I'm Going to Check Myself Before I Wreck Myself - Summer 2016

Ciao Blogglisti,How are you doing?I wrote a post few months ago about being in a major funk after my trip to Milan.  While Rome and I never got into fisticuffs, the situation was critical.Late last week, I stopped by a vendor I haven't seen since moving out of the Center. She told me that my Italian had really improved. I thought about her comment.  I was constantly beating myself up for not being fluent, instead of remembering that I'm getting better.  I seem to be focusing on the negative a lot lately.Yesterday was the first day of summer.  I am determined not to spend yet another season salty with city I live in.   I'm not the biggest kumbaya person.  You will not find me on the top of Gianicolo Hill doing this:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R462Ro5fqU?rel=0&w=420&h=315]I do know that walking around, as the youngins would say, with a stank attitude is not going to make things better.  I will try to see this city with fresh eyes, be more social, and maybe cut back on political news.