Confermato

I am happy to confirm that I will be staying here until next October!  I went to the head polizia office this morning, bright and early, to get my questions answered once and for all.

As you can only imagine how excited I am to be able to take my gap year, (that I was fighting so hard for, this time, last year) I will miss the birth of my sister's baby girl and my lifetime friend's wedding.  They have both been so supportive to me, and I understand I must sacrifice some things in order to follow my plans.  Life is just a big tangle of decisions that you must make, isn't it?  What fun.  I was never a very decisive decision-maker.  Thanks to God, He can help you make the right one!

I also found out it takes weeks to get an answer by email and is impossible to get things done over the phone.  Let's just say that the Italian bureaucracy is one of the only things that is how I expected it to be.  After dealing with the Italian Embassy in D.C. I had a pretty good idea.  Luckily everyone I have met sees how badly I am trying and gives me good advice.

A dopo!