Right, that is the plan -- sometime on the twelfth to sometime on the fourteenth. I will be staying in Sacto so I can show up whatever time of day you find most convenient. (I can probably get a lift there from my hosts.) As for taking time off, please do so only if you wish -- I'd love to hang out with you, but I can also entertain myself during the day with no trouble. I'll be bringing work, for one thing, and you have rats for me to croon at by the hour. I'm very excited to meet you and Ken and various other creatures, and watch terrible movies.