She made it

Dear Friends and Family,
Yes we are at sea, just saw the Farralon Islands go by a few minutes ago. It was an emotional moment when we passed under the golden gate bridge sitting at a little table sipping iced tea. Who would ever have guessed during those long days in Boston that this would ever happen and that Nan would feel up to a cruise.
Our day did not go routine. While we had planned to just get up and load up and leave I ended up having to complete an appraisal, our course the computer stopped working for about two hours and I was not sure what the outcome would be. But finally I think the Lord showed me a tiny error I had made on a sketch and when fixed everything starting working again. We quickly loaded up and Nan did everything she could to help. We drove to Hayward and they were ready with the final TPN box, then to the port of San Francisco, unloaded nan and all the 7 boxes and suitcases, went to find parking, got lost but finally got parked. Then they were very kind to help us board and get settled. Then came the muster where all have to go to the muster station to learn how to escape the ship when it sinks. Well the steward let Nan stay in the room and I went, bumped into Mary and let her know we were doing well. She was so relieved to see us.
Then when the bridge was coming up I pushed Nan up in the wheelchair to see it and to grab some grub. I had to fix two appraisals which Loree kindly emailed to me and I got them fixed I hope and they were going out over the data card just as the ship sailed out. Close!
Now we are at sea and there are no ways to communicate cell phone wise. We were told by Cingular that all cruise ships now have a cell phone tower on board and charge $2.49 a minute to let you talk, wrong, this ship has no such tower but we are hooked up to Mexico cell service so we may be able to get messages when we are in port at places.
I am still processing the reality that we are at sea and will be for the next 11 days. we will miss our precious Keanna who has a birthday while we are gone, I will miss hearing from jason and jo, from Loree and STeve and Heather and Jean. But for a few days work is far behind.

Please continue to remember us in prayer, that nan will be able to hold onto her health and enjoy this precious opportunity we have been granted. We really wish each of you could be here with us and it seems like fairy land that we are here after all the grief and suffering nan has experienced in the past year and even beyound that.

So we say good night and we are thinking of you.

Love to all,

Thanks family for your help in getting us here. Thanks STeve for covering for me while I am gone. Thanks Loree for wearing so many hats and doing each perfectly.