* grumble *

So... things concerning Italy right now = bad. bad bad. bad.

As in - 20 minutes ago, I was heading to Florence in a month. As of 19 minutes ago, I'm heading to Florence in... April.

There's not much more to say about it - other than... things have been going badly lately (cars breaking down, furnaces giving up and croaking, and now our washing machine has issues too) and the money just isn't there. So I'm going to get a job, and head out in (hopefully) April-ish.

I would be panicking right now... but I'm just in shock - it was kind of a bomb dropped out of nowhere.

Countdown status - one month, 8 days.

So, I suck at getting things done on time.  No, really, I do.  I mean, it's not like I've missed important deadlines or anything.  Stuff with Via Lingua is happening slowly but surely, I will eventually have a plane ticket (gr, hiss that I don't have one yet), etc. etc.  But oh my stars.  I have to get a jump on the visa process.  Like yesterday.  I don't want to have issues because I sent in my stuff too late.  Urrrrgh.  So I don't know why I'm wasting time writing about it rather than doing it - a bit counterproductive, I think. 

Meanwhile - I would kill to be in Florence this very second.  A: I am sick.  B: Montana is a cold and miserable place right now, especially as our furnace kicked the bucket yesterday and heat in our house is something entirely reliant on strategically placed space heaters.  We have to keep those space heaters cranked up pretty high, otherwise the pipes will freeze and burst and we will simply have to move.   So, I'm sitting in the basement (where the computer is) and it's EXTREMELY warm down here.  Which is not so welcome as I'm sick and feeling ucky.  C:  I just miss Italy way too much.  I miss the food, I miss the people, I miss the bee-yoo-tee-ful-ness of it all... Really just can't wait to go back.