I'm trying to build up a reservoir of good will before I drop off of the radar for much of the next two weeks. I don't want anyone forgetting about me, dontcha know? After all, we live in the Internet age. Two weeks is a lifetime (at least it will seem so to me). Nice thing about this set of trips, I'll have good access from the hotels in Austin and Chicago where I'm staying. I just won't have much time. This week my host is going to be wining and dining me each night and next week that will happen, plus my wife is with me and my daughter is in her freshman year in college in Chicago. I anticipate a total of 12 minutes free during the work week both weeks.
Next weekend will be an orgy of FReeping!
Then I'm in a race to my downtime surrounding my expected transplant, which I hope gets scheduled sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. My main target now on the timing, besides the fact that my vision is basically worthless, is to get it done before my insurance starts making me pay an additional 10% of "normal and customary" after January 1 of 2007. I hate it when that happens, especially with something like $5,000 worth of surgery. I don't have a spare $500 right now, do you?
No...I don't have an extra $500...and I certainly understand why you would like to have it scheduled then.
Also, after the elections until the NEW Congress in January, it SHOULD be relatively slow...unless our axis of evil decides to act up more than they already are.
BTW...as I type this, I am watching the replay of Hillary's debate last night...it is very hard to concentrate when listening to her "spin"....LOL