Wow, another very old nic. You say you've been gone, but you're clearly up on abbreviations. I had no idea what a MAP was on my return. I still knew it as a MAA.

Very glad you "got out there" in the world. I did some volunteer work for a while myself. I can't recall if I ever told the story of the seven-year-old girl informing me that I was going to come to her house to watch movies with her(err, does your mom know this yet?), right before I got attacked by a hive of bees as she laughed at my "silly" movements.

Trauma aside, I know I will return to volunteer work one of these days.

Glad to see your nic after so many years:)