well, i suppose that i should write something interesting, since i spent so much time playing with my page. now... as soon as i learn how to draw lines, and how to put a border on my table, all will be spiffy! look for future changes. :-)

actually, this has been a too-long but very pleasant way to push myself through the afternoon sleepytime hump. when i finished lunch, i was sure that i was going to just fall asleep at my desk.... not a good option.

so i thought that i would update my diary... and i just got going and kept going. see, now i have diary ring links off to the side, and as soon as i figure out how to get my two counters next to each other down there, instead of offset by a line...

ah well.. they are the things of a designer. i'm just a designer learning a foreign language. and this one requires logic! argh!!

and so.... with t-minus 28 hours to our trip... of my list of 32 things-to-do before leaving, i have accomplished exactly... three.

that's right. 3. not boding well for this evening, is it? now comes the mental list revision while i decide what i absolutely MUST do, and what i can live without finishing. i have some pretty good guesses about what i'm not going to finish.

but one of the things i will be doing this afternoon is hitting the local gas station for an additional caffeine infusion around 3:30 or 4... oh, guess what.. that is rapidly approaching. yippee!

the point is, i need to stay awake. yesterday when i got home, i was so dang tired it was all i coudl do to not fall asleep on the couch after eating. so... since i have to clean and pack tonight and there's no getting out of it, i hope that a late afternoon coffee break and the adrenalin rush of deadline will keep me focused.

but for now... hmm... nature calls... so i shall leave you all.

wish me luck.