Madison, Wisconsin
1 week, 1 day, til Italy. Not surprisingly, I am still SO excited. Packing has commenced, my last days of babysitting are approaching (thursday!) and today I am heading down to the Italian Consulate to pick up my passport and visa. Things are falling into place quite well. Well, they were. My laptop is now nothing more than a chuck of slightly-beat-up silver scrap metal. Last week, my little baby Gateway computer randomly stopped recognizing when it was plugged i...