Getting ready...

Ming and other factors conspired to get me up at 5:30, so I had a little extra time to get things ready for the trip. My contact lens has been in since early morning, which normally would not be all that newsworthy, except that I do not normally wear the thing, except when I travel, and I believe anyone observing me putting the thing in this morning would have been royally entertained. I figure it's a good precaution to be wearing, in case sharp sight is required while en route, and it will certainly be a necessity if I wander into a cinema sometime during the next week.

I have about half an hour before we leave, and I'm still at the store. I need to skedaddle home and check to make sure I've taken the essentials (badge, headset, comptuer, power supply for same, etc.).

What am I doing here?

Cheers...