I know I'm hogging this. But I'm very wordy -- and quite anticipatory!! Less than three hours before we're on our way. And now Meg has this trendy little word counter thingamajig to tell the world just how far we've come. We should link our nano profiles to the site too. Today, Meg and I savored our last beautiful hours of freedom before midnight sends waves of inspiration down our spines -- we went shopping. We went to Wegman's for munchies (beverages so we can always be hydrated, baby carrots, chips, and sparkling cider in lieu of champagne, which we will drink tonight), Target for our stylish gear: my newsboy hat (I am wearing it as we speak, and loving it dearly), leggings (they were bought sort of on a whim, and there's a lot of material to work with, not to mention it's a strange something to get used to, but now we love them... and I haven't been able to take mine off yet... I did put jeans on over them, but they're just so damn comfortable!) and, of course, my soon-to-be-fingerless gloves ($1.49 for four gloves!! -- two green, for everyday writing, and two black, for any brooding, morose writing). We stopped into a pet store or two to check out the going rate for guinea pigs and hamsters (I really want two hamsters, we planned it all out) and The Dollar Store for champagne flutes.

The room's pretty much cleaned and stocked and ready to roll. We're just anxious to get through the next coupla hours. Oh my, nano's really here!!

Staring at Mr. Potato Head who will be our current mascot until we get hamsters,
j (is that too hip? can I pull it off?)