So I'm leaving tomorrow morning at about 5:00am to drive down to Albuquerque and catch a plane to Lincoln for Aaron's wedding. As I was packing this evening, I went to my computer to print out the instructions on how to get from the airport to the wedding... only to find that the email from Aaron no longer existed.

I swear I left it in my inbox, but it was not there to be found. Nor was it in the Aaron folder. I grepped every email folder I have for key phrases and came up empty. I checked my MIT account. I even drove in to work at 9:00pm on a Friday to see if for some reason it was in my LANL email. I was totally freaking out. The only email I have from Aaron that has a phone number in it is for his old place and the number was disconnected. I was envisioning flying into Lincoln with no idea of where to go and twiddling my thumbs for a weekend and cocking the whole thing up.

I sent out some frantic emails asking if anyone had the information or a current phone number [sorry Jason, Nichol]. Finally I called information and got his number and called the poor guy at 10:30pm his time on the night before his wedding. And I'm thinking... what an asshole I am.

Turns out that when I got him on the phone, he had just been looking for my phone number to call and make sure everything was set for the trip! He hadn't even seen my wanker email distress call yet, he was just being nice. What a guy.

So, in the end, if I had waited another hour or so I would have gotten a random call from him anyway and all would have been well.

I am really amazed at how calm and un-stressed Aaron is. He's getting married tomorrow afternoon and he's sitting around his house calling me. He was totally chill on the phone and didn't seem to have a worry in the world. He must have the good wedding fairy on his side.

Anyway, I have the information now and won't be flying into Lincoln blind. I'm off at the butt-crack of dawn to go hang out with Captain A-Ron and his lovely soon-to-be wife, Tina. Congratulations Aaron!