Needless to say Marc and I are extremely disapointed :mecry: :mecry: we have to miss ROAR II. We really tried to swing it, I even told Marc's superiors that I would commit to additional time (years) in Japan if he would agree to Marc taking off then! We just couldn't justify his being away from work at that time, unfortunately. If ROARII is anything like ROAR, it will be a great trip.

We won't be able to make ICE either, unfortunately. :mecry: :mecry: :mecry: We need to keep some vacation time banked just in case something would happen and we would need to make a trip to the states, and as ICE comes right on the heels of PANDA, we can't swing it either. Believe me I TRIED!! ;)

Both of these will be fantastic trips with wonderful people, but as we are still working stiffs, we just can't do all the trips! :mecry: