Dear Xena, Princess Warrior (to be):

Lots of calculations and they all seem in themselves reasonable, well most (I doubt R-2 will get a stroke learning to launder his clothes, or that he will be doing so badly without you as you imagine). The thing is, in all these calculations, the most important element, YOU FIRST, is indeed missing. You list all the other elements when the first and most important one is missing, and so, the logic, the wisdom of the whole planning is compromised.

You worry about your son, you worry about R-2, you worry about the cruise being already paid for, you worry about money…. but where is Nan in all of this, the missing ingredient.

The missing ingredient, like lasagna without the cheese, like hot cocoa without the cocoa (I love cocoa)- well, I am digressing…

anita