🙋🏻‍♀️Why I joined this community a while back and then disappeared

Hi, I'm Tosca! And a couple of weeks ago I spent 5 minutes with an old Tuscan plumber talking about pipes, but apparently I used the word for fallopian tubes instead. 🇮🇹🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm still taking lessons ofc.

That's just a preview of why I never did my intro post. My husband Christopher and I relocated from LA to Tuscany — specifically to Sansepolcro, a tiny medieval town most people have never heard of (but where my brother, his young family, and my parents all moved within the last 3 years).

What we didn't fully account for was that the transition would take 13+ months of living in Airbnbs while sorting out a permanent place to live.

That's A LOT of other people's beds, bathrooms, and kitchens. 😬

Last week we finally found a temporary apartment. We were supposed to sign the contract on Thursday. I'll let you guess what that happened...

Actually nothing yet. We are still waiting. This is Italy. We have made our peace with it. Mostly. 😄

I have celiac disease and some spinal injuries, so that's not amazing with other people's houses. Add in the culture shock, the language learning curve, and trying to build a business through all of it, and something had to give.

Other Skool communities I was a member in definitely did. And social media too.

I only missed one of those. It wasn't social media. 😉

I'm taking a few more months off social intentionally and focusing on channels that don't require me to perform for an algorithm or send Mark Zuckerberg more money. So I'm finally, officially saying hi here!

A little more about me: I run an AI education community here on Skool for women business owners who want to build AI-powered apps and workflows without the tech overwhelm.

I'm here to get better at email (I sometimes get it right but other times, well...) get to know you all better and finally stop being the person on the sidelines here.

One more thing you should know about me: I have a Chihuahua named Lulu who has strong opinions about Italian cobblestones and has actually gotten a bit better at navigating them but prefers not to, with her tiny feet. 🐾

She prefers to travel in a sling bag instead. And I will tell you right now — living in Italy with a small dog in a bag is THE cultural lifehack nobody talks about! Even the grumpiest Nonna can't help but smile. Lulu has gotten us into conversations, friendships, and restaurant tables that no amount of broken Italian ever could. Dogs are welcome everywhere here, even the fanciest places! Just one more thing to love about Italy!

Enough about me. I'm excited to learn with you! Thank you,

@Kylie Kelly

for creating this space. 🙏

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🙋🏻‍♀️Why I joined this community a while back and then disappeared