My trip to visit him is tomorrow. I can't believe it went so quickly. I'll be saying that same thing after I return home, saying how the time with him went by so quickly.

So this time, I have decided to leave for an entire month. Although, he thinks I'm only staying for 3 weeks. I got his family involved in the whole scheme too. It's so great that I have them in my plans ahah. I really hope it goes smoothly.
His sister was supposed to come along with the dad to pick me up at the airport. BUT unfortunately, she got the dates confused. She didn't realize that I will be landing a day later and not the same day of my departure.

Come on woman! I'm flying to Italy from the US, it's not like I'm flying to California for a few hours.......
So it turns out she won't be able to make it along for the ride.

I am anxious. I don't know enough Italian. The father doesn't really know English. Immediately I thought I was screwed and totally started getting nervous.
Then I had to calm myself down. It's only the dad. He's willing to make the surprise work and pick me up. I'll figure something out during the 30 minute car ride to their home.
I'll take it as an interesting experience that I can tell my SO when I see him.

While I'm getting picked up, his mother and sister want to try and get him out of the house for the meantime. Then, I'll surprise him when he comes back home for dinner.
I seriously CANNOT WAIT to see the look on his face.Especially since he was so bummed when he found out i was only staying for "3 weeks". I have always wanted to do something like this.

As for the itinerary, we have Rome on the list, the Vatican City, Dolomites, Milan, and Torino. =D

While all of this sounds so exciting and amazing, there is always a sad part to my story.

My family is not okay with me going on this long trip. Besides the fact that it will be for a month, they just didn't want me to go.
It's not because they don't like him.
It's because of financial reasons. My father would much rather I be more responsible and stay here until I took care of my obligations here.

look, I pay my bills. I give my parents money to help out with bills since my dad was unemployed.
I try my hardest.
I recently graduated school. I took my state exam for my license.

I want to do this before I get tied down to a full time job. I will not be able to do this again. At least not for month.
And I'm also doing this because we decided to save money, work, and wait about a year or two to finally close the distance.
We won't be seeing each other for a long time.

I want to be happy.
I love this guy. I know what I'm doing.
I just wish I received more support. I don't want to feel like I'm a bad daughter.