March 7 - There are several reasons the first journal entry this month is on the 7th. First, john and joyce have been on a cruise with two of her sisters and their husbands. Secondly, there was a slight emergency at zenpond several nights ago. tucky was so glad to see john and joyce come home he slept next to john for several nights. The last of those nights, at 2 am, tucky began dreaming that he was fighting another cat. He got very upset and excited during this nightmare and thought he was attacking another cat, but was actually attacking john's left hand. Before john could respond, tucky had placed 5 puncture wounds on john's hand and a gash on top of it about an inch long. It took 5 stitches to close the gash. If the gash had been about 1/8 inch longer, it would have hit an artery. With the bandage and antibiotics, john hasn't much felt like typing on the computer keyboard until now. The stitches come out next Friday. john will be posting pictures of San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominica (pronounced dom-men-nee-ka, not dominica), Barbados, St. Lucia, and St Kitts. Also, he will post pictures on the Norwegian Sky (www.ncl.com).