During the last few days I've been too busy threading ribbon through programs and ensuring all my friends are placed at tables with people they know (but not too many people they know...)to write and I'm sure the next few days won't provide much down time, either. So I'll be back soon, no doubt with many new stories (J and I? Marriage? A long Catholic ceremony? A week-long trip to Costa Rica and hundreds of new birds? Yes, there will be stories...)