I'm in San Diego now with my family!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!

Beethoven was a Playah! :
Funny webpage I came across - His theory was that Beethoven was a mack-daddy.
Back home now.

Boy am I tired, but glad to be back with the family. The plane ride for once was smooth. I got on the plane, it took off on time, landed on time, and I got off the plane. This is , by an order of magnitude, better than getting to the airport, waiting for 4 hours, flying to chicago, getting snowed in, waiting another 4 hours ... you get the picture.

I am really tired - had a rough night last night and couldn't get to sleep. Today I had to park my car at my friend Jeff's apartment out in Tyson's Corner, and then had to hike for half an hour back to the Metro station to get back. Did some essential research in the library, and then did some panic last minute clean-up-the-apartment-and-pack-for-3-week-trip. Was mostly successful, I think i packed everything I needed, I cleaned all the dishes and didn't leave any food out / cleared the fridge of anything that might go bad. Stupid thing was, I forgot to take out the trash. Of everything to forget. Anyways, I only left 30 min later than I should have, and didn't miss my flight. Thanks, Amy for getting there on time and standing in line for me! As an aside, Amy just got her hair dyed, and I think she feels really bad about it, but I think Amy is a beautiful girl - her changed hair color doesn't really change her overall looks much, but she looks great as ever. I kinda like the red streaks.

...[running out of batteries on my laptop - will finish later]...