checking in and checking out

the main purpose of this post is to tell you all i am still alive, just very distracted having fun with fantastic visitors and FInally getting drunk in austin (took long enough) and enjoying beautiful weather and wonderful company. the past few days have been a whirlwind as i returned from dallas only to be immediately greeted by two familiar faces, after which we subsequently embarked on a wknd of good times. there was lots of eating, and shopping, and pedicures, and time laying out by the pool, and ridiculous hangovers (not so good - apparently drinking large amounts requires consistent practice), and austin explorations, and coffee, and pho! i am happy to report that austin has decent pho restaurants! i cannot tell you what a relief this was.

the madness continues tmw as i depart for business trip #2 of 5... ironically enough, to new york, where i will see di and stephen again... and hopefully some other good people as well. will check in again soon, apologies for being so completely MIA. not that i have millions of readers that i am disappointing by not posting or anything like that... alas.