>>Now is that not Chicago?! LOL
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>*chuckle* Yup!
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>Sorry to hear you were too tired for Milwaukee. We exercised the "pros play with pain" theory quite a bit, of course. ;-)

Oi! You run up and down a 110 yard soccer field for 5 or 6 hours with 14 year old boys and see how much energy you have left. Oh, well, they keep me in shape. Some sort of shape, anyway, for an old man (as my younger daughter constantly reminds me with that "is she joking or isn't she?" smile).

You have met Emily but would not recognize her now. She is 13 1/2 and probably 5'7". My pride and joy. I'll stop right there -- no one wants to listen to parents brag about their kids.

Here's hoping L.A. is treating you well and you haven't gone TOO native ;-)