As my friends know, I'm heading to Italy this summer to attend a class - Italian language, and medieval and Renaissance art. I'm an art teacher, and I need to earn 15 quarter hours every 5 years to maintain my teaching certificate. This class, 10 credits, in addition to several previous summer courses, will cover me for another 5 years - and then I should be about ready to retire. (That's the plan anyway.)

I leave one month from today. Exactly.

And I don't want to think about all the things I need to do in that one month - really, I don't!

The time is going to absolutely fly!!!!!