Brief Update

My sis, brother-in-law, and three-year-old nephew have been here since Sunday, and Mom came in on Wednesday, so I have a full house at the moment. Or did, since I packed them all off to a motel last night. At the moment, I'm just waiting for them to show up again for breakfast. And, I admit, enjoying the peace and quiet and time to spend alone with my precious internet. Because I love 'em all dearly, but I've grown used to not having people around, y'know?

Anyway, we've been having fun. There have been road trips and DVDs and board games. We went down to Alamogordo, visiting White Sands and the Museum of Space History, with stops at the Valley of Fires lava flows and the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site on the way. Yesterday we drove out to the VLA, where my mother availed herself of my employee discount in the gift shop, and the toddler learned how to say "radio telescope." Not sure what we're going to do today. Maybe a drive through the desert, maybe just hanging out.

Whatever the case, you're still not likely to hear from me again for a couple of days...