Lazy Thursday and The Empire Strikes Back

We returned from Sorrento yesterday and decided to make this a day of rest. We woke up around noon and shuffled around the house, making a little breakfast and coffee. I worked on some homework and Laura played on her computer. We finally got out of the house and went shopping in Pozzuoli. First we stopped at a record and sound system store, which I am convinced was a shop selling stolen goods. I told Laura and she said it wasn't, but I told her it's not normal to sell items without the box. Almost every item in that store was out of the box and "used", but I digress. We stopped by the supermarket called Conad that's near my house and picked up some groceries.

When we got home, we chilled some Prosecco and Laura made a cheese and crackers plate for us. We sat on the balcony and watched the sun set behind the hills of Bacoli, talking about the past week and how much fun we had.

After that, Laura prepared dinner and we decided to watch Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Laura has never (I repeat, NEVER) seen Star Wars (any of them) so we started last night with Star Was: A New Hope. I was so excited and basically explained the entire movie to her as we were watching it. She asked me how I knew so much about the movie, and I told her it's because I've watched it a thousand times. Basically, I was saving her 10,000 hours of viewing time. No biggie. She loved it and we are about to go to sleep. We are going to a barbeque tomorrow with some friends from work, and Laura baked a cake so it's probably going to be amazing. Technically I baked it, but she supervised. Anyway, goodnight!

⚓ Kyle

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