This is it! The day before tomorrow...well, I guess technically it is today! But I haven't gone to sleep yet, so for the sake of this blog title I will still refer to it as tomorrow. And what is tomorrow? Only the day that I am off to begin my new adventure...in Italia! So, I've never kept a blog before. Is that how you say it? Keeping a blog? I figure its like keeping a journal, but as I said, I'm new to this. Hopefully I get better as it goes along. Let's see, I guess I will start by writing about my day. This morning, after a long night of crazyyyy partying, the lovely and amazing Cindy Weinberg managed to drag herself out of bed and get to my house at the ungodly hour of 11:00 am. I, of course, slept as long as I possibly could in order to get maximum sleep. Anyone who knows me knows that I can sleep for days. Actually, I'm an abnormally good sleeper. Almost to the point where it is a problem. But I digress...we packed and packed and packed for about 3 hours. I don't know how I would have done it without Cindy, she is a woman of many tallents, but man, can that girl pack. I have seen many a packer in my time, but I have to say, she surpasses them all. And of course, I have to give my thanks to the mother, Sharon Samuels. Without her, I would never be writing about leaving for Italy because I probably wouln't be going. Don't get me wrong, I did the entire application on my own for this trip. Apparently this is a big deal because as my mommy dear later informed me, she had a bet going with her walking buddies that I wouldn't even make it that far. She has great faith in me. However, I managed to prove her wrong and get that application in! And on time! Pretty amazing, I know. Aside from that, she has been by my side the whole way. There have been many memorable moments from this process that I could point to, but I'd say one of the most exciting days was the day at the Italian consolate in San Francisco. That was more than a day, it was an adventure. It was kind of like an enormous scavenger hunt on drugs and the prize at the end was a visa to study in Italy. Mom and I had to run around all over the city and get about 8 different things, you know, some important documents notorized, some abnormally sized envelopes, some pictures taken, the usual. All thanks to me being the most organized person I know (please note that I tend to be sarcastic). My mother loved it; she lives for events like this. Luckily, we got it all done and made friends with the consolate man! Even after mom accidentally locked him our of the building, which I think is pretty impressive, but that's just me. He let us turn in the all of the necessary things like an hour and a half after the consolate closed. Suuuper nice guy, but we got him chocolates, don't worry. Anyway, that was our rat race. There have been other fun little bumps in the road. Try getting a perscription for three months worth of a controlled substance filled by a company who literally has no one working there with a brain. Its not an easy thing, we have learned that and can speak from experience. I will spare you all the details, but thank you thank you thank you mother for everything you have done. Seriously. Well, I think that is enough for tonight. I have about six and a half hours to sleep and then it will be go go go time!! I am verrryyyyy excited! I think I'm really gonna like this whole blogging thing. The next time I write, it will be from the land of la bella figura! Buona notte!
