So we made it to California, where I have limited access to the computer, due to having to share a hotel room with three noisy, bouncing, over-excited children.  So far, it has been a very pleasant vacation.

I would like to thank the San Francisco Weather Fairy for giving us two lovely days of “heatwave” (ie Houston summer without the humidity), which allowed us to walk the zoo and the Burlingame walking paths in comfort.  We did have to pull out the jeans and jackets yesterday, but still managed a full (and I mean full) day of sightseeing.

I would also like to thank the good and patient people of San Francisco for putting up with my children, who have cut a swathe of brattiness through the city and its environs. I keep wanting to wail “But they’re not usually like this ! They’re sharing beds! They’re sleep deprived!”

(And next time I see a red-faced child in a store yelling “But I need it! You have to buy it for me! Now!” I won’t be so quick to judge).

More later when I can type without random limbs being thrown across the keyboard.