VelvetG says these nice things because she knows I read her journal.

So that's why we never hear about the domestic upheavals and the spousal abuse? I thought you sounded too good to be true. ;)

As for us meeting, that will be the day I win the lottery and can afford a trip across the pond. Or, of course, the day you decide to take Jed on a European vacation. She already has a standing invitation for the sofa-bed in my living room, and I'm sure there's room for you as well.