ski by me!!!

don't worry anusha - the dog isn't going to be big and i'll arm you with a squirt bottle or something to protect you from it :)

as for the nail thing - i suggest clipping the nail not all the way down to wear its broken, but just down to wear its comfortable to clip it. it will catch on less things and hurt a lot less and buy you time to let the broken part grow out a little bit until that too is in the reasonable range.

so - fly to rochester, we'll drive out to my grandparents weekend house late friday night, ski all day saturday, hang out saturday night and sunday morning and drive back to rochester and you guys can fly out! sounds like a plan to me :)