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3 days from now, I'll be in New York. 6 days from now, I'll be in Perugia. I say these things as facts, but if I were better at Italian, I would definitely be using the subjunctive. 6 days from now, I hope that I will be in Perugia. This is terrifying.

My travel schedule is as follows:

Sunday (2 days from now): get a ride to northern VA (where I'm staying overnight)

Monday morning: get a ride to the Metro, conquer the blue line during rush hour, arrive at Metro Station in DC; walk to my bus, find my bus, get on my bus, depart for New York City!

Monday afternoon: arrive in New York, find Bea's work, and distract myself until she gets off

Monday-Wednesday morning: hang out in New York (relax, breathe)

Wednesday: take the subway to find a shuttle to JFK, and catch my plane!

This schedule feels so convoluted to me, I'm sure what I just wrote will make NO sense to anyone else. When I really think about it, I kick myself for not just flying out of Dulles and paying extra. I also wonder how much I'm REALLY going to save after so many bus tickets, Metro tickets, subway rides, and shuttle rides. That said, I love New York and so rarely get an opportunity to go there which actually pans out. So as long as I get there successfully, I'm sure it will be worth the stress I'm experiencing right now.

I ought to be packing right now. I have today and tomorrow, essentially, to get all of my crap together, and I feel like I have no idea what to even take. I made a huge list a few weeks ago, but I don't have faith in myself when it comes to knowing what I really need.

I was so disappointed at the close of Italy's time in the World Cup yesterday. If only the team had played the entire game like they played the last 20 minutes, I would be able to see them in action from Italy, surrounded by crazy Italian fans, which sounded so fun. I envy Ada. Now, all I have left is to root for the USA and hope to find a bar where it's ok that I get excited and shout at the game. It can't be that hard, right?

I guess I should get offline and start sorting through my clothes, but I'll try to post before I leave home, and I'll try to post from New York once or twice. While I have 6 days yet before I land in Italy, I'm really only about 3 days from the start of my journey there. I have never done anything like the traveling I'm going to be thrown headlong into from the minute I leave my house. I've never had to accomplish so many things of this type on my own.