... more or less. They cancelled my flight to Newark, leaving me with very little time to make my flight there. (My Alitalia flight departs at 5:30; I'm supposed to check in 2 hours early, which makes 3:30, but I need time to switch terminals and get my baggage. In fact I had originally been on the next flight arriving at 3:15, but switched it to this one since I felt I needed the extra time.) My new flight arrives at 2:50, which is still cutting it close, but better than 3:15. Right now I am waiting for them to cought up my bag, since they switched from American Eagle to Continental.
Anyway I ended up going to be early last night, having got nearly everything ready. It's worked well in terms of preparation, and surprisingly, after all that worry, my bag is under 20 kg!
So far I haven't forgotten anything. :-)
You guys are the 18121 best, thanks so much for the help.