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Sunday, August 10, 2008 Family

That’s right, I’ve gone on the first leg of my great journey to Beijing. To LAX. But not for just any old layover! No! We will spend the night in a hotel, get up at oh-dark-thirty to hop a flight to San Francisco (waving to my house as we fly over), and THEN over the Pacific to China.

Made me tired just typing that again.

I’ve lined up a few posts so it won’t be so dull while we’re gone; I hate to come back to cobwebs. Oh! Reminds me: put on an out of office reply! I get scads of email from you knuckleheads as it is; lord knows what it will be like after not checking it or clearing it out for six whole days. I’m hoping to come back a new person, the kind of person who doesn’t think about checking email, who can turn her computer off for hours at a stretch, who doesn’t really care about being wired 24/7.

But then I’d never know if someone wants me to come in for a job interview. See? I can’t win.

Speaking of low- or no-tech, Dylan brought home a project from his carpentry class at camp this week. I knew it was going to be a box, but I didn’t know it would be a BOX. A BOX THAT HOLDS THINGS. And not just any old thing: it’s made especially for his Nintendo DS. That’s right, it’s a DS Box. It opens on two sides for quick and convenient access, and folds right back up so that it’s almost impervious to the elements. Perhaps its best feature is the labeling. You will never wonder, “What’s that box for?” or, “I wonder what’s in that box?” Nope, he’s got that covered from all angles.