Im in rome!! I still havent talked to mom or dad because my stupid phone isnt working.  i feel as if ive lost an entire day and walked about 18 miles.  i guess ill just go straight through the day: 

6am- wake up

7:30am- meet sarah at the storage unit to finish unloading things

8-10am- mad dash to sort of organize and finish packing

10:30am- sarah and mama mayo pick me up and we head to copy corner and the bank then leave for Houston

around 1pm- arrive at Bush Intercontinental in Houston and say a sad goodbye to Sarah!

1:15pm- cristen arrives at the airport and we wait about an hour to check our bags

3:45pm- board the plane (BA2024 to London gatwick)

around 7:15am (london time)- arrive in london and race...literally through the airport to make our connection in 30 minutes!  we were lucky because we made a friend from Beirut who helped us all the way to our hostel in rome...really nice man.

8am- flight leaves for rome (BA2542 to FCO rome)

about 11:15 roman time: arrive in rome and ride the shuttle to bus terminal

12pm- take the leonardo express (yes thats the name of the train) ...train number 2 to the Termini station

12:45pm- arrive at termini and wander aimlessly around to try to find our hostel with our friend from beirut...again.

1:15/1:30 ish- arrive at the Freestyle Hostel and were walked to our hostel a block away ...called...the Pink Palace...then wander back to the termini area to exchange money and end up locked out of our hostel because we are too dumb to understand the lock...and have to get walked back by the guy again and get let into our room...

2:30-6:45pm- HUGE NAP!!!!!

7:30- dinner at the main hostel

8-9pm- wander around termini again and go back to the hostel

9:30-10:45pm- chat with all of our new friends at the hostel and then...MY PHONE FINALLY WORKS!!! and i get to talk to mom....HOORAY!

the entire day or two days or whatever seem to all feel like a sort of Alice in Wonderlad kind of thing....everything is upside down and weird and funny and dillusional...but im anxious and at home and trying to maintain positivity because i dont want to waste a minute...minus the amazing nap.