I'm so excited about your trip. Remember, "pina colada por favor" is probably about all you'll need to get by.
About your sudden thought about his possibly getting reM -- been there, still there, unfortunately I have a very good record of that kind of gut feeling about my H being right (and his rushing the D is pointing suspiciously in that direction), it may just be that you know him so well that you're picking up on something small but telling. Well forewarned is forearmed as they say, frankly I'd rather have thought of the possibility myself than be totally blindsided by it . . . plus that way you have time to think of clever quips to make about it. (Hmm, except I haven't thought of any yet. Maybe we can work on that.)
