can you imagine?!

two days from now i'll be in beautiful italy where the wine will flow, the gelato will be eaten, a good friend will be visited and the temperature is in the 60's. i can not wait. i may even try some italian coffee because i hear it's amazing, even for those with a coffee aversion like myself. plus i just think it would be simply divine to sit at a little cafe in sunny tuscany and look out at the piazza and just be happy with the world.

okay, maybe i'm rubbing it in now. i'm really not trying to gloat. i just haven't really realized that i'm leaving tomorrow and i'm trying to paint the picture so that i can get a handle on it. really what i should be doing is writing my resume, writing a paper and calling field ed. sites. even packing would be more productive than sitting around in my pajamas blogging.

but it's still early for me since i went to bed at 3. i was woken up earlier than i anticipated this morning. to bells ringing. in my ears. from the fire alarm in my hallway. i leapt out of bed and tried to figure out what to do and where the smoke was coming from. thankfully krista knew and was able to remedy the situation quickly. but we still had to listen to the fire alarm for at least five more minutes and had to leave open our door for the smoke to clear. so i've learned that after loud, repeated noise and cold feet, i can not go back to sleep.

friends, some advice: don't leave the tea kettle on the burner. apparently, when all the water/steam is gone, it is possible that the lid will melt down the side of the pot and land on your burner, creating quite an unpleasant smell and lots of smoke.