Wendy, part of the reason I didn't get to explain everything to my husband was because he stomped out of the house before I got a chance. We haven't had our talk yet because he had surgery this morning and I didn't want to upset him any more.

It will be a bit before we do talk about it because he isn't coming out of the anesthesia as well as was expected. They kept him overnight. When he does come home, I'm going to go easy on him. In some ways, I hate having to do that because "the moment" will have been lost.

My youngest son, his family and I went out to dinner tonight but somehow "that moment" was gone, too. Maybe I'll just wait till my first check comes in. That way, it's me that will be doing the inviting and the paying.

Yeah, I soothed my "inner child" but she's still pouting a bit. She has to learn a little bit of "delayed gratification." I've promised her that she'll have her day!

<font color=blue>This above all: To thine own self be true. --Shakespeare</font color=blue>