Literacy on Steriods

To help prepare myself for the BIG move, in the most useless ways possible, I have been watching many Italian movies, reading "Under the Tuscan Sun," and listening to Dean Martin. (Ok, Dean Martin, Josh Groban in Italia, and Andrea Bocelli.)  Now, in my common young dreamer mind, this is definitely preparing me to move to a foreign country, learn a language I've only been studying for three months, and concentrate on the wonderful facebook pictures I will obtain.

Luckily I love to read, and find value in almost all TV I watch. Maybe not Matlock, but it's a classic anyway.

The important things such as: packing, applying for an international driver's license, scheduling physicals, and eye exams....well, that's just not happening.  I did however, hang a very large map on my wall that I fully intend to put a push pin in every place I go in this wonderful year adventure.  Which basically means, I will need new dry wall next year.

 

 

Packing, I will undoubtedly put off until I can no longer.  This is the norm for me.  However, I suppose packing for a week is not quite as intense as packing for a year.  Ahhh...that is frightening.

When it comes to studying Italian, I have not been as aggressive as I probably should be.  I do know now how to say I want voglio and I need ho bisogno di which I believe will serve me well.  I also happen to be quite great at talking with my hands, talking very loudly incase the volume is the issue in the miscommunication, and use rather dramatic facial expressions. Thank goodness for eyebrows!

Only a few days left before I board the plane.  It's almost 10pm, which is almost midnight, so I can almost say, only 8 days left!!! I am jumping up and down on the outside and girlishly squealing on the inside. Yeah, sometimes those squeals make their way outside. But I am moving to Italia where I plan to eat gelati and sing about amore. So sue me.

As I continue to read some Frances Mayes, in an old book I picked up at a used bookstore in D.C. I have to thank God I can read!