Good morning, Everyone -<br /><br />Now that I&#39;ve caught up with all the posts, I&#39;m ready for the day.  I am most jealous that Carmen<br />is headed to Paris and that Rose and her husband are off to start an exciting cruise out of Barcelona,<br />one of my favorite places on earth.  I am just happy that I got to spend three days there last year <br />and will do the same for this year&#39;s milestone, 65th birthday ( if I last last that long and, at times, I don&#39;t<br />think I&#39;ll make it - though the thought of a cruise keeps me panting away ).<br /><br />Falina, I&#39;m sorry you didn&#39;t get that job.  I didn&#39;t realize you had another waiting in August.  I am not<br />really enjoying the retirement scenario.  Oh, the leisure time is fine...the income is not.  I just cannot<br />survive in the San Francisco area on a monthly income that is less than what I, occasionally, took<br />home after taxes every two weeks&#33;  July 1st is my deadline to start a serious search for other <br />employment, at least part time.  I really don&#39;t want to be working full time at this point in my life.<br /><br />I had a lazy day yesterday.  Watched all three of my Netflix movies.  One, &quot;Taking Chance,&quot; was<br />very moving, a true story, it said, about a Marine colonel, escorting the body of a young marine, <br />killed in combat, to his family in Wyoming for burial.  I don&#39;t know if this is really done for all <br />casualties in combat but, if it is, I am impressed.<br /><br />I am up early to get the braised lamb shanks started and will make strawberry rhubarb crisp <br />for dessert...I love rhubarb and am always happy when it makes its appearance in the grocery.<br /><br />Have a great day, fellow crazies.<br />