Greetings one and all.  I am glad I got here before the month ended.  Sorry for having been such a stranger.  Things have been chaotic.  I did get in a short Monarch cruise in May but, mostly, it&#39;s been work, a week in Alabama in early June for an advanced child forensic interview training and then my youngest son&#39;s graduation from Cal Poly June 14th with a BS in kinesiology.  As I write this, he is on the runway at SFO, bound for Argentina.  He lucked into an incredible temporary job that will have him flying back and forth to Argentina, all expenses paid, several times over the summer, all expenses paid.  He&#39;s involved in drugs trials for end stage cancer, rather sad work but, should the drug be successful, it will be so wonderful.  He&#39;s spoken Spanish, almost since birth which is the reason a friend&#39;s mother thought he would be perfect and recruited him.  Glad I hired a monolingual housekeeper so my two youngest would be almost native Spanish speakers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2175294970101341621GKbgcc" target="_blank"><img src="http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/40351/2175294970101341621S425x425Q85.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a><br /><br />Am doing the Monarch again in September and the Sovereign in October.  Will sail on the Voyager transatlantic Barcelona to Galveston at Thanksgiving time.  That takes care of the rest of my year.<br /><br />Have certainly missed everyone here.  Had a fall on Memorial day, after twelve grueling hours doing cases and that really did me in.  Finally feeling more normal after physical therapy.  I tell you, after January&#39;s tree incident and then the fall, I feel like this has been my doomsday year.<br /><br />Love to all,<br /><br />Carmen