Finally. Back home again in L.A. Because of a friend's suggestion, I was able to bypass the mess on the 10 Freeway and zoom home, making a potential 12- or 13-hour drive back into an 8 1/2-hour one. However, it came with its trade-offs. While the 60 Freeway was damn fast and I didn't go below 65 mph the entire time I was on it (while the poor schmucks were sitting in stop-and-go traffic on the 10), the 60 Freeway is probably the worst-smelling freeway that I have ever been on. In a 10-minute stretch, the foul odors of rotten eggs, bad fish, manure, toxic car exhaust and bad meat all filtered through the Little Blue Toy's air intake system.

I realized earlier tonight that over the past 5 weeks, I've driven over 5,000 miles. That realization in itself is enough to make me tired.