Round II

I am terribly sorry for the lack of updates, it would seem I'm off to a bad start.
The first night here we didn't have any internet so my colleague Shoshana and I ended up wasting ten whole hours with Monopoly and various card games. More on all that later.
Tonight is Wednesday/Thursday and I was told yet again that there were no internets to be found.
But being the enterprising go-getter that I am I did some tumbling and found a router with some juice.
So as the title says, here we go with Round II.
Over the next five or so hours I plan on responding to all of the comments left on the first post. I forgot to add a forwarding e-mail address for the comments so I didn't even know all of you out there were even interested. Now that I do my ego is as big as the tent it is housed in. In case you were wondering, my metaphor skills do diminish at the same rate as a (blank) (blanks) a (blank).
In addition to a recap of Monday’s events and comment replies, I will also be posting random thoughts that I deem relevant.
Also, in my stumbling around the press tent I found a coffee maker and the necessary accoutrement. One cup down.
Wish me luck.