After breakfast and a shower there's no doubt in my mind that I should 
fly to MSP with you because I can be of considerable help. 

Please consider whether it would be feasible 
for one of us to lower with a suitable rope
5 gal Home Depot style buckets filled with Marion's paraphernalia 
from the second floor balcony to the ground 
where the other of us would empty the buckets 
either into the dumpster to be trashed
or into cardboard boxes to be placed into storage. 
When in doubt, I would favor storage over disposal, 
but you shall decide item by item. 
I promise to play the role of private and recognize you as the sergeant.

I'm short of short-sleeve shirts. Do you have an extra one 
that I could wear to the UMN hospital 
so as not to appear in auto-amputated longsleeves?

I'll see you tonight at the airport. Have a safe and comfortable flight.