So I'm three days away from my Summer adventure to Italy and I'm stressing out. Vacations should be relaxing right? Wrong.
Packing alone is so stressful, especially when you're trying to think about what you'll need over the course of almost four months. May 10th-August 21st I'll be away, and so if you're a friend of mine, I may not be able to use my phone, but hopefully I can get a SIM card for international usage and then I'll be free to text and call and browse to my heart's content. But who am I kidding, no one really texts me, I'm acting like I have a million friends, haha yeah right...
So packing sucks. Mostly because I'm spending a lot of money I'd rather be blowing in Europe. Thank Dante (Alighieri) for school refunds. I should be paying off school loans, but I figure since my soul is bound for ten years after graduation, I might as well live it up while I still can. Hence the trip to Italy, not only to see my huge extended family, but also to get away from my life in Chicago. I need a break and a chance to soak in my roots. I'm going to take this time I have and improve my currently choppy Italian, as well as work on my writing. I want to work on a food memoir and a few short stories. I'm even thinking of starting a fantasy series, and maybe I'll write a mystery novel like a friend suggested. The options are limitless.
But packing... Ugh. Four months worth of razors, check. Now what else do I need?
Packing alone is so stressful, especially when you're trying to think about what you'll need over the course of almost four months. May 10th-August 21st I'll be away, and so if you're a friend of mine, I may not be able to use my phone, but hopefully I can get a SIM card for international usage and then I'll be free to text and call and browse to my heart's content. But who am I kidding, no one really texts me, I'm acting like I have a million friends, haha yeah right...
So packing sucks. Mostly because I'm spending a lot of money I'd rather be blowing in Europe. Thank Dante (Alighieri) for school refunds. I should be paying off school loans, but I figure since my soul is bound for ten years after graduation, I might as well live it up while I still can. Hence the trip to Italy, not only to see my huge extended family, but also to get away from my life in Chicago. I need a break and a chance to soak in my roots. I'm going to take this time I have and improve my currently choppy Italian, as well as work on my writing. I want to work on a food memoir and a few short stories. I'm even thinking of starting a fantasy series, and maybe I'll write a mystery novel like a friend suggested. The options are limitless.
But packing... Ugh. Four months worth of razors, check. Now what else do I need?
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