Just got a call from Jason with some bad news. He had to have an operation on his foot on the 27th and they put him on a medical hold. He won't be able to fly home tomorrow night and that means we won't be able to share his birthday celebration with him at home on New Year's Eve.
We miss him terribly and this setback when all four of us were so close to being together is very hard.
Jason got his plane ticket canceled for credit and the ship says they will let him fly home as soon as he is cleared, but we don't know when that will be. Maybe a few weeks to a month or more.
Perhaps then he will have longer than five days at home... that might be the silver lining (plus, his toe will be better).
With everything else going on in the world it's hard to complain. We are very blessed but just a little blue tonight. bp