I bought a netbook computer from Best Buy...and an external cd reader/writer, and some flash drives, and a netbook case.   

I ran around getting little errands done that I have to do before I leave but still didn't book accomodations for my stay in the DR (yeah, I'll be there in 2 days) or for my night in New York City.  Although, I'm really not stressing and clearly not putting forth much effort into doing this either...it'll get done...as there are tons of accomodations in both cities.  Aruba I was a little worried about but found a cheap decent little place right at Eagle Beach...so that was the biggest thing I viewed as a stressor from this whole trip...and that's out of the way...so the rest is smooth sailing.