jet lagged, but back

returned late friday night. my very delayed flight from heathrow got in around 11pm and my bags seemed to be last to come out. no customs problems, but then i still had a drive from jfk to philly. alex came over (at 2 in the morning!) and we stayed up talking on my front stoop for several hours. slept a little, went to alex's birthday breakfast bash in the morning then slept a good chunk of the day.

still waking up in the middle of the nights with no interest in going back to sleep, but when have i ever really had a sleep schedule?? (family, roommates, and studiomates need not chime in..)

give me a buzz if you haven't already. apologies for slowness in getting back in touch.


somethings i should've but didn't expect when returning to philly:

humidity ... BLEH!!!!!!!!! i'm now soooo glad i wasn't here all summer with 100-degree weather with this mugginess. yuck.

lack of basic necessities ... my roommates moved out just before i got back, so the apartment has no couches, dining table or chairs, silverware, drinking glasses, or kitchen & bath towels. yay for cooking and eating spanish rice standing up with chopsticks.

snail mail ... a few papercuts from opening my bazillions of bills, credit card offers, and student loan consolidation offers ("act before july 1st!")

coffee ... the american kind is unpalatable by comparison.

nudity ... americans really display much too much of their bodies in daily street clothing. sure i've been in a culture where knees are racy, but come on, i don't need to see your upper thighs, and your neckline should be somewhere near your neck, shouldn't it?