So, my parents and Sara arrived in the Bay area today, marking the beginning of their week-long visit here. My folks haven't taken a vacation in quite a long time, so this is truly a special event. I'm going to take the week off of work, but other than that, I'm not exactly sure what we all are going to do. In the immediate future, my mom is going to cook one of her signature "big meals" tomorrow, so that is going to be great. And I guess we're going to go out to dinner or something on Tuesday in order to celebrate my birthday. And one of my co-workers was really talking up Monterey and the 17 mile drive, so I may pull for a day trip down there...

-Andy.