I am slowly, very slowly, it seems, making progress on my enormous To Do list. I signed up for travel insurance, so that's one of the biggies I checked off today. I also took a self defense class, which was a great experience. I recommend it to everyone. Now I can head out with some added confidence about how to handle myself in all kinds of iffy situations. I also determined that the sarong I bought in Thailand last year is just going to continue to bleed, and bleed, and bleed dye all over everything. I'll just need to be careful with it, I guess, and hope it doesn't lose so much dye that its purple hue fades to pink. I hate pink. I also redesigned my website, www.nomadchronicles.com, and rescued a ton of moving boxes and packing paper from the recycle bins downstairs. Just one month left of work, and a million other things to get done, and it'll be time to go!