In case you're curious about what just over 150 pounds of luggage looks like . . .


(And if you work for Continental Airlines -- I mean, "just under 140 pounds of luggage")


I'm finally online, thanks to a smoky cafe with Wifi and a terrifically misnamed service called Speedy. Expect more in the coming days, especially because it's so refreshing to communicate in a language with which I have some faculty. (Yes, I'm showing off my command of English grammar -- the imperative, dependent clauses, even non-dangling prepositions. It's a nice change from my role as an inarticulate, frustrated toddler en español.)