'I remind you of WHO?'

Greetings all, from the land where I strange encounters do, in fact, occur often. No, it does not stop at clowns.

Last Saturday night, two of my friends Rebeca, from Chicago, and Iliana, from Romania, and I were sitting around after dinner, thinking of something to do. One of the women who cleans the house for us, serves us our food, etc. came in to have a bite of dinner. I love to talk to her because she has such a kind, cheery disposition. So we begin talking about different fruit, tropical fruits mostly (You all know my love for fruit...) that come from our native countries (She is from Madagacar.) and then all of sudden she says to me, 'Hey! What's the name of Bill Clinton's ex-girlfriend??'

O.k., folks. Now, I know that sometimes I can really misunderstand what Italians have to say because they are either speaking in slang or wayyy to fast. BUT most of the time I understand everything perfectly. However, I really thought I had heard really incorrectly, like REALLY incorrectly, so I say, 'What?' and she repeats herself. 'You know, Bill Clinton's ex-girlfriend.'

At which point I realize I had in fact understood correctly and was like, 'Yea.' (What else can you say?) and she says to me, 'What's her name?'...'Uhhh...Monica Lewinsky...?', I say. And THEN she says 'YES! HER! You are exactly alike!!! No one has ever told you you are exactly alike??? Surely no one has ever told you you are alike as to not insult you, but you are EXACTLY alike!'

Of course I was really confused, but Rebeca, such a wonderful person and really strong Catholic, bless her soul, was completely appalled. ' Rocio doesn't resemble Monica Lewinsky at all!!!' And they both went on their 'Yes she does!' 'No she doesn't...' rant for quite a while.

And there you have it. Broken bed. Broken chair. Loss of keys. Use of a washing machine that I could have had to pay a lot of money for. Clowns. Monica Lewinsky. (haha)

Rome, anyone? :)

I love you all. Please pray that in the future I remind NO ONE of Monica Lewinsky. You are all in my prayers.