Falina, glad you&#39;re party went well. Looking forward to seeing some photos.You must be exhausted. <br /><br />Rose, have a fabulous cruise. <br /><br />Regarding the school supplies issue: When DD was in Kindergarten, the teacher asked me to be her class rep and , of course, I couldn&#39;t say no. Little did I know that she would be presenting me with lists of what she needed and my job was to divide the lists up between 25 parents and call each one with what they needed to send in. Being that I had been a teacher in N.Y. in my previous life, I could empathize with the fact that the teachers need much and receive little from the school. However, I was in the position of calling moms that worked or were busy and many didn&#39;t want to hear from me after the first couple of times. More than half stopped returning my calls because the lists were coming at me every time there was a party for this or that. A lot of them preferred to send money just so I wouldn&#39;t be calling and bothering them anymore but that wasn&#39;t allowed. It got to the point that I was so frazzled with all of it and didn&#39;t want to be on all the moms&#39; you-know-what list, that it was just easier to get the stuff myself and not bother anyone. So that&#39;s what I did and I never agreed to be the rep again. It just would have been nice to receive a little thank you note at the end of the year . <br /><br />Andrea, glad to hear your friend is recovering. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />