So many connections....Aren't they great....Frank and I are neighbors, and Kevin and I share Memphis AND LSU. I am a native of Memphis (went to grades 1-9 on the Memphis State (U. of Mfs. now) campus, in walking distance of my house. I went to college in N.O., at Tulane ("A-one, a-two, a helluva hullabaloo, a hullaballo ray-ray, ....etc." I was a Tulane cheerleader for three years, but I didn't help them win any!) I have two sons who went to LSU in BR, and three who attended LSU Med. Sch., one in N.O. and two in S'port. (and one who didn't give LSU a whack at him.)

Frank...seriously, you can't change a thing by worrying yourself sick. Your spot is not going to change or worsen by Tuesday. It is what it is, and whatever it is, you will face it and deal with it. Yes, it might change what you had planned to do for the next few weeks or months, but you can handle that. YOu CAN handle whatever is coming. And you'll have all the company you want.

So....get busy. The weather is perfect. Go to Avery Island (article in our paper today...a great outing)....or Lafayette to eat at Prejean's....or the Lake Charles casinos...or go for a swamp tour in the Atchafalaya basin or Lake Martin (a GREAT trip...ask me about it)...work in the yard....plant pansies (It's time for them and snapdragons)...rake the first leaves.....cut and trim like crazy ("slash and burn"!)....go to a movie if you can find a decent one.....and don't miss that game....kick-off at 4:00, with pre=game before that...and other good ones after that, into the evening.

Tuesday will get here just as fast, whether or not you worry yourself sick over it. And it will be here before you know it.

Talk with whoever will talk with you about your feelings. Don't bury them...Be open, so that they can be part of this journey with you, even if the journey lasts only until Tuesday.

You're gonna be fine. Talk to us anytime.

XO--COlleen