Today was the first time I feel like I am ready to start my
vacation. I worked in the garden a little cutting down some sick plants. I
swept and finally mopped inside the house with floor cleaner. And our new air
conditioner was installed. The units they have in Italy are a cross between
central air and window units that can be found in schools and homes built
without central air. It’s like a central air system in that it has a motor that
is placed outside on the side of the house. It is like a window unit in that it
is essentially for one room. I bought one that was about 4000 BTUs too strong
for the bedroom and placed it so the air will travel down the small corridor
into the great room. We put it on to test, and in about 15 minutes the bedroom
was freezing. I could feel it in the corridor but didn’t notice it in the great
room…until I went outside and came back in. It was so refreshing. Luckily there
is a breeze today so I don’t need to run it. I May turn it on tonight and write
a little bit inside. 
Right now, I’m not sure if there is a training mission or
what going on, or if there is a missing swimmer, but two yellow planes of
different body types, keep flying low overhead. I thought the one was going to
crash into my Aunt Dini’s house twice already. If I were the late Henry Hill people
would say I was paranoid, but as an upstanding person I’m more annoyed by the
noise. If it is because of a missing swimmer, obviously I hope they’re found.
But in my amateur opinion it looks to me like they are practicing for something.
UPDATE:
I just got word of what is going on. It hasn’t rained here
in months, like a day in May and 1 or 2 in March. They had an odd snowfall this
winter but the ground is very dry. The plane are heading out to sea to fill with
water because there is a fire nearby and not enough water to fight it. This is
why they keep heading out to sea and back and why they are flying so low.
