As is obvious by this blog's existence, I'm going to Italy to study abroad for a month this summer. Starting in 3 days, actually. So soon!
Since everyone and their dog blogs about their study abroad experience, I figured I should hop on the bandwagon as well. Besides, it's a cool way for everyone to keep in touch with me and my goings on while in Italy without me having to email the same story a million times to a million different people.
Anyway, like I said, I leave in 3 days, and I feel like I'm more stressed than excited. There's so much to do before I leave! I have the majority of everything packed.
Here's a picture of my bag as it was half-packed. :)
I used a tip from Grady's mom and used vacuum-seal bags to pack my clothes. I fit like 10 million times more stuff than I would have otherwise. I was actually really impressed! Although my friend pointed out that because I wasn't necessarily careful putting all my clothes into the bags, they are probably going to be REALLY wrinkled by the time I get to Italy. Eh, whatever.
I have so much to do before I go. Tomorrow is my last day of work, then I'm going to get a final mani/pedi with a friend tomorrow night. The calm before the storm.
Thursday, the day before I leave, is going to be the craziest. Let me just tell you my whole schedule: a farewell breakfast in the morning, run home to finish packing/clean my room, drive to Bountiful to visit family visiting from out of state, drive to Stansbury to visit/say goodbye to Grady's family, drive to Tooele to visit/say goodbye to my family, drive to Sandy to go to the midnight premiere of Man of Steel, drive back to Tooele, sleep for a few hours, and then leave for the airport at 6:00 Friday morning so we can catch our flight at 9:00.
It is going to be a crazy couple days!! We are flying standby, so there's a good chance we will end up bouncing all over Europe before we actually make it to our final destination. We have a reservation at a hotel in Rome Saturday night, and then we have to get up early Sunday morning and catch a 4-hour train to Genoa so we can meet the rest of our group.
I've been having nervous nightmares for the past few days, imagining everything that could possibly go wrong. Fingers crossed that everything somehow goes smoothly.
Arrivederci! Talk to you soon!
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