Everybody kept telling me - you NEED sunglasses for the big trip. While I believed them all, it was a bit low on the priority list of things to do (e.g. sell house, pack truck, etc.)

So I waited until we were between houses for a week or so. They can do glasses in an hour these days right?

Long long story short, and very true to the spirit of being an eye doctor's son, I ended up rockin' these Walgreen's Solar Shades for the trip. They got the job done in style if you ask me. Oddly enough, one of the lenses popped out of the solar shades the day after we arrived.

(note from Saralyn: Solar shades. Unshaven face. Fleet Farm trucker's cap in the car... Sorry ladies, he's taken.)

I'm also very happy to announce that one of my favorite stars has started his very own You Tube channel. Since launching, he's posted two diary clips, and I know that there's so many more to come. Please do yourself the favor of visiting R. Kelly TV.

At any rate, there you go. We've yet to see rain here in Portland, so the plan is to get some real sunglasses fairly soon. Aviators. Like Tom Cruise in Top Gun.