I'm back in Chicago, as of ~3 hrs ago, and very jet-lagged.  That was a brutal series of flights.  Its bad enough to have two redeyes, but on top of that, the 4-hr layover in Sydney, the 6-hr layover in Honolulu, and the 3-hr layover in Los Angeles add to the misery.  I really hope NSF makes a point of changing that next year, there were several Polies on the flights that shared the misery, none of us were very happy and I think Abby was going delirious.  Regardless, I'm very happy to have made it back on time and with no serious delays!  My car even started this morning, yea!  Now I just have to stay awake for a telecon ~2 hrs from now!