Now for a change of pace, see what happens when you become real and suddenly the perfect partner comes into your life? What it is, though, is the present oh happy me time but with the long trailing rope of the past hanging along behind you. For me, ill health, low class upbringing, and shyness. Anyhow, on to the cruise to Mexico, where Robyn got a diverticulitis attack minutes before boarding! Actually, some of my thinking then was certainly from a womanly viewpoint and Wifey’s from a formerly male-privilege background. On to the journal page, from Sept 24, 2005, where we are aboard ship: “Don’t ask. The comedian fell flat. The juggler tossed flaming fire sticks around; burning oil- packed theater—ship. I might have been the only person with fire concerns there, and also the only one who

