cold turkey

it's almost time... nameeta and i leave very soon...  and, it seems that with every hour that we get closer to our departure time, we add one item to the to-do list and another item to the packing list.  i made another fred meyer trip tonight, but i think i'll make one more tomorrow as i forgot a couple things tonight.

sue's updates have been making every moment of packing or getting ready seem totally worth it.  i can't wait to get there and dive in to the work.  although, i'm pretty sure i'll gingerly dive into it as to avoid rats and cockroaches.

on a very minor note, i was thinking about how as of saturday morning, i will stop drinking diet cherry coke cold turkey.  i don't have too many indulgences (as i write this, i feel like this is something that someone with a lot of indulgences might say), but i do love diet cherry coke (and sour patch kids.  i love them - those little sour and sweet gummy candies covered in sugar... delicious!).  maybe i should have created a diet cherry coke wean?  i suppose that i can give up diet cherry coke for a few weeks in order to help the kids. :)  it's really not that much of a sacrifice.  and, my dentist will be happy.