Mangos, Nutella and my new name

Well I'm getting busier.  Last week I was out almost every day!

Monday was my birthday. Lots of fun. see previous post
Tuesday was Institute. There were about 8 people. two that had been to Utah. (One of them was an exchange student in Springville with Madeleine Clarks family, last year) They were nice and Institute seemed really long. I couldn't understand it so that may have been part of it. We went out to eat afterwards and I tagged along because the buses were gone and Bianca was in Kiev and I didn't feel like walking for two hours that late at night. Douglas had to stay with the boys. But, excuses excuses. It was fun to hang out with lds kids. We ate at a place kind of like Subway. It was really good. My mom would be so proud. I eat everything here. Whether It's liver or Indian Curry (real indian curry) or horse or mangos or nutella (I had to mention those because I basically live off of mangos and nutella. I eat mangos with Douglas and Nutella with Bianca) Anyway it was fun, it was just, while most people could speak english, they won't. They're embarrassed and  they wouldn't try and explain things either. So i was a bit out of it.
Thursday I was planning on staying home but, 3 different groups of people called me to hang out. I ended up going out with Eliana, a girl that works with Douglas and Bianca. She speaks good english and we went to La Citta Alta. The fog was gone and the city looked awesome. We went to a bar (nobody hate me, bars are just like normal shops here. I have permission from dad to go) and drank pineapple juice. I really love the upper city. I could spend my whole trip there.
Saturday I met a girl that has been wanting to meet me for a while. Her name is Rosella. She's a friend of Alessandras. Alessandra is Bianca's bosses daughter. Everyone caught up? read it a couple of times. Anyway we went to eat pizza with 8 of her friends. There were a ton and 2 of them spoke english. It was a lot more fun than the institute people though because Rosella brought and Italian/english dictionary and we were all trying to speak and learn. I don't remember anyone elses name though. We made lots of plans. I'm not sure what they were but, I'll keep you all posted.

Things with Bianca and Douglas have been a lot of fun. I don't know what I'm doing differently but, talking about the church has all of a sudden become a lot easier. It's really nothing I've done. It's not that they are more inclined to listen to preaching but, we can joke all through dinner and it's really comfortable.

I couldn't eat the chicken tonight because Bianca realized it was cooked in beer. She said "Jana, you can't eat this." when she put it on the table and Douglas' indignation was great, before she explained. Even afterwards.

Tonight at dinner Scott was jabbering and he started repetively saying 'oh my god'. Douglas looked at Bianca and said "who taught him that?" Bianca said "I have no idea." I said 'Not me" and everyone laughed because of course i don't swear. so then Douglas was trying to figure out where he would learn that. As Bianca always says when Douglas and I are trying to figure out how things are said differently between America and Scotland "I don't know. I speak Italian." So Douglas had to blame himself. He kept saying "but, i never swear." then a couple of minutes later, he muttered under his breath and I just had to laugh inside at the whole situation. He's right, he doesn't swear and neither does Bianca (at least as far as i know) so its just made it all the more funny.
Even better. Tonight Scott and Finlay were in their private bathroom and they were playing with some balls in there. I was playing with the balls but, they took them from me. So, they closed the door but, the thing is, in Italy is that there a lot of lights on the outside. So i turned off the light. I have to tell you being scolded by 3yr olds in Italian is the most hillarious thing ever. They said "JANA" and angrily opened the door and turned the light back on. (cept they weren't really angry) So, i did it again. Finlay asked Scott "Who did that" and Scott said "Jana" they always know it's me for some reason. So, this continues for a few minutes and then, rather than saying "Jana" Scott says "Janina"

You have to understand Italy to get how cute this is. putting -ino or -ina at the end of a child's name is kind of like a nickname. It means little. So when I say "Scotino" it means little Scott but, more than that. It's like cute little one. Sort of. Scott doesn't know anyone named Jana so he totally made this up all by himself. Since he has to scold me so much, I guess i get to be the little one now. I got video of them calling me Janina and playing the game. It's so so cute. at one point Scott started angrily yelling in Italian. Bianca translated it to mean "Janina turn that light on this instant!"

I have already seen miracles this week. Being able to talk and live so freely with the Marshals is the best. Everyday it gets easier and more fun. I didn't mention Eduardo and Riccardo today but, they're cute too. Riccardo has learned how to crawl! Finally! Now he has a walker though and with the marble floors, it's absolutely perfect. I'm quite happy to have him in there all day. He can go where he wants but, he can't get into trouble. His mom doesn't think that's a good idea though. Eduardo is a little prince. He is so manipulative to get what he wants. He's only 8 months! He's cute though. They both love chocolate (don't tell anyone ;)) and Leone (their dog) I took pictures. Eduardo is on top. I put the video on too.