71 days and counting

well, its nearly 11:30 and i'm still trying to sort out the various odds and ends i have left to cram into my bag before we leave tomorrow at 5 am. i only recently realized how much stuff i have to take with me and how little room i have to take it there. it is looking like i will have my luggage bag, my little adidas duffel bag, and my backpack joining me on this week's adventure...and even then, i may still be leaving things behind (i.e. my huge norton anthology of english literature...i really should take it so i can read sir gawain, but it is such a big and expensive book that i don't want to risk it getting damaged when i try to fit it somewhere it doesn't belong). luckily, all i have left to do tomorrow is get dressed, throw my toothbrush and toothpaste into my bag, and head over to the old gym. but before that can happen, i have to say goodnight to my computer (and continue hoping that there is some sort of internet at the cheap hotel we'll be staying at (ah...i should probably take my ethernet cord just in case there isn't wireless anywhere...come on, austin!) and get everything packed up into my backpack (camera, ipod, various chargers, coloring books and crayons, purse, sunglasses, visor, two books, etc., etc.). then i'm going to relax and watch part of a movie or something until i fall asleep.

sidenote: setting my alarm for anytime before 5am is quite scary. i think i will be going right back to sleep once we get on the bus.

and enough rambling...

we're off to texas in 5 and a half hours. i hope it is a worthwhile trip. hopefully i will find a little coffee shop somewhere that has wireless if the hotel fails me. until then...