Part 085 · ~2 min read

Got a flat!

I got a room in a flat with this gay guy in San Giovanni. I like the place, the building, the area, and the guy himself. Very sweet! I will move next weekend. All perfect: nice room, independent bathroom, nice small balcony, plus a shared terrace. In the house will be living 4 of us. This guy has a boyfriend who comes from Milan nearly every weekend. Plus, another room is rented out to someone who works at the Gay Village, so he sleeps during the day but uses Giuseppe’s, my flatmate’s, bathroom.

All seems perfect, and I feel so relieved. Romano was happy to hear that I found the right place for me “with [my] own kind of people”. It was a bit nasty, but I know how he feels. The next step will be firing me from the teaching classes. After I move into the flat, I will look for a new job somewhere closer to my flat. I want to break free from Romano’s life. He is far too bitter and rancorous about the whole thing.

Anneka called me, and we met tonight. She was very sweet. I was embarrassed, but she is “once, twice, three times a lady”, and she understood how I felt and revealed something I didn’t like: she slept with Mario. At this point, I will let him go as there is no point in trying to piss Anneka off, and I will try to get back to my own life, forgetting all these people.

Anneka is leaving for Stockholm tomorrow morning and won’t be back until mid-September. She will assist her son with the move and the start of university. I am feeling strangely happy that she is going, and I fancy, again, some sex. I stopped for a while, fancying it. My biggest problem was the flat, and now that I have solved that, my life can return to normality.

Mario has not written at all, and neither has Flavio, but it’s okay. I do not feel I should be in touch with them even if I find Flavio’s company very intriguing and reassuring. I find that guy rather attractive. There is something about him I like. Strange for a lesbian, but I really wish he was a woman!

Anyhow, folks, I’m back to sleep. It’s still very hot here in Rome, and it’s too early to be up, but I wanted to breathe a bit, so I went outside to the terrace and spent some time writing this diary page.

kisses