We all have different reasons that we come here to this or other forums, education, classifieds, off topic mental purging etc. For me lately, you have all been an escape to things and topics that have stabilized my life lately and I thank you! My wife and I have been traveling to Sandiego frequently to see her family, her grandpa especially, he was diagnosed with cancer 2 years ago and is in the " may go at anytime" stage. I find myself here a lot when she needs some alone time or is chatting with family and friends on facebook. I have been unemployed now for 6 months and find myself surfing around here a lot between job searches. It just breaks up the cruddy times with humor and things I didn't know and some that I did. My Dad was just emitted into emergency surgery today here in Everett and has been in an induced coma since 5am Friday. Just getting back from Sandiego,looking for work and now driven north to spend an evening and most of a weekend praying for his recovery, I find a place here that feels good and takes the mind of off a lot of things in ones life. I just wanted to thank you all here at PNWMAS for your posts,bumps,pm's and humor! And Kim, we don't need a poll on how far someone has drivin in 7 days....I think I would win.