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the girls and i are leaving for Italy in 10 days. xshub’s organization is having a conference there, he doesn’t want to go but is letting us go in his stead. There is a papal audience on tap too, that the partnering law firm has arranged. we are not sure of what gradation of audience it is, whether it’s just in the square or a more personal one, so we are preparing for the most stringent and have 3 chapel veils ready to go. i sent xshub a video of papal audience etiquette in the offchance it’s a small group deal, for him to share with his staff. The entire rest of the group will be non-Catholic, but i want them apprised of etiquette so they don’t embarrass me!
Also i had been using Rosetta Stone Italian, and suddenly a few weeks ago it just wouldn’t load. I spent numerous hours online with their tech people trying to troubleshoot it. Finally yesterday they did a remote access where they took over my computer and after 2 hours and a clean reinstall of the software it finally works again, though it lost all of my progress. i was SOOOOO glad they could do the remote access, i didn’t even know that was possible! the prior hours spent with me trying to interpret what they were asking was a total waste, so much more efficient for them to go in and do it. it literally it took so long that i had xsbaby and xsteen’s boyfriend sitting there for me for periods of time so i could make dinner etc. and they could relay the guy’s questions, comments to me. Of course i was dealing directly with Mumbai! names like rangath, mansoor, and ghouse, were the three diff techs i dealt with!

How exciting for you all! And that was very thoughtful of you to send the etiquette info - as a Protestant I would not know without looking up the info but would absolutely want to show the proper respect and in the rush and excitement of the trip some might not remember to check details themselves.

Of course i was dealing directly with Mumbai! names like rangath, mansoor, and ghouse, were the three diff techs i dealt with!

I am sorry to report that one of my granddaughters slipped so badly in math after 2 years at a prestigious Catholic school in Richmond (she's back in public school now) that she had to enroll in Mathnasium (a tutoring program). My daughter reports that most of the other students are Asian, Indian, etc. who all use Mathnasium as "fun". I should also report that my 99 year old mother seems to be totally in the care of Indian doctors in CA. I don't know if there are no Caucasian doctors left in my old home town, or if only the Indians take elderly patients.

I just know that our kids need to wake up and pay more attention to the core subjects in school, or they will be totally unemployable in the next 25 years.