Back, mostly

We got back late last week - traveling for more than 24 hours from Manila to RDU. While that sounds like a lot, for this kind of trip it isn't bad at all; we had a 90-minute layover at HKG and about 3 hours at JFK. My parents were home when we got back, and we were glad to take advantage of that rare chance to spend a couple of days wth them, without everyday pressures pulling us away.

But the old routine presses in quickly, for good or for ill. (It's both good and ill, of course - we got too used to not having to do chores.) I think we've recovered from most of our jet lag, and we're back at work. Soon, it will be almost as if we'd never left.

There are a few things I'd still like to post about - some thoughts still bouncing around in my head, and some photos I'd still like to talk about. But first: laundry.