Thank you all for the kind words and well wishes...and especially to my dear friend Lily-Rose for starting this thread.
Merlot, I'm still swinging hard for the fences ... and GO SOX!
Now if you don't mind I am having a difficult time deciding which wrapping paper I like so I have to get back to wrapping so I can unwrap my gift again...and again...and again...dammit...ah hell this could take days...