Countdown to take off - 7 hours 55 minutes

The tasks are all done; the wild last minute spending complete; the decisions about telephones made; the kidlet kissed goodbye; about to take Roxy for a last walk; wheeee.

Here's the checklist:

• buy new phone -- naw, bought a new Acer netbook instead; installed Skype; loaded up delicious with my preset favourites
• buy new camera -- check - Olympus FE-45 -- sweet
• photocopy passport -- check
• leave contact infor family -- check
• call friends to gloat -- check
• repack and try to lighten the load -- in progress
• practice uploading photos to blog -- check
• register netbook with Acer -- check
• add weather forecasts of Italian cities to homepage -- check
• add translation site to favourites -- to be done!
• eat all sorts of crappy canuck food - burgers, pizza, pop -- check
• buy visor for sun protection -- check

Oooo-eeee - am exhausted - I truly need this vacation. Wonder what movies will be playing on the plane? I can probably look this up online, but probably won't.
later...