Home - ish.

The flight from DUB to SFO was pretty miserable, which any long flight usually is. Ryan fussed about 1/3rd of the time, slept 1/3rd, and was happy for 1/3rd. So it could have been worse.

We spent one exhausted night in SF at a friend's house. I visited our empty house on Potrero Hill and found it to be in excellent condition--not that we expected any different.

The drive down I-5 to LA is notoriously dull, but I found it beautiful. We left at 5:45 Tuesday morning thanks to jet lag, and we got to see the sunrise. Right now in Ireland the sun is about four fingers (held at arms length) above the horizon at the middle of the day. Well, in California's central valley it arcs high.

On the agenda:

• Fly up to Seattle on Dec 31st
• Fly back to LAX on the Jan 5th
• Buy a car to get us back to SF
• Find a place to live in Northern California while we wait for the house to sell (or not)