At the risk of displaying actual human emotions for just a minute here -- I cannot believe how fast this week has gone by. I cannot believe it's my last day in the Motherland already. And I cannot believe how, somehow, everything just fell into place this trip and everyone I needed to see to recharge for the rest of the summer in the desert has been met and canoodled with. I'm so used to travel plans falling through and this was a very short trip and there was every chance it would all go to pieces and nothing did. So the point I'm trying to make is that I'm very, very glad to have seen all y'all monsters, even if it was just for an afternoon or a cocktail, and that going back to Cali with a full heart like this is the only thing capable of getting me through to fall.