Another fine time last night—drove over to Scotts Valley for Heather's birthday. The plan had been to go to Ciao Bella for dinner, but that was called on account of weather and the restaurant's lack of contingency planning. However, I think that the resulting party was possibly even more excellent than that outing would have been. We ordered in from Dharma's (mmm…Tempeh Reuben), Heather's parents brought lots of yummy dippy things and a delicious cake, and we all spent the evening generally being silly, playing Gestures to great comic effect, and and watching Legend of Sleepy Hollow. And tomorrow she officially turns an ancient 30! Happy birthday, Heather!

Today was the first day I started packing things up. I brought home all of my toys from work and got them into a single box, and stripped down the desk in preparation for selling it. And garbage, more garbage! Lots of paper for the recyclers, and random remnants getting tossed. If I'm feeling really brave I may tackle the refrigerator. I also mailed all of the magazine address changes and paid bills. It's good to get all of this done today—the top-secret project is heading into its final two weeks, and I'll be gone most of this week at WEB2000, so not much is going to happen here at the apartment until Mom arrives next weekend. And then, a flurry of activity! I can't believe it's only 2 more weeks. Two Sundays from right now, I will probably be getting ready to stop for the night somewhere in Oregon.