8 days and counting . . . Thursday; where did all those other days go to?
I am now surrounded by books, paper, post-it notes – over 20 of them attached to various surfaces around my desk – and all reminding me of things I need to do, or remember; and most of them need sorting before I go. I'm sure you can measure a person's stress level by the volume of paper around them.
I spent yesterday multi-tasking with work, children, art, football, shopping and feeding as well as becoming chief bird scarer after seeing 3 magpies cruelly raid the blue tits box and take off with a fledgling in the morning. This morning one is back again; my fault for exposing so much of the tree when I gave it a haircut last month.
So this morning is practical stuff; look at all the ideas we have shared so far about what we might do in Florence (which the concentration is on for the moment) and think about what fits in with my visit timings.
Lisa recommended Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities which I started at some early hour this morning and I am captivated with the idea of these overlapping, layered views of a city through the eyes of a traveller. It's starting to give me more ideas for my visit too.
Nicola (our group is now three) is also going to be putting her suggestions into the pot so we are all feeling excited with ideas whilst being challenged with having enough time to give to the project.
