Hi!
Thanks for all the comments on the last two posts!
About the picture… I had gone to a business dinner at Monterey Bay in Mt. Washington (Oh. My. Gawd! Yum!) and during dinner Ben and two other people who appeared to be a couple came in for dinner as well. At the end of our meal I went over and asked if I could take his picture (only had my phone with me) he said yes so I said, well then can I take your picture with me in it too? and he laughed and the lady of the couple offered to take it… After the picture I told him that we all thought the tackle was “really cool” and thanks. He was very nice about it all… I was the only person I saw bother him that night… My poor boss is a major Steeler fan, season tickets, lots of black and gold clothes, etc… she was supposed to be there but wasn’t feeling well and cancelled out. I sent her the picture with the subject line, “this could have been you.”
I’m scared… I’ve had four really good days in a row. Yesterday was another as, finally, finally, finally, my application was accepted, I registered for classes, and last night I attended my first class towards the masters…
And so now I have to be off to shower and get going to work… I have class tonight as well! 
I’d like to write back to everybody but time keeps disappearing… Thursday night though I ought to be able to get caught up a bit…