I'm back; work is crazy; what else is new?

Advice to the coffee shop employees everywhere: If someone (say, me) is unable to verbalize their order while standing before you at 8:58am holding a thermos and looking at you beseechingly, offering caffeinated coffee is always a good bet.

In other news, my trip back east was mostly good (I'll probably post over the weekend on that when I have more rumination time), though frantic as all get out, and now work promises much of the same over the next two-three weeks.