Packing... Completed.

Suitcase is packed, as is the daypack. This list begins:

• passport... check.
• money... check.
• iPod with premium "Ecuador" Playlists... check.
• journal... check.
• reading material... check.
• camera... check.
• stuff for lesson plans... check.
• gift for school children... check.
• gift for host family... check.
• magazines about mountain biking so I can continue to obsess out of the view of Sara... check.
• 1/2 of all products on sale at R.E.I... check.
• books to read to finish grad paper before school begins... check.
• another 40 lbs of stuff deemed essential, important, necessary, or just in case...
• 1/2 of all products on sale at R.E.I [second trip]... check.
• passport... doublecheck.

Leaving at 4:15. Should be at the gate by 5:00 which is an half an hour earlier than I'm supposed to be. Should be plenty of time to find conciousness, coffee, and have a caring conversation with the wife.

Guests have arrived the goodbye party. Hope more come; there's lots of sangria.