Good morning all.  Mary Lou - the whole day was wasted yesterday trying to get those world series tickets.  I didn&#39;t leave the computer for 2 1/2 hrs. yesterday morning because I could not get thru, but they had not made any announcements that they were gone, so I just assumed it was heavy traffic that was preventing me from getting in.  At 12;30, they finally announced that the system had crashed almost as soon as it opened and that almost all tickets were still available but they were taking the site down to fix it and would try to get it back online as soon as possible, so of course, I had to sit with my laptop all day, trying every 5 minutes or so to get in.  They did not announce until around 9:00 last night that they would not be re-opning the sales until noon today, so I will be spending my afternoon at the desk upstairs so I can use both the desktop and my laptop to try and get thru.  I didn&#39;t get all my errands run yesterday that I needed to because I couldn&#39;t leave the computer so hopefully I will get thru and get some tickets quickly today and can get out and take care of those.  I didn&#39;t make it to the grocery store so really didn&#39;t have anything to cook for dinner, so it ended up being KFC.  Robert, I am so sorry that you didn&#39;t have such a good time on the cruise.  As you know, we leave next week to head to Galveston to sail on the Conquest, so I was very sorry to hear that the ship did not leave a good impression on you.  I thought they had the new bedding on that ship that was supposed to be so wonderful.  Did you have your beds pushed together and a king sized mattress installed?  They are supposed to that in our cabin.  Ed, good to see you back on the Dock.   Mercedes, it is good to see you back online - hope all goes well with your surgery and you have a speedy and full recovery.   Maria, hope you are following dr&#39;s orders and letting Ken take care of you - we miss you here.  Rose, how is Howie feeling?  Chuck, thanks for the flowers - such a nice way to start my day.  Sue, it won&#39;t be long now girl - hope you have a wonderful cruise.  Jackie, how long of a flight is it to South Africa and how many layovers do you have?  Well, guess I need to get a few things done before I have to head upstairs and make another attempt at those tickets - wish me luck.....