all quiet on the home front

My lease was up on Sunday, so I'm staying at my parents' house in Northern Virginia until I leave next Tuesday. My parents told me many times as I was growing up that I was never allowed to move back home after college, so I told them to just think of me as a guest for this stay – especially since guests don't have chores, get nice home-made meals, etc. It's not entirely working out that way – while I am enjoying my favorite Mom-cooked dinners and they're being very accommodating about the various 'sorting piles' of papers and stuff to pack strewn around the house, they're still putting me to work at times.

Also, they have dial-up internet. It's painfully slow and temperamental, and I'm running out of ideas for things to order at Panera, so that's my excuse for the minimal blog action until 7/11 or so when we hit Vegas at the start of the trip and can hopefully get wireless at our low-budget hotel.

Photo: 'Sunrise' water lily in the parents' pond today