miami was wonderful. tessa is wonderful, i am so in love with that baby. thank god she spent my entire last night screaming holy hell or i might scare myself with thoughts of my own little tessa. the begining of the trip was spent in miami, but for the weekend we all went down to the keys. ocean reef club, where i have more than a few fond memories from about seventh grade up to my freshman year of college. everybody drives golf carts around, so you get either carts full of 13 year old girls wailing over the carts full of 13 year old boys, or you get carts full of 18-30 year olds totally pissed and crashing into bushes. very glad to be back. and, for the record, getting mostly naked at the 14 tee, which happens to be suspended over a mangroove (or, south florida mosquito breeding ground) makes for interesting conversation with ones mother regarding the rows of mosquito bites up ones back, thighs, butt, everywhere.

its tough to go back to work. luckily, my birthday is tomorrow, and i have a few more presents to go.