Not to squash anybody's initiative, but ND seems to have a pretty solid idea of how the timetable should work out. When he stops by today, he'll let us know what the next steps should be.

We're getting stuff done early, but there certainly shouln't be any sense of urgency at this point or anything. We're still eleven months out. Nobody panic.

And Texas is a honking big state.

Edit: what Sean said. ND is beautifully on top of it.

t runs about, panicking and screaming

t turns black and white

t slaps Aimée

t kisses her passionately

Mooommm, Sean is trying to steal all of our panic fun.

My top two choices are Cleveland and Minneapolis.

Denver would be tough for me because I suffer horribly for about 3 days when I hit altitude. Stupid aclimation to sea level.

I gathered a modicum of information on Denver but didn't post it for exactly the reason Laura mentioned. The possibility of a good number of 'fistas getting altitude sickness would not a fun F2F make. (Besides, who wants an F2F without Laura-n-Brendon?)

Just to give you an idea, El Paso? About an 8-10 hour drive from Austin. I think El Paso qualifies as West. It's about midway between me and my folks home in Tucson.

Big HONKIN' state.

Which means my happiness that Deb will be in Texas next March is very tempered. *sigh*

Ah, but I'm already in Texas, and only a 3 hour drive from you. One of these days Imma have to get back down there. I was thinking this weekend to see sis's thing, but I'm in Shreveport on Sunday and NO on Wednesday, and driving down to Austin tomorrow doesn't sound doable.

Big HONKIN' state.

"Gee, 'shel, Texas always seemed so big
But you know you're in the biggest state of the Union
When you're anchored down in Anchorage." (Michelle Shocked)

I sound like a housewife
Hey 'shel, I think I'm a housewife

I LOVE that song.

t /great big sap