For Good...: This ain't no Disco...and it ain't no country club either...this is LA!

Well, it's been about 48 hours since we landed at LAX and boy, have we learned a bunch already!

1. In and Out Burger is all it is cracked up to be! (not that we're hard to please when it comes to food)

2. Many people here don't have air conditioner, which would lead you to believe that it doesn't get hot enough to really need it. That is not completely true. The air was not working correctly at the apartment when we got here, although at first we though it was just taking a while to cool down. By "bedtime", which is relative because our bodies and the clock are sending two very different messages right now, it was still around 80*. And if you know my husband, you know he does not do hot. Especially while sleeping, which I sometimes find hard to comprehend since he spent lots of summers living in a boy scout tent. I kept thinking it was punishment for not being at band camp. Either way, we reached out to our host and, as of yesterday evening, there is a brand new AC unit and we are COOL! Hallelujah!

3. The traffic IS as crazy as everyone has said. We have learned to add a zero to the end of the # of miles and that's how long it'll take to get there AT LEAST. As an example, it took over an hour to get to Dr. Lewin's office, 16 miles away.

3. You should always take an extra set of clothes for each person when leaving the apartment. And baby wipes. Turns out that when Brynn keeps asking to put the windows down because she doesn't like the "new car smell", what she means is, "we're driving through lots of hills and curves and I'm going to puke now". Now Brynn has an awesome new "Earicles" shirt from Dr. Lewin's office to commemorate the occasion.

4. Dr. Lewin and all her staff are as wonderful as we were told they would be! It felt like we were coming to see old friends. And my (almost) daily phone call buddy, Sharyn, Dr. Lewin's care coordinator, was every bit as sweet and helpful in person as she has been on the phone.

5. It really is a small world, after all! We are leaving in about 10 minutes to walk down to the corner coffee shop to meet up with a friend from Bertie High who I haven't seen since I graduated 20 years ago! Crazy how much time has passed and that it took coming to LA to see her, but, as I said to her, we look forward to talking to someone who "speaks our language" and getting more of the real scoop on LA.