burning like matchsticks in the face of the darkness

Okay, this sounds great. Yeah, I can't believe I didn't think of you flying into Roanoke earlier... that was just plain dumb of me, but my sleep-deprived brain was fixated on Charlottesville for some reason. :P Anyway, I just got back from talking with Jan, and she's totally into it, thinks it's all very cool and a great opportunity. (She was all, "Ohhh! Liz Carr! She's a good friend!" but didn't elaborate.) We would pick you up on Wed. afternoon and head to MBC... and Jan said that the Ruth Graham thing, in her mind, has mainly been an excuse for me to meet Ruth Ellen all along, and she doesn't even care if the three of us come with her to the actual event, though we're certainly welcome to. I'd drop you off at MBC around midafternoon on Friday, probably, and Jan even suggested that on Saturday, she might be able to pick you up halfway ('cause Staunton really isn't THAT far from Hollins) if Ari's roommate or somebody drove you back, though I'm not sure if she was just "thinking out loud" or if her schedule would actually be clear enough to do that. At any rate, it does seem that all this could work out! :D