We bought our bikes (Surly LHT) over the weekend. So I guess there is no turning back now.I also have sold our chest of drawers our futon (which was our bed) and other miscellaneous items. For now we’re sleeping on a foam pad until I buy us sleeping bags.

I also signed up for a 0% interest credit card. The introductory interest rate expires in August 2009 so I can rely on it if I really need to. The card has a picture of the U.S. flag to show my patriotism. The catch to the 0% interest rate is that the billing cycle is 25 days and when I made the call to activate the card I got connected to a live, loud, human being from Utah who was very determined to sell me my own peace of mind that cost only this or only that. He detailed a long list of horrible events that could go wrong: death, dismemberment, accident of other types, and so on. And he went on to say how sad it would be if my loved ones were relying on me for their livelihood. Yes it would be sad, that is why I expect my husband to fend for himself and I don’t have anyone else dependent on me.

I was in a good mood so I let him go on and on about how some customer thanked him because he broke his hip falling down the stairs and thanks to this program that cost so little he now is happy (with broken hip) and less stressed.

O well. I’m still a bit stressed about the trip mainly on how much we have to get done before we go.