I've decided not to take the 17' Sony Monitor

Packing supplies for a four month journey into the world at large is a painful, exhausting, incessantly frustrating process. I have this dreadful fear that I'll forget something simple, but important, and end up telling "what if" stories to other non-voluntary residents of some Chinese prison.

Such pleasant and optimistic thoughts for what should be an incredible trip! Maybe I'll just go to Kansas instead, and start teaching intelligent design!

Until the next round of pre-trip, high pressure anxiety . . .