I didn't get to the Novena. I woke early this morning with a pain in my gut and it got worse through the morning. I finally left work and spent the afternoon asleep. It still hurts some so I am staying in tonight. It must be something I ate. Maybe the sausage pizza I had for dinner.

Charley, you can depend that I will let you know when I head for Australia. If you need two months to plan for that then figure on heading out there in November. I need to see how my home situation works out before I can commit. In the meantime let's start the prliminaries and target the middle of November. How does Thanksgiving in Australia sound?