<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">Tim and Lore and Barbara met us at the airport with a hastily organized flashmob <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">of another half-dozen friends, and a big sign that Barb had printed up, welcoming <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">us home. Then we went back to our house, where Tim had made a huge crockpot <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">full of roast beef and vegetables, simmering since morning. We had a good feast <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">and chat, though I had to excuse myself every hour or so to lie down for a few <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">minutes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">Maybe the antibiotic drip I'm getting tomorrow will give me back some energy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino"> Just being home will take me a certain distance. (But then I do have to gird <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">myself and hit the mall for St. Nick.) Joe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Palatino">Brandy and Christina set us up with enough groceries to get us through a couple of days, too. The trip home was relatively uneventful, in spite of the weather. It started to snow as we were taxiing down the runway!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Palatino">Love, Gay</font></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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