Hello, friends . . . We are so excited to see you! It has been an incredible week. The CDs arrived on Monday. I had this funny thing about keeping them all stashed up so that no one aside from the band could see them before YOU got to have them on Saturday. I felt like I was hoarding a treasure, and indeed they are a treasure to me. But this is one treasure that is most enjoyable shared! It was an incredible feeling to open the case. First, the plastic. Then, that label that is really hard to get off unless you have a scalpel or something. Then, you hear the jewel case squeak open, and oh my goodness. All the pictures, months of work, tons of heart energy poured into these things, and it's all in one package, 5 inches square. I put it in the CD player and could not believe my ears. How could the replicated version sound better than the original draft of the master? Okay, okay, I know this is my baby I'm talking about here, so I'm totally biased . . . but anyway, it was a really cool feeling to be pleased with a job well done. Tomorrow night we will meet you because this is all nothing without you. I mean, it's important, and it means the world to me, and I would do it anyway no matter what, but with you there . . . that is everything. So many of you have shown such a generous outpouring of support, and we are looking forward to a fantastic time together. We will see you with bells on! So much love to you!! Cara