LNL -
Yes, I've often suspected that some of my weight gain coincided with my kids' schools schedules starting at 7:30 am!

Koshka -
No, haven't read the Mars trilogy, but I think I bought it for my son - I'll have to check his bookshelf. I'm trying to find my copy of Rice and Salt for him to read (I think I gave it to him but it got lost in his book collection before he read it). He's starting a summer internship in the biomedical division of a Japanese nanotechnology firm which has a facility here. He'll be doing pretty routine work, helping to catalogue and refresh some cell lines, but it will be great for him to get some laboratory experience, and get a chance to check out what the industry is like. And it will broaden his work experience, which is always a good thing.

It's great having S19 home.

Ellie