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7/18/02, Thursday
Day Zero - North Rockland High School, North Rockland, NY
12pm-2:30pm

We met at the Park & Ride at Exit 35 off the Merrit Parkway at 10:30am. We stopped into Starbucks to refuel and potty run and then were on our way. We arrived around 12:30pm and stood in line to begin the registration process.

Registration was a pretty quick in-and-out process. We arrived onsite early and were among the first batch of people to watch the Safety & Orientation video.

After the video we went to process donations we had received to date. Eti had not submitted her contributions and had quite a pile to submit. My processing went pretty smoothly. I handed the forms and checks in and got the go-ahead. Unfortunately, both Eti and Phyllis had to write extra data onto their checks. Data that I was not required to add onto my checks. Curious.

Next stop was Self-Pledges. Since Eti and Phyllis surpassed their minimums they were able to go to the next step. I had to process a self-pledge. Basically this is fronting the money that was still owed for the minimum. I had four weeks to come up with the remaining minimum contribution before they charge my credit card.

So anyone out there that can help with donations, PLEASE DO! Every little bit counts…

OK, next stop was Tent Assignments. I claimed Phyllis as my tent mate before we arrived to Day Zero as I knew she’d be well equipped. Sorry Eti… Eti got assigned to tent mate with a woman named Regina. Phyllis and I were assigned Tent B32 and Eti was assigned right next door to us -- B33.

That was it. We were done by 2:30pm. We headed home to do last minute stuff. When I got home I did some emails and house cleaning. After a pizza dinner with Keith and Sydney I got my backpack in order and went to bed at around 10pm.

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