mjm,

We fly out tomorrow, so I guess it'll be a meeting in "rice country" instead of "rice land" (li'l joke for you Japanese speakers).

We have another r/t ticket, so may well be coming back 9/30. Would then fly out 10/8 or so to come back 12/30 for Japanese New Year's. Then a r/t leaving early Jan.... Will we ever fly one-way? (Not at triple price, we won't!) We'll be in NYC in late Oct, btw., but probably on JetBlue. ($50 ROC-JFK ain't bad.) It's either that or ROC-ORD-LAG-ORD-ROC.... Might swing by Tampa "on the way" from Japan and from NY in Oct.

Need to work in a run somewhere to keep Platinum, unless we get really creative with our Fall trips. -Even Mrs. Kid is "used" to being Plat by now!

Hoping to be more social this year!
-KP

**Edited to add thanks for all the kind words above. (Thanks.) I hope to see you all in Chat again - or <gads> even in a restaurant somewhere!

[This message has been edited by kidpachinko (edited 07-02-2002).]