jay | Home, for a few days

Back from Houston... it was a good trip, we got our Mars-analog drill project design started and (more importantly) brought the whole team (including the Spanish) together at one time. It was a good decision to bring SD and

hopeforyou, despite the latter's residual jetlag. And they even tried 'gator... ;-). Our group's presentation Thursday was thrown together literally the night before from bits and pieces, but it looked much better than that.

Coming home was uneventful... I took SD and Hope on base at Johnson Space Center, they took the obligatory "stand next to F-1 engines" photo and others, whisked past the Lunar Materials Depository, and then hurried to the airport. The limo dropped Hope and I off here, so I then drove her home.

Instead of an inconvenience, this was actually warm-and-fuzzy... Hope got to see

patgreene briefly, then I got to visit a bit in turn with

sinboy and

rosefox (the latter in form-fitting red velvet, mmm), and munch on fresh cookies that they'd just made together with

lilairen and

brooksmoses (grin). I feel reconnected with family and friends...

But in a few days, it will be time to go on another business trip, down to Los Angeles (JPL and Northrop). (stretch) Off to bed...