Thursday:  Well, after all the excitement, with a whole lot of mixed emotions, it's time to come home.  Bill heads off to work, I pack my bag, without any extra ruby slippers inside, walk to the subway - and get whisked home in such a hurried fashion, via subway, shuttle bus, jet planes - that even a Kansas twister seems almost calm in comparison.

There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home....