When did I accumulate all this junk!?!

I've put it off and put it off thinking Antarctica was oh so far away, but the time has arrived. I received an e-mail yesterday regarding what to bring, when we'll be leaving, and so forth, and Elan put things into perspective when she told me that I'll be in Antarctica in 3 weeks. So now I have to pack up all my stuff to move home and, at the same time, try to keep things I will be taking with me to Antarctica seperate. Meanwhile, I have work to do and worst of all, my iPod broke.

Now, I'm not one of those people that have their earphones glued to their head at all times, oblivious to the world around them. In fact, those people kind of annoy me. But, nevertheless, 2 weeks before a 16+ hour flight to New Zealand and 2 1/2 months on a frozen rock is not the time for my iPod to give up on me. I've done my fair share of crossword puzzles and sudoku, but 16 hours adds up to a lot of puzzles. I guess I could spend the time browsing through SkyMall and dreaming of the day I could own my very own Sopwith propeller. So I'm going to the Apple Store to have them take a look at my iPod, and, hopefully, they will fix it or just give me a new one. Either way, it beats staring at the seat in front of me.