The San Francisco was a great success. It felt so good seeing folks, and everything scheduled out just right!

I liken it to a booster vaccination. The first dose of SF primes your system, but the booster dose a month later innoculates you for a good long while.

Which is good, because I probably won't be back 'till the Holidays, when I'll be there for around 3 weeks!

Oh yes, and taking the redeye home is stupid if you have class that morning, especially when you're in a center seat, forget your earplugs in your checked bag, and didn't even think about an eyemask because you couldn't foresee the bright LCD screen up near the overhead lights giving in-flight entertainment to the 4 people (including the 2 year old right behind me) who aren't trying to get sleep on the flight.

The couch in the HCII offices is comfy, or failing that, horizontal and soft. Mmmm. Home soon. (Heh, 'home.' How'd that happen?)