Cindy’s tracking progress towards degrees. I think there’ll be a bunch before the end of this year.It’s a lovely two hours from wheels up in Aub...rn to wheels down in southwest Louisiana. I really did pay attention to the flying. Cindy’s after me to get ALL the ratings. That’s a commercial license and instrument rating. We don’t own a multi-engine aircraft, unless you count the Bizjets in the charter hangar up in Birmingham.“You might wanna think about the multi rating, though,” Cindy told me.. She ran to my mother and said, "Hello Momma. I missed you a lot." She gave a careful hug and put her hand on mother's abdomen just above her stomach. "The baby has grown a lot." She looked wistfully at the full abdomen wishing for a baby for herself. I kicked her hand making her jump. "He kicked me. Why did he do that?"Mother replied, "He was just saying hello. I am quite sure he likes you."Lusa smiled and went over to her 'dada', hugging him many times harder for the times she had missed. With. We can leave early on Monday morning." That's great, I'll get my stuff together and we can leave after Jeff heads off to work. Remember I want this to be a surprise for him." No problem, my lips are sealed."Monday morning Monica rang the doorbell just as my wife was leaving for work. I opened the door and she was standing there in a pair of jeans and a golf shirt and pulling an airline type of roller suitcase behind her."Are you ready Mr. Washington?" Yes, and would you please stop calling me. Jennifer, however, wasn't satisfied with Michelle's pat answer. Sheapparently sensed there was more information to dig out. Jen went rightafter it."How'd'ya get invited to a cheer camp when you've never been on a squad?"I answered, "Remember how I did gymnastics until I was twelve?"Jen and Tammy answered with tandem nods."My old club coach is an instructor at the camp. She teaches tumbling. Sheasked me to help her out as her assistant. She's been bothering me to goout for a cheer squad since.