Well, my journey begins in typical Jaimie fashion: lost my passport, found my passport, made an appointment with the Italian consulate in Boston to get my visa, missed my appointment thanks to a nor'easter, made it to the consulate two days later, got yelled at by the consulate guy because my home state of Connecticut is not technically within the Boston office's jurisdiction, and now my name is in "the book" so that I cannot do business with them anymore unless I'm actually enrolled in classes at my Massachusetts university or have a Massachusetts home address. Ha! Moral of the story: don't leave the visa process until last minute - there's a lot of paperwork, and a layover of at least a week IF you show up in person and IF the consulate (narrowly) approves you. Second moral of the story: don't put your passport in a safe and secret place, then forget what that safe and secret place is.
Anyway, now my life revolves around the conundrum of stuffing just 50 lbs. of clothing and necessities that must span January to May into a couple bags before I make the haul back up to Boston at the end of the week to actually obtain my visa (and get my passport back) and then leave the U.S. on the 25th!! :)
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