Hi Mermaid,
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I really like how happy and busy you sounded


I am and I didn't even have to "act as if."

Thanks for your input regarding the Christmas card. I do tend to get lost in the specifics of stuff like that.

Interesting tid bit from 4060. There are several things going on at once here...Oct to Dec, Christmas and also Snodderly mentioned that MLCer often makes contact of some kind 6-8 months after D. This is month 8. H and now XH has for several years shown the covert type of depression but the way he sounded yesterday seemed unmistakably overt. He's shown me a mixed bag though since the bomb so it's difficult to tell if this is really THAT depression. Another factor may be the seasonal "slowness" of his work load. More time to think I suppose when he isn't burying himself in busyness, IYKWIM.

Thanks for the tip on the vanilla. I do like to bake but seldom make the time now. I would like to get some of those whole vanilla beans. I wonder if they would let a person bring something "plant like" over the border. Hmmm

Hugs, GG