We are really in full gear now, toiling away ten hours or more a day at our preparations :) The time change just whizzed right past me, i'm not even sure if anyone changed the clocks here yet. We have one more shopping trip to make today to finish off our food supply. It's all divided up in 24 boxes, we did that last night. I think the worst is over, it was really hard trying to come up with a good variety of nutritious dinners. My dried supplies have gone further than i thought they would - we have some in every package. Yippee!

My only worry now is that we'll have enough time to pull our equipment together. We still need to go to Ridgecrest with the packages, as well as seal the seams on all our stuff, give the stove an overhaul, and go through the equipment checklist & make sure we have everything. I also still need to buy a pair of shoes, sleeping bag, microcassettes, and other odds & ends. We leave a week from today! It'll be tight!

I wrote a note for the Tae Kwon Do folks which I'll send along. Do you need it right away, or can i pull some other things i want to send you together first?

I do still owe a little on my Citibank card. I think I'd like to pay it from my checking account, though. You shouldn't have to do anything, I can take care of it with the 800 number on my card. By the way, you have my permission to open any mail you receive addressed to me. =) Well, enyou Snow Crash and don't tell me how it ends! I love it every time I hear from you, even if its mostly business. Thanks for writing. I love you.

Dylan