On a break

I've been on a break.

It sucked.

It still does.

My thanks to my posse . . .

* Hamster -- for working it out with me the way I needed to . . . via e-mail

* Lori -- for never questioning when I needed to obsess, or change the subject

* Shannon -- for following directions

* Adrian the Barbie Doll -- for giving your shoulder (and Man Hands) in that special CA Valley Girl way of talking

* Hot Mary -- for crying with me

* Jen -- for knowing that being catty will be a helpful way to cope in the months to come

* Sandi -- for saying the One Thing that has given me peace. And hope.



And always, Dr. J . . . for being my soft landing. As good as my words are, they don't measure up to how tall you stand when I need you. As you often remind me, "In our own, weird way . . . we always do things in our own, weird way."