I'm off!
In an hour the adventure will begin! I have an 11:30 flight to connect in Philly, then I'll have a luxurious five hour layover (I'd much rather lose a lot of time in the middle of the day than miss a flight so I chose this option over a shorter-but-more-uncertain layover) before flying out to Rome this evening. Exciting stuff!
I must be more nervous than I thought. My mother, a teacher, would throw up the first day of school every year and has a similar reaction to other sorts of big events (up to and including dentist appointments). While I didn't go that far this morning, I did have some surprising dry heaves. But everything is packed, the dulcimer is disassembled (taking off all the strings takes about fifteen minutes, putting them back on takes a day and a half), and I've checked US Airways' baggage restrictions to double check everything.
I hope this finds all of you doing really well, and I'll most likely send a brief arrival message late Wednesday night. Ciao! (For Genovese usage, insert a long stream of decrescendo ciaos here).
I must be more nervous than I thought. My mother, a teacher, would throw up the first day of school every year and has a similar reaction to other sorts of big events (up to and including dentist appointments). While I didn't go that far this morning, I did have some surprising dry heaves. But everything is packed, the dulcimer is disassembled (taking off all the strings takes about fifteen minutes, putting them back on takes a day and a half), and I've checked US Airways' baggage restrictions to double check everything.
I hope this finds all of you doing really well, and I'll most likely send a brief arrival message late Wednesday night. Ciao! (For Genovese usage, insert a long stream of decrescendo ciaos here).