/me pokes his head in from the forests of northern Wisconsin...looks around carefully...
JUMPS OUT AND SPANKS EVERYONE IN SIGHT!!!!
Howdy fellow beings!!
I just wanted to see how things were going. I'm on a 28.8 modem

and this thread took a loooooong time to come up. So...
Everything is sooo beautiful here. Cool evenings (44 F) moderate days (75 F). Green forests, warm sand beaches, warm rock beaches, warm escarpment beaches...well you get the idea.
This is an island out in Lake Michigan. It's one of those places that you can leave your car keys in an open car, leave your house unlocked when you go out, etc. So marvelous, so cleansing. I have thought about you all and how fun it would be to have a party at the sand dunes at night. There are billions and billions of stars up in this sky and you can see them all. We saw a satellite last night going across the sky, that was cool and the kids were amazed.
My youngest is out catching snakes everyday, he is in heaven. The other two just want to swim all the time

The water temperation is what I would call ludicrously cold, but they swim in it for about 30 minutes and then come out as kid popsicles. Aren't kids cool
I've been hanging around in the woods and at the beaches (and, of course, at the local shops with the kiddos)
I wish I could write more, but my Mom has to work on this machine and needs it.
I'll be back next week.
Love 'ya all.
ps...you guys haven't really been trying for the 10K