I am in a wee bit of pain from pilates today and yesterday.  Our dear Rosie, that sweet little Brazilian, was on a tear.  She is 5 months pregnant and has only put on 1.5 kilos.  That a little over 3 pounds.   I've put on more weight since Christmas than that!  That aside, I love her classes.  I sweat out a lot of stress!

Speaking of stress, we are discussing putting bars on the front windows of our place.  Burglaries are become more and more common.  A lot of the problems come from the fact that there are so damned many immigrants that are unregistered, unemployed, and are here for nefarious reasons.  Many of the newly arrived people who have come are from Syria and Afghanistan and are escaping horrible situations.  They deserve all the help we can give them.  Unfortunately there are also Eastern Europeans, Africans and innumerable gypsies who should be sent back where they came from.  It's getting a little scary.  Everyone has stories.  There is a law in Italy that if the victim of a robbery, even a home break-in, injures or kills the thief, they can and often are charged with a crime!  A referendum is coming up soon to overturn it.  I'm signing it!  Today a friend told me that she had been helping friend's move house and during the fifteen minutes it took to carry some things down from their apartment to their car, someone climbed in the bedroom window and rifled through the drawers and closet.  Bars.  xxoo me