For those who follow only this blog: I got back on Wednesday, and have been catching up with my bug photos from Panama at Stridulations.

Rick returns today from a week-long conference trip to Italy. Yup, this means I haven't seen him in nearly four weeks. Needless to say, I'm not only eager to have him return, but I'm trying to finish unpacking before he has to do the same, in the same small space. (We typically take approximately one week to unpack per day of previous travel. Since following this guideline would delay my own unpacking until sometime in October, it seems prudent to accelerate the effort.)