Coming back to Santa Cruz is always a pleasure, but the hour Hannah and I spent on the beach with Paul, Lucy, Emily, and Cameron left my face hurting from way too much smiling. Seeing them run around, digging the sand and flapping their arms like birds reminded me of being a kid on a team of four with Han, mom and dad. It made me miss ganging up on each other, pairing up, and just plain playing. I can't wait to see my parents in two weeks! (Imagine creepy Total Recall robot lady saying it, because that's how my dad will be repeating it when he reads this.) Two weeks... two weeks...
