well, today is halfway. it's been 42 days since i left california, and i've got another 42 to go. of course, about 14 of the first 42 were spent outside of texas, so i'm not yet half-done with my days here, but still, i'm half-done with my days away from california. at least, since i'm hoping to get to go back a day or 2 early. man, i'm tired. it's only 10:00 and i've been up for 2 hours, and have mowed the lawn and swam. and now i have to go play cheerful happy hostess for a couple of hours. shouldn't take more than about 3, and then i'm going to hang out with jamie. weeeee!

eric - hope you survived your family reunion. don't you get to go home soon anyway? lucky...