Currently Playing LaRue By LaRue I haven't listened to this in forever... see related

Ack!  Stress! 

I am currently wandering in what shall be  not-so-affectionately known as "packing purgatory."  I have the incredible challenge before me of packing for five months in two bags, with no assurance whatsoever that I am not forgetting something...

And I don't have very long to do it.  Everybody and their third cousin wants to  to hook up before I go, which means at least one trip into the Cities and enough gas money for five mochaccinos (tan triste!). 

I made a trip to Target today and dealt with moderate business and snarky dressing room assistant (I refrained from making a "life is worse in Thailand you know" comment), but got the bulk of my stuff taken care of.  Still on the docket:

-A cheap pair of tennis shoes that can get destroyed
-Assorted cosmetics
-Protien shakes, saltines, peanut butter, and other non perishable food stuffs.  Especially since I'll be on a California team-- notorious for a shall we say, foo foo menu. (i.e. celery sticks and rationed Pringles)
-A few more pairs of scrubs
-A big Nalgene (perhaps in pink)
-A windbreaker
-A small fan
-Sunscreen (Banana Boat!  That stuff smells awesome!)
-Board shorts
-Pens and mechanical pencils (For the journal I am determined to write in religiously...thank you Jill my dear for providing the journal!)
-Work on the camera situation.

Yeesh...this is getting expensive.  I guess I'll worry about it tomorrow.

So, I'm thinking ahead for (actually real ones that arrive in the mail) postcards/letters as well.  If anyone (and I mean anyone, whether I know you well or not, this is a long trip) wants to get a genuine piece of Meredith correspondence from the Land of Eternal Spring (or possibly the Houston airport since I'm cheap ), send your address to meredith_schultz@hotmail.com  Do not post it as a comment...that's not safe people.  If you want to be included in my weekly/monthly/whenever-I-get-to-it updates, drop me a note at the some place...

Adidas my loverly readers, off to count the sock supply...