DAY 221: Valentine's day

Last year I celebrated Valentine's day for the first time in my life! It was the first time for Ben as well (I'm pretty sure, and in any case there's no reason to be jealous of that :-).

I got up in the morning finding a bright yellow sunflowers bunch... but there was more, Ben bought me a little teddy bear and a big bar of toblerone as well.

Ben doesn't like to be too sweet instead of me, but when he acts in this way he is the best! He also bought me a card where there was a wheel to spin and see what was my reward for the day!

As present I did a little "book" to study italian, with all the typical italian colours on the cover and Ben's name on an Italian soccer jersey on the back.

The rest of the day was beautiful, we went to St. Kilda for a Festival and then we had dinner at Rococò, a very nice and yummy place.

I have lots of pictures which belongs to that day, photos taken in the bed with flowers and teddy bears!

This morning (February 2011) I'm looking for the card and the teddy Bear, to take them to Florence (Where I'm going to study for the next months)... however it seems as if they disappeared! What have you done mum?! ahah

DAY 251 - 70 Days of Feelings

I was leaving Australia that day, at the end of the Summer.

I spent two and an half months in Melbourne... my time to come back to Italy was arrived, I had to come back to finish to write my thesis and achieve my graduation.

Before leaving I wanted to give Ben a present, I was planning something nice to let him a beautiful memory of me.

It had to be a “concrete” thing, something thoughtful, an art object with a deep meaning.

The image on the painting would have been the re-analysis of one of my older and most beautiful works I've ever done. Originally it was the last one of a painting series made of 9 pieces, the one where the passion triumphs.

But this time the meaning wasn't just an imaginary idea, it was something that really happened.

It was our story in a phrase: “70 days of feelings”... while in the back of the painting there was an explanation sentence “Once upon a time I had a feeling... and now I had 70 days of feelings”. (remember that we knew each other while there was the song "I gotta feeling")

Two hands, the passion, us.

I left the painting over the bed, standing on the wall, ready to surprise Ben as soon as he opened the door of our room. He really liked that :-)

Actually, I stayed 69 days and a few hours in Australia, however I couldn't write “69 days of feelings” the meaning would have changed in a very rude way! ahah

DAY 382: Liquorice legs

I don't like having fight with Ben, many times we fought because I asked some questions about our situation and our future, other times for silly things... as “how to clean the dishes”.... (when the dark housewife side of me comes out!)

Every time after a fight I felt terribly sorry and guilty, I wish my head isn't as hard as it is (Capricorn influences... there's nothing to do! It's written in the stars!).

It wasn't always my fault but Ben is so quiet and peaceful... and the few times that he shouted at the I got really scared... because he never does that! Never!

But after a fight something nice always happened. This reminds me when after a slight fight in the morning Ben came back home in the afternoon with a present for me, I didn't expect that, it was an amazing T2 set (the most famous Australian Tea and Herbal tea brand) with my favourite flavour “liquorice legs” with mint & liquorice.

This is not the only time Ben bought me a present, there has been and there will be many more I'm sure. He has always been kind to me, giving me lots of attentions.