Beginning the official countdown

We woke up this morning to a big bummer in our driveway. Last night, both of our cars were ransacked and bulguralized. Both of our handy GPS devices were taken; as well as, a few cd's and other misc. items. That put sort of a crink in our morning and police reports, alerting neighbors and determining missing items set us back a couple of hours.
We're finally sitting down to relax after a day of sorting, packing and a bit of shopping. A phone call to India this morning led us on a bit of a chase looking for Almond Roca, Equal and paper towels--which we can't seem to squeeze into the 2 inches we have left in our 2 pieces of checked luggage. We are so excited and know that'll keep us up this evening, so we're trying to put the finishing touches on preparations and get to bed early.
The liquid container issue with the airline has proven to be frustrating as we'd like to pack multiple 32 ounce bottles of hand sanitizer. We hope we've estimated accurately and we'll be permitted to carry on all that we've stuffed into our bags. The whole diabetic thing is a bit of a hassle because it takes nearly a suitcase to haul all of the supplies; most of which I'll just haul back. Tomorrow we board the plane...next stop: Paris, France. Whoo-hoo!