smoking converters, italian roaches, and its only 8:15 am -- DAY 2

so today was check in for my dorm at bocconi at 7 am, although when i got there, the two guys at the desk claimed it was at 8 so i waited with my new nyu friend for 8 am to roll around.

so i follow the lovely man up to my room, and walk into a sweatbox, soo freaking hot. he hands me a remote for the air conditioning, which after 5 minutes i finally figured out how to work. and its still sweltering. i then walk into the bathroom where there is a massive bug, which i would call an italian roach, feel empowered by the last 24 hours in milan i decide to be the anti-liz and kill it without screaming. this was a sucess thanks to my left sneaker, which 2 minutes later also killed a fly, so i think its doubling not only as my sneaker but rodent killer. i could be fairly disgusted and freaked out by all of this but im determined to stay uber positive and have continued to unpack.

this decision led me to want to set up my laptop and blog about my "experiences" (what richmond tells us to call unpleasant moments spent abroad). here i realized that none of my outlet converters work except one, which is from about 1980 and extremely finicky. after setting up a contraption that finally made it work, i am able to blog. but all i can think about is a conversation with my father last week regarding power adapters that went like this..

me: dad i need to get outlet/power adapters for milan!

dad: dont worry we'll go to radio shack and i have one from when we went to spain

me: ok, well do you think we should check to make sure the outlets havent changed abroad?

dad (laughing quite hard): elizabeth, do oyu really think they changed the whole outlet/electricity system in europe? of course not! think of how --- continued after smoking adapter -- expensive that would be?!?!

me: fine

CRAP AS IM WRITING THIS MY CONVERTER JUST SNAPPED AND IS NOW SMOKING .. f meee .. anyways ill finish my story .. i cant believe this happen giving the story im telling

look whos talking now dad-- no way to charge anything..WAY TO GO! i still love you though, im just thoroughly peeved.

must go unpack and make sure i dont set off the smoke alarams with my smoking converter