Welcome back to the 'Cat! I was just thinking it must be about a week since you retired, once I factored in the strange way days come and go as once circles the globe. I've been hard at work, moving into the new (and actually smaller) office that goes with my little promotion. That song you sing about the lockkeeper comes to mind - parts of me would really prefer to be retired, though this is good, too. Well, at least it will be interesting.

Did you ever meet with that Senator or whatever it was? It does boggle my mind that no one will let you write a check, but they'll let that bozo do it - and on an account that's closed! Similar (though on a much more serious scale) to my anger when I discovered that I needed to give my ISP my new credit card number in order to keep my service, while the jerk who was using my old number could automatically pay the AOL account he opened with my old number - and have it billed to my new number! Aren't banks strange little entities?

I had an impression that you'd brought quite a few books with you - something about Charley warning me to watch out for the rebound effect (usually seen when glaciers thaw) the day you moved the boxes out of the basement here....

It does sound most beautiful there, and a break from the rainy season sound like a good thing. Do keep us posted when you can.

Hugs,
JudyB