summer again

I started writing a grumpy post on the plane when I was feeling tired and squished and sad but I don't think I'll post it after all because right now I'm sitting on Santa Monica Pier, checking my email and downloading blogs to read when I have to go back to the airport for my last flight. It's 22 hours since I left home and I still have another 10.5 before I get to my destination, but sunshine and internet make up for a lot of things. When I got to LAX, I wondered if I should just find somewhere to lie down and sleep in the airport, since I only got about 2 hours sleep on the planes and my carry on bag is overladen with stuff that wouldn't fit into my checked bag so it's kind of painful to lug around, but I'm glad I came outside. It's kind of glary out here so I won't stay online long; I just wanted to say hi and let you know that normal blogging should resume fairly soon. It might take me a while to catch up on reading all your blogs, though, assuming I get straight back into the star scheme and don't devote myself full-time to getting my unread post count down to zero...
Okay, I'm going to go paddle in the ocean now. I hope you're all doing well.