I'm at the seaside and I do exactly what I want. I have nothing to do, which is why I have so much to do all day long, from morning till well past midnight. I don't have a spare moment.
I wake up early and head straight to the beach by myself. It's so close. I have breakfast at the bar on the beach. I get a cornetto and a cappuccino with lots of foam. The bartenders even draw little hearts in the foam because I want cocoa on mine. Sometimes the cornetto has chocolate, sometimes Nutella, sometimes nothing at all. I carry it all to a table and sit down and eat in peace. Since I arrive very early—around 8 or 8:30—there's nobody there and I'm perfectly happy. I joke around with Claudio the lifeguard. We're always teasing each other and he calls me "butter pat." I bring my math book too, with a pencil and eraser, to do exercises.
Then while I'm sitting there people start arriving, and my friends too. There are a lot of them. The other day we went for pizza and there were thirteen of us. So when they show up I put the book away and we play all morning. I go swimming and I always dive in headfirst. I drink tons of seawater. It's very salty! I go home and eat and then nap a little. I'm back at the beach by 3 or 3:30 and stay until 8. I have the best time. I play, I chat, and then I walk up and down the whole beach.
I saw Elia again too and I'm really happy about it. He's very kind to me and I like him. Sometimes I get him to walk me home and I tell him I don't remember the way. Actually I do remember, but if I tell him I don't, he walks me. I like his friends too and I chat with them a lot. I love talking to everyone. I tell them about my life and I want to know about theirs.
But nobody wears a mask here. When I was in Rome, almost everyone wore one. Here people wear them in the evening after dinner when they take a walk through the town center. The police and the mayor are there too, telling everyone to put their masks on or they'll give you a fine.
When I grow up I want to be mayor, but not to make everyone wear masks. I want to be mayor because I like being in charge and because I'm really good at it—when everyone does what I say, things run smoothly. School opens again soon and they won't shut it down like they did this year, which I still can't get over.
I have the best time at the beach and I'm feeling amazing, but I have the most fun in the evenings. First I shower before I go out and then I always want to eat somewhere: appetizers and pizza, or appetizers and pasta. And dessert. Then I go to my friends' shops—Elisabetta's, Ilenia's, and Tatiana's—they sell clothes—and to Ermanno's pastry shop. And to Giulia's place where she sells swimsuits. Then I meet up with my friends and we walk around and laugh. I always get home after midnight. And I wake up Dad.