Greetings and salutations to all.....it&#39;s nice to see the gang, Mary Lou - always reassuring to know<br />that, even if one doesn&#39;t come around for awhile, there&#39;s a friendly face, when you do get back.<br /><br />Joey, have a special day...my oldest, Shawn, just celebrated his 38th on Dec 17th....I well <br />remember driving the nearly 40 miles from Hanscom Field, by Concord, MA to Chelsea Naval<br />Hospital in a snow storm when I was in labor with him.  Our car broke down...fortunately, in <br />front of a gas station and their truck, with a snow plow attached, took us the remaining five <br />miles to the hospital.  Chelsea is no more.<br /><br />By the way, Joey, though Trudy Julius and many of my good friend from the Monarch are now<br />on other ships, Seamus Mee just emailed to let me know he&#39;s back from vacation and my<br />table awaits me January 19th.   I&#39;m glad about that.  I miss having that ship here.  I just hope <br />nothing goes wrong because I don&#39;t plan on missing that cruise.<br /><br />It is so cold here in San Fran.....glad I didn&#39;t have to haul out last night....still on call till tomorrow<br />morning at 9AM, then have three days off.<br />