Thanks everyone for all the well wishes (except Bent).
It was a great day and I am just getting home. I spent A LOT of time with my mother today, so I am a bit FRIED, but it was good all the same. And it made her happy...ya know?
Thanks again, everyone! :-)
P.S. Since I have been gone all day, someone point me in the direction of the emotional reactivity that is surely running amuck somewhere on the forum.