Alas, it's time to admit we've reached the official conclusion of our trip - tomorrow we fly back to Los Angeles and should reach our apartment by dinnertime. People keep saying, "Geez, you must be so depressed!" But not so much, really. I have a feeling of satisfaction that is somewhat invigorating - though I don't have a job to go back to... Maybe that's why I'm so relaxed at the moment. Akhil may feel a bit differently, since he starts working again on Monday. This past week we spent a few days visiting with friends in Boston and then with my parents in Connecticut. Akhil and I went to the Mystic Seaport on Saturday, which I haven't seen since I was a kid, and saw the Charles W. Morgan - which, as I mentioned, we saw a model of in Zanzibar. Then we went to the Mohegan Sun casino just for curiousity's sake, along with my mom who thought it was very unpleasant - it was absolutely packed - New Englanders have apparently taken passionately to gambling. On the way up here to Boston today we visited with Akhil's friend Archie in Providence - also a surprisingly lovely city these days - they seem to be paying a great deal of attention to aesthetics here in the northeast. California developers could learn a lesson or two.

Happy Presidents Day! Photos will appear by the end of the week - assuming we can get our DSL up and running without much trouble.