Ciao Bella!

So I am under 13 hours and freaking out. The bags are packed, double checked, unpacked, repacked, rechecked and weighed probably 40 times. I made 100 different check lists and checked them all off and double checked that I actually had them packed. Poor Ben had to deal with my intense anxiety and my complaining. He also helped with all the shopping and checklists and is even making the drive to Chicago. I had to make a trip to Costco and three trips to WalMart and I still need to get glue sticks, NyQuil, and Dramamine at a store in the morning. The final weight of the bag is 50.9 ... so I am hoping that by some miracle the person that takes my bag is in a really good mood or that the bag magically weighs one pound less when I put it on the scale at Chicago O'Hare.

My flight is with Delta but it is operated by New alitalia. So I could pick my seat and say I had a bag on Delta.com but I could not actually check in, seemed a little weird. Anyway it just adds to my stress because now I do not know if I should check in at Delta at the airport or find the weird airline that is operating the flight, just what I need right now - more stress!

On another note, I am writing this post at almost 2 in the morning. I am so pumped/scared about going that I literally cannot sleep. I have not really tried very hard. I am watching TV and have all my lights on and I am being attacked by a cat constantly. She seems to be nocturnal.

Well I will keep you updated on whether the attendant at the check in smiles and takes my bag or embarrassingly  makes me open my giant suitcase and show O'Hare my underwear while I try to rearrange to make it 0.9 lbs lighter... I am thinking I will take out a towel and move it to my carry on (they are kind of heavy).

Ciao Bella! (Hopefully I learn something that doesn't sound so lame while I am there and can use it as my new sign off, until then Ciao Bella!)