I am now officially unemployed AND homeless. Yesterday a crew of the elderly and infirm helped me move all my possessions to a friend's house and tomorrow I take off to the Shakespearean Festival with my parents. We leave Cedar City on Thursday, I head to New York on Friday, fly to Europe on Saturday, and arrive in Rome (after a 10-hour layover in Germany) on Sunday. I've arranged an airport transfer in Rome from the airport to my hotel, because several of my friends have recently seen the movie Taken and assure me that I will be kidnapped if I try to reach my first hotel by myself at night.  Kidnapping seems like a poor start to the Trip of Awesomeness.