Today was better!

So this time next week it will already be my second full day in Italy (and a day off from class because Nov. 1st is a national holiday over there).

Having said that, I have a FULL week of preparations, which is being complicated by the extremely soar throat I have because the medicine I took for it KNOCKED ME OUT!! However, I did do everything on my to-do list for Monday! :) YAY!!! The only thing I have to do is to keep studying for my trip. I am trying to remember as much of my Italian as possible so that I dont get over there and look like a COMPLETE idiot. Plus, I hate not remembering things!! I'm trying not to stress too much about remembering vocabulary and stuff, but this is where the perfectionist in me comes out (yes Dr. Hernandez-Reif, I remember what we discussed, but it's soooo hard for me not to want to do the best I possibly can). However, I know that once I get over there and I'm surrounded by the language I will begin to pick it back up and then some! I'm getting a little nervous about my one-on-one lessons twice a week. I am so afraid I will freeze up!! Oh well, I cannot worry about that today. Worrying does not add a single minute to my life and the Bible tells me not to worry, but instead pray.

THE GREATEST MOMENT OF TODAY was when I got an email saying that my thesis is COMPLETED!!!! It has been signed off on by the dean of the graduate school and there are no more changes!! I AM FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All that is left to do now is walk across the stage on December 17th. YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!! NO MORE RIDICULOUSNESS!!!! I never have to deal with the ridiculousness again...hopefully!

Okay, so I also did some research on calling to and from the U.S. and Italy today. Not that I expect anyone to call me, because it is going to be expensive, but should anyone choose to call or text me (or the other way around...though I wont do it without your permission) here are some of the rates:

AT&T: For you to send an international text message it will cost you $0.25 and for you to receive a text from me it will cost you $0.20. For you to call me or me to call you: if I call you from a landline or you call me on a landline # it will cost you $0.09/minute and if you call my international cell phone or I call you from the international cell phone it will cost you $0.26/minute.

T-Mobile: T-Mobile likes to make this more complicated than it should be. So, from what I can gather, to send OR receive an international text message is $0.20. Sorry, but I cannot figure out the calling information. T-mobile's website SUCKS!!!!

Also, today I got a message saying that crimson mail is now an actual gmail account, which is screwing up a lot of things for me. It means i cannot have both of my emails open at once on my computer and cannot open my crimson mail on my phone. However, it does mean that people with crimson mail can actually be a follower of my blog and comment and such. I do love gmail... for many reasons!

Okay, well I am going to go study Italian!!