woke up early to pack. had a considerable amount of stuff to do before we left this afternoon. i got the remainder of my stuff packed and abie and i started loading the minivan at about 12:30pm.

i skipped my meeting with molvig and guy in favor of getting out of here earlier. i also neglected to pack my dishes. i left dirty pots and plates in the sink.

it was really hot today and a big pain in the ass to take the 8 loads of stuff down to the van. we picked up helen from bexley and went to cindy's for lunch.

of course, there was still a ton of stuff to be done. we went to the reactor and unloaded about half my stuff into my office. this freed enough space in the van to fit abie's stuff - so we went over to pika and worked on his gear.

while there, jen burns showed me some of her photography. she's actually quite good. i was impressed. some of the in-house pikans played with megaball while we packed.

the decision to bring the ball was a difficult one, but a unanimous vote of 1-0 got all three balls wedged into the van.

when we finally set sail for jersey, it was 5:30pm.

it didn't start well... we got lost getting out of cambridge. but once on the highway, we were fine. the trip went by quickly. we arrived at helen's mom's house at 10:30pm.

helen's mom is the cutest old woman. she had all this food prepared for us, and wouldn't let us do anything before we had some cookies and cake and fruit, etc.

i tried to call jenny to arrange a visit tomorrow but couldn't get ahold of her.

helen showed us the basement, which housed her mom's dance room and kareoke setup. the walls were all mirrored, there was a huge stereo, wooden floor, and some techno lighting. it was hillarious.

i could just see little ms. lee groovin' out down there.

i slept like a rock after all that heavy moving.