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I flew into LAX yesterday and cant even begin to describe how weird it was to be back to a place so familiar and yet to different. The people sitting behind me on the plane were making their first trip to CA and were talking a million miles a minute (well not really - cuz they are from the south - but pretty fast for them). I find that the only time is have the southern "twang" is when Im around those twangy bastards - so I choose to stay mute hoping that when we landed I would sound normal again. So far so good.

I totally lucked out and the rental car place hooked me up - got a PT Cruiser Turbo convertible - happy birthday to me!!! It was great, I took the coast home and found a appreciation for the ocean I don't think I've had in a really long time. Also found that I should appreciate sunscreen more now that I have burnt forehead, nose and arms.

I got into town and went straight to the Mansfield house to see the girls. The baby is SO big and such a doll, I feel like Im missing so much fun stuff with her - but she can make you feel like a million bucks in nothing flat and that's a wonderful thing. She was telling me about the zoo and making great animal sounds - shes got the cheetah down cold! GRRROOOWWWLLLLLLLL in the most deep chest devil voice you can imagine... the kids got skills. B is such a good mommy - and Im so lucky to have you all in my life.

After a pitcher of maragritas, a trip to the Teva/Ugg/ Simple outlet and then Casa's (duh) - I finally made it back to JT's where walking into his house is like coming home all over again. Its so great to be here and to know that this will always be home - where my favorite people are - where 70 degrees is a normal day - where they actually drive the speed limit on the freeway - where no one uses the word "reckon".