The original countdown on my calendar said 4 days to go. But instead, we're at 23 days. I'm not complaining, it's just a big difference for such a big trip. When you're psyched up for leaving so soon you definitely loose a lot of steam by adding 3 weeks. But that's not really a problem either. It just makes me feel even more that this is not very real. It'll sink in when we get there, I hope. Now we have more time to meet up with friends, put little pieces in place that we may have not seen, and actually be the ones who sign the papers for the closing of our house. 

Waiting around this long also makes me feel like I have to find a lot of filler for this blog. "Sooooo, it was pretty hot today in Maine. And what'd you know, it's gonna be pretty hot in Rome! What a coincidence! He hehe." (sweat)  So you'll have to forgive me if I wander to random topics and don't deliver with exciting foreign news. There really isn't any here yet. 

The last news that I should wrap up for any of you who were still wondering, yes we did find a connection for moving up our consulate appointment. Instead of meeting on the 7th of Aug, we now have it the 31st of July. Someone congressman from DC called us and said someone from his office would try to get us an earlier appointment. And they did. But because our visas were tied to the date of the 20th we couldn't get an earlier flight. Considering August is the hottest month in Rome, I'm really not too disappointed. Maine is the best summer spot, so we're gonna milk the next 3 weeks while we got it!

Until next time! Ciao!