Just returned from Chicago and had to try and catch up with work. Grrrr.... The weather is also getting warmer here and the asian beetles are out in my house. They look like orange ladybugs but they are not the regular lady bugs. The asian beetles were imported to eat the aspids on the soy bean plants but it was later discovered that they do not hibernate in the winter like the ladybugs. The asian beetles get into the houses during the winter and then begin to come out when the weather gets warmer. They are quite harmless except that they do bite if you pick them up in your hands. They also give off a nasty smell if you squash them flat! This is so typical of what industries do. They find something to battle an ailment and they use it extensively without finding out the consequences. Now these asian beetles are a pest inside the house. Oh, well.

I am thinking of flying to San Francisco after the spring semester is over and there is a one-week break before the summer session begins. The airlines have good promotions right now. San Francisco is a nice city to visit.