leaving on a jet plane

so i was prepared to have this be the "holy shit i'm going to italy" post, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. or more correctly, it doesn't feel like that's going to happen.

for some reason i'm not freaking out. i'm not going into panic mode and i'm not throwing up at the thought of being on a plane for over 5 hours (and over an ocean, for that matter).

i'm not quite done packing yet-- 90% there. i just have to get little stuff together. i just finished putting some pictures on my music player, so i'm happy about that (the all make me laugh).

anyway, i'm leaving here tomorrow morning at 11 and groome (a transportation service and no, i don't know why they call it that) is dropping me off at the airport and then my flight leaves at 4:05. there's a layover in frankfurt and then it's off to rome. after that a train to a small town (chiusi) and then after that it's a bus ride to montepulciano.

i'm going to try to do audioposts while i'm in italy using my cell (thanks to lindsay for the idea), but not that many. keep checking back anyway.

okay, off to walmart to pick up a couple of more things. then sleep.