OMGTRAVELINGSOON!!

So, I'm going to Italy one week from Thursday and my affairs sure as hell ain't in order. Here's a list of things I must do before I can go (in no particular order):

- buy cargo pants with removable zipper legs (churches and museums in Italy don't allow shorts, but i can't wear pants all the time...too hot)
- buy some new shirts
- halt my mail service
- send off any bills owed
- pay the rent
- get my euros boughten (today's exchange rate is $1.25 to buy €1...of course, fees will obliterate that)
- authorize the cards for overseas purchases
- clean my apartment and move furniture for repairs while gone (a story for later)
- PACK PACK PACK
- research what I might like to do in Florence/Venice (suggestions, folks?)

I'm also gearing up for ensemble music rehearsals for Pirates and Fille du Régiment. I'm not too concerned with my knowledge of the former, but the latter is kicking my arse. I don't mind the copious French to learn if the G. Schirmer score weren't so screwy. Some SADISTIC A-HOLE editor mostly stuck the English singing translation on the Tenor lines. I find myself having to cross out all the English words, as not to confuse them with the original French, and then highlight the French on another part, then write arrows to MY part..... as you can see, it all leads to a big hot MESS on the page. Why oh WHY weren't we told to use the Ricordi? No fussy English to deal with. Wide open spaces on which to write translations/IPA. I realize this is all a bit ridiculous in the end, but I am very particular about this stuff if I want to learn it properly.

Ok, I'm off to either attempt to learn my Fille score, or run around in circles figuring out how to accomplish stuff on that list!!!