8 from what I have seen of his friends. I'm bias, I'm his girlfriend, lol.
After dinner we went to Beach Brothers and ran into some more friends thanks goodness. I needed someone I could talk to. I mean besides OO8. Some females that had more than half a brain and yeah I said it, lol. I had a good time, a little tipsy afterwards which helped sleeping in the heat. I wonder what we are doing tonight. My plan is drinking again to get tipsy and sleep well until 8am to get ready for our flight back home.

Nothing special but the shopping Wednesday

Yesterday we went shopping for the last and finally gift I had to bring back to town. And yes ladies and germs I finally found something that took my breathe away and I just had to get it. Actually I had to get two of them plus a little trinket for myself, lol. I just hope the person getting it feels the same about it as I did when I picked it out. I can't do anything with mine until they get theirs and that just sucks cuz I can't wait to do whatever I want with mine, lol. The person might be reading this blog, no excuse me, I know the person is reading this blog so I can't say what it is but OO8 wanted to kill me when I asked for the butterfly I got as well on top of the presents I bought there. I also was able to add some neat and funky earrings to my younger sister's gift of a key chain. I didn't think it right to just get her a keychain and I know she likes jewelry so there you have it, earrings as well. The other sister got a shot glass like she asked for but I don't think she is going to expect the double shot glass I got her that says Napoli on it in red with a little sketch of the city. Now I've collected a few magnets and bought Daddy something special as well as getting Mommy something I know she is going to enjoy looking at besides all of the pictures I took.
Later that afternoon we met DDQ aka DJ Renato Pezzella(he has a website and you can hear and buy his tunes on itunes, ok yeah I'm plugging him, lol) in the streets and ended up finally going to his studio. It was pretty nice too and not just a place he called his studio, no an actual studio with a sound proof room and everything. We finally got the CD he was suppose to mail us eons ago, which equals 4months ago but we finally got it in person. We also heard this new tune he is making, which he does house music and honey babies I must say it was groovin. It was a good workout jam, listen to anytime jam, hell just a good anytime jam.
Later that night of course it was Monkey Bar and then to Beach Brothers. We were with DDQ, Jules, and his girlfriend. Jules' girlfriend sure has a way of workin my nerves. Tonight it was an IKEA conversation/question that worked my nerves. Like Mel said, I'm pretty laid back and easy going so it takes a lot to work my nerves, she just had a way of working them trust me when I tell ya that one. It really isn't so much her as her being but hey I'm me and can get along with anyone anytime. She really doesn't work them until after I'm around her for a hot minute.
We had a pastry aka croissant after Beach Brothers that was pretty good but nothing like the three we've had before at two other places but nonetheless it was good and a whole lot damn bigger which of course I couldn't finish. The coffee there was horrible which I thought I was going crazy and tripping until OO8 tasted his and confirmed it was some horrible crap which is amazing cuz HELLLLLOOO!! we are in Italy but hey sometimes even they have bad coffee days, lol.

Dinner with the Italian Family

Last night we finally all had dinner together, lol. It was his mom, his brother(Billy), brother's girlfriend(MT), his sister(Boo), his sister's boyfriend(SF), OO8 and myself. It took them a while but they finally settled on a place to eat because the place they wanted to go is closed on Tuesdays. Then we had to wait on MT because she was running a little late, as we all sat outside waiting for her, but hey things happen, we won't shake her that bad this time but watch out next time girlie, lol. We ended up going to a place called Family Nest which is pretty nice. I mean it ain't some fancy place you gotta dress up for but it was nice or it was the company that made it better than last time we went. OO8 and I have been before but last time we had pizza, beer, and limoncello. Now service at most of the Italian places I've been to to eat just hasn't been the greatest since they don't work on tips but that I can live with but the service we had that night we had pizza was just rude. This time service was a lot better and the food a whole lot more delicious than the pizza I had there the first time.
Billy ordered for the family cuz of course I was going to do my usual routine of having OO8 order for me which he has done a wonderful job of doing for me since we have been here. We had an array of food, delicious mozerella, arrugala w/salami, baked potatoes in olive oil(baked meaning cut into pieces and the placed in the oven), zucchini, bruschetta(however you spell it, lol, but ya'll got it), some kind of cheese I think fontina w/these greens and then baked, prosciutto, an item or two I am forgetting, and for dessert I had Tartufo al Limonecello. Oh it was delish. Poor OO8 was teased at dinner for just taking me to the Monkey, which isn't true but of course his mother teased him when SF asked me how do I like Italy. So after dinner and dessert when it was time for coffee, guess where we headed, drum roll please, yes folks the Monkey Bar!!!
Yes of course it was all of us that went so if you can't believe it either, his mom was at the Monkey, lol. OO8 and I had our caffé danono con baileys(however you spell it, it is cold coffee w/baileys), everyone else had coffee, except SF who had some yagger(uh yuck, lol). After that not much was done. Everyone went their separate ways, we stayed with Danny and Claude because they were there and that was it. Then home we came.

Monday evening-Monkey Bar

Monday continued.....
DDQ as we lovingly call him picks us up promptly at 11pm. I love him for that cuz I fo sho hate waiting. We head to "the spot", the Monkey Bar. We see Danny and Claude and chat with the girls for a moment and then the four of us head to a table that seats six, yes I said for, there is another girl with us, Angela. I didn't think she was festive at first but she is, she is. We are waiting on DDQ and OO8's friend and his girlfriend to show up. Now the friend we are waiting on is from Napoli (of course duh, right, lol) and his girlfriend is from Sweden. Right now they live in Sweden, from what I gather she is going to start school end of August and he works on ship engines, they have been together almost a year or something like that. Oh his nickname, we'll call him Julie or Jules. It felt good to be not the only one at the table who doesn't speak Italian and now I have someone else to chat it up with without needing my trusty translator. I thought it kind of weird and of course I don't know where they are in their relationship or where it is going but knew way more Italian than she did. Hopefully by Xmas I will be able to hold some type of broken conversation but it seemed as if she wasn't curious about it at all unless I am wrong and in school she will be taking a class for it. I mean cuz to be honest that is OO8's preferred language especially here in Italy and I gotta know what is being said, it is the nosey in me, lol.
Jules is an interesting fella and is like OO8, knows a ton of folks. He will keep you laughing that is for sure but I must say for a quiet night that it was, meaning there was no going to the Beach Brothers involved, it was fun and full of laughs and smiles.
Now I did in a sense, in a way have to put up with someone they call "the teacher" and he isn't the brightest crayon in the crayon box but luckily he is more friends with Jules' girlfriend and Jules and DDQ than with OO8 so I didn't have to be bothered with him trying to speak English to me so much if at all. I had been around him several times but never introduced and I thank goodie-ness for that right there.

Monday morn/afternoon-Pompeii

Pompeii
Monday we got up early after a dull and kind of boring night and headed to Pompeii. Which is only about 25miles from where we are staying or in other words about 25miles from OO8's mom's place. I didn't know this but in the winter when the kids are in school here they do a field trip there. Those lucky suckers, we see it on NatGeo and they do it as a school trip. We started our journey about 9am and ended up at Pompeii around 10am I think. We hopped on 3 trains to get there which was an interesting journey in itself being I have never rode the train that much since I have been here. Ok, yeah I have taken it from Pozzuoli and then again to Napoli, the city itself but not like Monday.
Finally in Pompeii Scavi there were all sorts of tourists and all sorts of people trying to get you to take a guided tour. Now true I have never been there and true I may never go again but I didn't need a guide and didn't want an audio tour. I wanted some pics to say I have been there and then to walk around and see what it is like. I mean I have seen the special on NatGeo enough times that I can walk through it, see the special on TV and be set, lol. I did take plenty of pics and I mean plenty of pics. Pompeii is huge. I knew it was big but my goodness. I got tired after a good long while and decided to call it quits without seeing the entire thing. I mean after a while it started to all look alike ya know. Some buildings/homes bigger than others, some more destroyed than others, some places they have blocked off and you could no longer get through to see. You are walking on the acient Roman streets, blah blah blah. I mean it was like walking through Arlington if something had happened to it. You find some interesting art work and homes and remains but after a while you are like ok, QUIT!!! Our fault we didn't pack a lunch or anything or even water, although we grabbed water on our way in but still I can only take so much of history, lol.
We were so tired and sweaty after that we had to come back to Hotel Di Omar's Momma and take a well needed nap. Of course he/we called the DDQ aka Diva Drama Queen for him to come pick us up for the Monkey Bar later that evening.

Napoli, DJ Renato, and 5am

Yesterday we went to Napoli to do a little shopping and a little shopping is what we did. I was so nervous. In GA, hell America I wear a size M to L and OO8 had me nervous thinking I could barely find shirts to fit me blah blah blah which was not the case. I found a few and we bought a few shirts. Then I found a brouche that was a pretty green apple and a lady bug necklace to wear for going out and such. I of course picked up a few trinkets for people back home but trinket shopping is not finish which I will have to finish soon being we leave for home next Saturday. Napoli on the other hand is a beautiful and interesting city. Funny for OO8 cuz he has never been there with a tourist which I was and I was snapping all kinds of pictures of places he takes for granted, lol. I even took pictures of the festive train station that had been redone. We walked past where he went to college and where his sister goes to college. I also had the most delicious and delicate pastry as well. We tried to go to McDonalds so I could taste the difference between the ones in US and the ones here but it was closed and on the door actually it said all the ones in Napoli were closing. No reason was given just that they were closing. I guess we should have stopped by the Burger King to taste that difference since it was still open, lol. I still laugh every time I pass by a Mailboxes Etc. cuz that is about the only thing here that kind of says America because that is the only thing I have seen that is here and there besides the Burger King and what was McDonalds. If I see another bar though that says the name and then claims to be an "American Bar" I am going to scream. There is nothing American about these bars. If you do not order the right drink the drink can suck and hellllllllo it takes forever to get one drink after another cuz they may not stop at your table again unless you beat them down. It is ridiculous.

With that being said.....

After coming back on the train from Napoli, being tired of all the walking we did, OO8 and I went to go get pizza. Ok I have never been on a scooter before now let alone carrying 3 pizzas. It was an interesting ride but nonetheless the pizzas made it unharmed and still looking like pizzas, lol. After eating and what, about 45mins to get ready we went what seemed like to no mans land to see Diva Queen DJ. It was a lovely spot we went to, the parking lot was not great, when you are wearing white linen pants and the parking lot is dirt so dust is kicking up but hey I made it, lol. There was a pool on the inside, tables with the canopy around and what seemed like a pretty nice dance floor. Now we meet a group of people, we all went inside and got a table around the pool. Now mind you we do not have to wait in a line because we are on the list and I think we got a table pretty easy because we are/were on the list but at the table or because we have a table each person has to spend at least $25 each or for a couple, $50 each. Now being from America $25 or even $50 between 2 people here can get you feeling real nice and in America that is a cheap date. Hell OO8 said if that is all I would spend or spent going out with Mel he would be singing in the streets which I giggled but I understand why cuz $25 in US is only about 3 drinks. Over here in Napoli it gets you 3 drinks, 2 beers and a coffee or 2, lol. Even if I just got 5 cocktails it is still just $25. Now there is a difference between 25 euro and 25 bucks but still even after the conversion it is still a cheap date. With all that being said, lets just say we lost half of the group because people are watching their pennies. Ummmm hello, did you not realize you were going out and why did you not save up for that or at least have some going out funds set aside I mean come on. Before OO8 I had to be one of those people to set aside the funds to go out to drink and you set aside money to park, drink, tips and gas. So can you tell me why if you had no money you came out or came out without your man and if he is broke why the hell both of yall came out. You do not come out to a place like that with only 25 euro and the cost to park there is maybe 5 to 7 euro. Cuz places like that or at least clubs here I noticed let you in free but you have to buy at least a drink or two and they are not cheap or at least the first one is not cheap at all when they do that. Needless to say we stayed which I am happy in some ways about. I got to hear/see DJ Renato do his thing and see some more Napoli night life other than the one I had been seeing, lol. The dance floor however was a mess. There were people dancing or trying to dance but that was/is kind of hard when people want to walk around on the dance floor. Oh I wanted to just push people and be like either dance on the floor or do not bring your ass on the dance floor. Do not find your friend here to walk over there, talk to them and then want to walk around, do that near a table or something, grrrr. But either way OO8 and I got a few dances in before he needed a cig to deal with the bad floor, lol. After a while though there were people dancing every where, on tables, on benches, around the pools edge, I mean everywhere. Around 330am the party was still going and strong but we left for our coffee and pastry.
We finally ended the night at 5am and missed going to Pompeii today but hey there is Monday. I do not think Pompeii is going to get up and walk away but hey if it does I did not need to see it, do not need it walking away with me in it, lol. Besides, my Saturday was pretty busy with Napoli, pizza getting, dance club going and dancing, OO8 and I needed another lazy at home do nothing day.