i am now officially barstow-bound. i found out yesterday that i was going to be asked to speak at a desert managers' group meeting in barstow, and today it has been finalized (in the form of airfare and car rental. hotel tbd). i'm going to fly into ontario the night before and hang with the cousins out there, though... and then i'll drive to the middle of nowhere for the meeting in the morning. so, i'll be in barstow at the beginning of march if anyone needs me. (i do have to miss a bay area bruins meeting for it, though. and choir class and soccer practice too. doh.)

i'm going to plan my boston trip soon though, to make up for the fact that my work only sends me to places like barstow. (grrr.) i'll probably go the first week in may, back in time (hopefully) for my soccer game and the earthquakes on saturday. i'm a soccer nut, i plan my life around it. heh. judy might come with me to boston, too. yay! (and i'm staying with a different judy. how confusing!) boston judy has to work, of course, so it would be fun to have bay area judy there too to run around the city during the day. must plan! :) :)

i finally found my fruit gems that i've been craving for about two months. they're individually wrapped, which annoys the conservationist in me, but mmmmmmm gotta fulfill the craving.