Today has been decent so far. My bedroom is almost completely cleaned out except for stuff that I'm leaving, my musical instruments, and my trip clothes. Caught up on banking stuff this morning, too.

I was a bad girl at Borders yesterday (surprise). Got a map book (which I actually needed), two photography books (arguably justifiable), and Shadow Puppets (new O. S. Card book, I didn't even know it was out yet)

Story ideas are flooding my brain today, which is annoying since I don't really have time to sit and write them down. I can write this, since it's more a stream-of-consciousness type thing that I can leave and come back to. Wondering if it'd be worth it to get a voice recorder and talk out the ideas on the trip. Give me something else to do while driving, anyway.