300,000,003

Tuesday morning, October 17, 2006, the U.S. population will reach 300,000,000. Armaz, Angelique, and Antonia, who just took off from the Auckland airport, will arrive at LAX a little past noon, bringing the population up to at least 300 million and three - but who’s counting?

Armaz and Angelique moved to New Zealand less than a year ago, Antonia arrived on the 4th of July, and now they’ve packed up and are on the move again. No wonder New Zealand has negative net migration.
Armaz recently accepted a position at the National Institutes of Health, so, after a week visiting family and friends in Southern California, they’ll settle down somewhere between Washington, DC and Bethseda, MD. At least for a while.

I’m going to miss them an awful lot. It’s been great fun to have them living so close, especially the past few days while they've been staying with me. But Antonia promised she’ll come back and visit.

Cheers,
Sandie