In Houston for Christmas
I've gone through all the end-of-semester rigamarole, spent a few days hanging out and drinking wine with various people in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas, and landed successfully in Houston, where I will spend the next seven or eight days hanging out and drinking wine with various people. Including Arin, who will be here Saturday.
Tonight's flight was wrought with turbulence and an army sergeant's elbow taking over the left-hand side of my seat. He was nice guy, though, so I didn't complain. Ah well. It was nice to finally get in the (hired) car, where the seat was warm, the air smelled particularly pleasant, and the suspension was well tuned and not subject to changes in the configuration of surrounding air masses.
I'll update later during my vacation as events unfold, but for now, I'm just glad to be with the family.