Return To Middle California, Again

Fiji Airways got us to LAX Sunday afternoon in fine order, all accounted for, even permitting a bit of sleep on the way. From Nadi, it's essentially a 10-hour red-eye. We had planned a six hour lay-over in LA--some loose coupling on longer-haul connections is generally a good idea--and an uncharacteristically three-hour late Southwest Airlines flight finally got us to SFO by midnight, where Jeremy picked us up and got us on to Menlo Park and Maggie's studio next to Rebecca's house. Grand-daughter Penelope was knocking on our door at 7:30 the next morning, beginning a two-week stay here with her and her mom and dad. So nice to be back.