Well we just finished the first ever captain's welcome and Captian's farewell dinner all rolled into one. Marc and I were able to snag a reservation tonight for Prime 7 with Pricillia & John and Susan & Russ to replace the one we will miss next week. Dinner was fabulous but sad. It is finally sinking in that we will be going back home tomorrow or the next day. We are all hanging in there and trying to make the best of things as things could always be much worse, but we are all disappointed. There are a lot of new LCT "recruits" in this group whom we were all looking forward to getting to know. Now there will just not be enough time. Am off now to the meet the others in the observation lounge. Needless to say the drinks are flowing freely and have been doing so all day.

Arlene