Hey thanks everyone who contributed to this thread and/or made offers, especially those of you I have worked out deals with.
I have nearly hit my 2.5BTC goal, but it looks like I may still be .3 or .35 BTC short. If anyone else wants to lend 0.35 and get 0.42 back on the 19th, please PM me tonight.
Lenders, please post confirmation for sake of transparency.