Several of you have emailed me to ask me how I've been, what I'm up to, and why I stopped posting.  I feel so rude for not having answered prior to this, but at least I'm doing it now.  I'm surviving.  My senior year has been a little rough.  Most of my friends graduated last year, so I don't get to see them very often.  Also, I was drum major of the marching band this past season....I've learned exactly where the limits of my patience lie.  I've applied to college for next year.  I'm planning on attending either Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, or the University of Dayton in Dayton, OH, majoring in biology/premedicine.  I stopped posting because it's simply too time consuming.  Reading and responding to the day's posts would take a lot of time, which I need for sleep.  My thanks to all of you who expressed your sympathy over the death of my nephew last June.  He's still alive in our hearts.  Goodbye.

Mara