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Ah, the allure of free stuff. I picked up a pen shaped like a twig today. Why? I don’t know! It was free, I had a moment of weakness.

That is also my excuse for the plastic pedometer, the canvas bag I already have, and what has to be the ugliest blender bottle ever to exist. (Though the bottle does have cool features. It’s just also really ugly.)

I am already looking at my suitcase and thinking, ‘how will I possibly fit all of this in there?’

Goal for tomorrow: find someone giving away a zippered bag so I can use it as a second carry-on.

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Day 1 — relatively smooth sailing, aided by the fact that no actual sailing took place. One of the options this year was that you could borrow an iPad, like taking out a library book. I admit that I signed up for one mostly to see what iPads are like, with the secondary motivation of thinking it might be easier to post here with an iPad instead of the nook. (It is.)

But the level of technology present in my room is approaching ridiculous levels. I have an iPod, because you need music, obviously.* And my nook, because it’s not great for posting, but it’s awesome for reading and writing. And my phone, to keep in touch with home, take pictures, and at least nominally stay connected with my coworker /trip companion, plus alarm clock! And then there’s the chargers! And now the iPad! (It’s not me that’s capitalizing those Ps, by the way, apparently that’s automatic.).

[*note: I cannot do the coffee maker earbud amplifying trick this trip; coffee maker has no filter basket. A cup is stepping in admirably.]

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