James.  I&#39;m sorry to hear that your step-son is still having depression issues.   Unfortunately, until he is ready to accept help there is not a lot you can do for him.     How are you feeling?   I hope you are all recovered from your recent surgery.   Congratulations on the new booking.   It&#39;s always fun to have a cruise to plan and look forward to.<br /><br />Sue - Can&#39;t wait to see the birth announcement you are making for your niece.    I&#39;m glad she is home from the hospital and I know you can&#39;t wait to see her.<br /><br />Ed- hope you have a productive day with your pastor search.    I&#39;m sure you will be very relieved once the decision is finally made.   Do you have a deadline of when you need a new pastor?<br /><br />Tonia - they tell me it should be in the mid 90&#39;s going thru the Panama Canal and the humidity should be higher than the temperature.    Sounds d*** hot to me but since we will probably be having s*** at home I&#39;ll gladly take the heat and humidity.<br /><br />Rose - I&#39;m also having a terrible time adjusting to the time change.   Rather than getting an extra hours sleep I am waking up before 4AM instead of 5AM.<br /><br />Falina - Add me to the list of people who want this election to be over.   Yesterday I got 9 phone calls asking for my vote.    Even said to one person (finally a live voice - not a taped message) that I was upset that they were calling me despite me being on a &quot;do not call&quot; registry and the man actually said to me that Politicians were not required to follow that law.   I told him that was probably what was wrong with our country and hung up.  <br /><br />Chris - glad the lay-offs at work are ending.   This is definately not a good time to be out of work with the economy being like it is.    <br /><br />Fourth load of laundry is done - be back after load #5.  (How in the world do 8 people use so many towels and sheets?)   However once the last couple left I made myself a nice pot of tea and called my Sister-in-law in Italy and we chatted for more than an hour.    Made me slow down and relax and it was great catching up with her although I don&#39;t think I will ever get used to the 6 hour time change.   I keep forgetting my brother is working and when I&#39;m ready to call him in the evening it is the middle of the night there.