Thanks for the initiative Becca

Oops!  I almost started posting as Erin, which would have been confusing.  MCS was still signed in on facebook, email etc on Matt's comp, so this would actually be the third time that I drafted something only to realize that the recipient would not have know it was me.  I'm sharing this with you because this happens about 10 times a week so if you ever get something from Erin that makes no sense, this is one possible scenario (with that girl though, believe you me there are a myriad of others... ;-) )

Yay for decisions! 

Departure:  Yes, I am on the us bus to depart from DC on Thursday night late night and return Sunday.  I think Erin and I both have to come back Sunday.   Erin just got back from a week off with her fam, so she doesn't really have a lot of vacation days to spare.  At my office, we recently had a meeting in which our senior attorney was like "is everybody's summer vacation on the calendar" and I said "yes" so I'd rather not take off any additional time as that would render my vow flimsy like saranwrap rather than strong like oak.  I would prefer the latter.  I'm going to be out of town every weekend in July (so 4 Fridays off in a row) and a week in August, so that's why I was pressuring everybody to nail down dates awhile back.  If others are interested in staying until Monday or longer, perhaps we can talk about there being more than 1 group of travelers, and the two groups could leave at different times.

How are we getting to Ithaca?  Neither Erin nor I has a car.  

I was not planning on asking Matt to come, unless Liz wants to bring Trevor or Erin wants to bring Nick.  I was also not planning on bringing dogs since it sounds like we're going to be gone all day for at least 1/3 days.

Concert: In terms of buying tickets, I'm down for Friday and/or Saturday.  Can we get another voting feature Nicky so we can elect between Friday only, Saturday only or both?  If its easier, if someone just posts a conclusion and says "buy tickets for Friday and Saturday" or whatever I will do that, because then I will know that I will not be at risk of going alone (though Ithacans are friendly folk and I would almost certainly have a lovely time, I would rather spend the time with you guys).  

I think we should buy tickets for at least 1 day online in advance since this festival is the reason that we are visiting Ithaca at this time, so running (even a very very small) risk that tickets could sell out or whathaveyou, would be very silly.

This would have been easier if I had posted just a comment on Becca's, but I think there's a character limit.

Yay!  This promises to be a fabulous trip.  Looking forward to seeing you all!