ddickinson: Good morning, everyone!

Did I miss much this last week? I see there was an insomnia sale? Oh well, I guess I will have to wait until next time to put on my ninja costume and start gifting mercilessly. Seriously, how could I miss such an opportunity to throw gifts at everyone, especially those of you in this thread (and with no public wishlist, I'm free from any return gifting :-)). How could I let you have all the fun and how could I let trentonlf go about unsupervised. Who knows the gifting destruction he has left in his wake.

Sadly it has not been a good week or so for me. My baby niece died, my mother had a bad fall and has broken some bones (she is now unable to walk and in a wheelchair while she heals), my partner's flu got worse and I had to take her to hospital as she was having difficulty breathing and she was in there for several days before it got good enough for her to come home, and I have had so much to do at work (due to my brother taking time off after losing his baby). So it's been a very draining and upsetting week for me :-(. Well that just about explains my absence from the forum, just in case anyone was wondering where I was.

Thank you for all the kind messages while I was away, you all are really so very wonderful. Perhaps it's due to me being in an emotional state recently, but seeing all the messages from people on this thread and else where on the forum brought a tear to my eye and put a nice big smile on my face. So thank you for that.

P.S. Sorry if I am a bit off for a while, my head is all over the place what with all that has been going on and the lack of sleep.

P.P.S. Did anyone else notice that this thread is now listed in the "Hot Topics" section?