Well, I've purchased a SFO-GUA-SJO-SFO ticket on United, leaving 12/8/2002, to begin on my Central American leg of RTW. I’m pretty excited. After several months of slogging (with a few European and east coast interludes) my appetite for travel has increased to the level of making three weeks until the 8th seem like an awfully long time.

Karen's posts about climbing mountains and organic gardening are at least partly responsible for the travel itch. Plus, I've been working my fingers to the metaphorical bone, including publishing a new release of Siebel monitoring software found on the parent site, and I'm ready for a break.
So, Guatemala, here I come!