Safely to NYC. Dinner with friends. Horribly, horribly jetlagged. Getting up to catch plane in three hours. Why am I online? So my parents don’t think I’m dead.

I’m getting on the 5:00 flight this evening to head back to the States. I’m quite melancholy about this and again find myself reluctant to go.

The good news is that I have an overnight layover in New York City. I’m getting together with friends around 9:30 or 10:00 tonight. We’re still sorting out the details of where. If you’re in the area and want to join us, drop me a line with your phone number and I’ll call or email you with the location. Sorry that this is so sudden; we had a period yesterday of thinking that I might stay a day longer.