I wanna say it was either Dennis Quaid or Denzel Washington

So Michael is going to his first study abroad orientation this week. I know he is very excited and the closer we get, the more excited I get. He's going to be gone a year, studying in Italian in Bologna (a far superior experience than my own jaunt to Belgium, but I digress). A year is a long time to be gone, but the time is going to pass so fast. It's already April! A year is nothing!

Why I am I so excited? Am I glad to be getting rid of him? Of course not. His trip, however, is the perfect reason for me to get back to Europe. I really could have gone at any point before this (granted, I would have had to work a little harder at my finances...) but it seems like something always comes up.

So I'm going to Italy! I am looking at late January, early February (a late happy birthday to me!) and it looks like the best deals are either flying into Milan or Rome. Rome! I am so excited! I have never been to Rome and I am dying to go! Plus it will be nice to see Michael again...

I was thinking about going for a week or so, ugh... that's going to be sooo expensive, but I wasn't a thrifty gal in Belgium for nothing! I think we did our week in London for something like 200 bucks a piece, and that included seeing Chicago the musical. So we'll see what kind of penny pinching I can come up with.

Also, my friend Melissa has (repeatedly) invited me out to Seattle to visit her so I think I may have to do that before Michael gets back.

Looks like I might be a jet setter before I know it!