I made it to Italy!! All is well again in the world.  More on that in a minute . . . First, I'll summarize the rest of the week. Monday: A first of many mornings that began at 6:00 a.m. The girls' school starts SO EARLY!!! Like ridiculously early . . . before 8:00 a.m. if you can believe that. If they were to ride the bus to school, they would have to get up even earlier, so to allow them some extra sleep, Amber drives them each morning instead. Amber and I would wake up at 6:00 to give ourselves a few minutes first, before going in to wake the girls up. At 6:15 it was time to turn on their light and start talking to them, rub their back, etc. to help them wake up. Once they're a little more alert, it's time to get dressed in their school uniform and then go to the bathroom. Amber and I would tag team for the rest. She would start making them breakfast, while I began brushing and fixing hair. The girls go from being asleep to being wide awake and cheerful pretty quickl...