Massive shopping sprees at REI are so much fun. I purchased the following: new hiking boots (which I am wearing at work today for an extremely silly look), sleeping bag (the "Rosa 30"), a fleece vest (which I didn't really need, persay, but it was on sale for a great price), a headlamp (which I really won't need until Longs Peak), biodegradable soap, two water bottles. I still need a foam sleeping pad, a toothbrush (my only one left is electronic), a backpack rain cover (Though my pack has been in torrential downpours without getting anything inside it wet. When I bought it, I had the understanding that it was waterproof, it even has a rubber seal over the zipper. I've talked to the people at REI about it a couple of times, and they said it is not officially "waterproof" in that if you dropped it in a lake, water would get in, so they still recommend a rain cover...)

Yeh for Colorado! The friendly salespeople at REI kept asking where we were going this weekend, and I would say "Colorado" and they would say "Where?" and all I could do was shrug. Still haven't decided yet, but I have no doubt that Jen is researching routes. Well, actually she's probably having the FDO interim sim from hell. Maybe I should be looking for routes.

Me, on the other hand, I'm trying to focus on reading some really boring handbooks (not having much luck). I can't do anything else, because my computer (the one that has all my files) is being refreshed (yeh, I'm getting a new computer!) all day.

Check out my use of parenthesis! I am a grammaticians nightmare.