Aaah. Less than 48 hours. I feel like time is speeding up.

My computer decided that last night would be a spectacular time to stop working. I watched a movie on it w/ my mom the night before and everything was fine, but when I went to turn it on yesterday, the screen was black. Although, weirdly, I could see the images if I shined a light on it. After many, many minutes on hold on Dell's tech support line, I finally talked to a person who, after much trial and error, concluded that my screen needed replacing. Great. Want to, perhaps, do that within the next three days? Unfortunately, there was no such luck. The laptop must be sent in to be fixed. They're sending me a postage-paid box in 2-3 business days and will be returning the computer 5-8 business days after that. My parents have convinced me that Dell WILL send the fixed laptop to France, arguing, of course, that an eight-month-old computer really shouldn't be having problems. My dad is feel powerful and will convince them in the morning. We'll see how that goes.

Otherwise, things are going well. I am less nervous and more excited about this adventure, despite the overwhelming feeling that I have no idea what I'm getting into. Because, you know, I don't. I am such a plan-ahead-control-freak that it's driving me absolutely crazy not knowing about...everything. Only a few short days until many mysteries are solved, I guess, at which point significantly more will be created. Ah, well. It's good for me, right?