Alright, alright...class...stop picking your nose...hey you, stop pulling Linda's pigtails. Rick, I saw you passing that note in the back row...give it up to me or it'll be straight to Principal Job's office.

Rick: Go right ahead and get AJ his special blender for HVD. From yours truly! grin

AJ: Not sure what you mean by Ms. Wonka's take on my "recent" journey. Which parts of the journey are you talking about here? How recent?

In no shape, fashion, manner, hook, line, sinker....heh...mixing up my metaphors...ahem...did I ever tell Ms. Wonka to seek comfort with anyone. No less with the OW! mad mad Perish that thought, AJ! I did express to Ms. Wonka that I was glad she had someone to talk to and I did say this to her..."we'll get through this somehow." That line was during one of my once-in-a-blue-moon lucid moments.

Linda: Ok, ok...got my first ILYBINLWY speech here. I think I can...ha...hand...handle this! sharp intake of breath I got my big girl pants on!

Yep, I got a HNY text from Ms. Wonka. And I know that she will send another one soon when my birthday comes around. Another thought is that I think you are an incurable, sentimentalist romantic. Yes, you, you...a mushy romantic who probably watches An Affair To Remember over and over in a darkened room with a box of Klennex in her lap. laugh

MileHigh: Glad to see you stumbling right in here...you've come to the right FUN House! wink I have a question for you. Did W's 'sexual awakening' help with your sex life at all? Just curious.

As for the what-ifs, we all have our what-ifs about many things in life. Some we wish for do-overs. But then again, without this, we would to not have the opportunity to do some crucible purging that helps us achieve greater clarity about our forward path. This is something I thank Ms. Wonka for at the most basic level even though I could do without the OW and all that attendant crap.