would I be right in assuming that you almost certainly wouldn't be in LA the first week in September?

Yes, that's the plan (to arrive to LA earlier, that is. And meet you).

And ninjaGreg! (because of the stealth, yo. If he lurks, he does it very successfully).

He doesn't lurk. I've tried to get him to sign up and at least check out the Jossverse and show threads since they're very much up his alley, but he won't. I told him what you said, though, and he said to tell you he "only lives vicariously" through me.

Oh, please don't bother yourself!

(blinking) Bother? You do understand that I adore cooking, right?

Besides, we're talking about a BBQ in your honour.

You do understand that I adore cooking, right?

Oh, yes, of course! I was talking about all the kosher rules. I mean, I keep them daily and have done so all my life, and still there are things I have to check up and ask and find out what I need to do - there are just so many, and they vary between people from different immigration-states and so forth, so they're really confusing (something that's OK for me, whose parents came from North Africa, isn't OK for, say, my roommate, whose parents came from Europe). I'm afraid it'll spoil the cooking, not the other way around.

[Edit: I hope I'm explaining myself OK, here. I'm so grateful, and you guys are so wonderful, and all those rules are difficult for people who followed them all their lives - I can only imagine how complicated they may seem to anybody who hasn't - and I don't want to make the fact that I'm observing them any sort of fuss or bother or disturbance on any of the wonderful people here who make me already feel so grateful. Grr, I'm going in circles. I'll try to think of a better way to say this]

I'm afraid it'll spoil the cooking

Nope. Trust me, it won't.

And Nilly, she gets fed!

Yes, that's the plan (to arrive to LA earlier, that is. And meet you).

Oh, you will meet me, and I am still planning on being one of your housing options, if it works out. I think I will also be housing others who will be here for your visit, so I kind of want to be here.

Trust me, it won't.

Very well then, I trust you.

I am still planning on being one of your housing options, if it works out.

I would love that - I don't want to wear out my welcome on anybody.

I think I will also be housing others who will be here for your visit

Lee, you're the bestest. Just for the record.

I would love that - I don't want to wear out my welcome on anybody.

Um, not to be rude, but PFFTTT. That is so NOT something that would ever happen.

Echoing Lee's PFFTTT, over here.

Time to coordinate the NorCal swing will be a good thing. I knew ND and Lee and Sean wanted to come up for the party; I have the queen-sized air mattress these days, and there are a whole lotta Bay Area people.

Time to coordinate the NorCal swing will be a good thing. I knew ND and Lee and Sean wanted to come up for the party; I have the queen-sized air mattress these days, and there are a whole lotta Bay Area people.

I will *so* be there for this, BTW.