Thanks everyone for the well wishes...funnily enough, I spent my birthday in New Orleans with my ex & my two year old son, after having lugged a suitcase of all FPW's Repairman Jack novels, (including The Barrens) on a Greyhound bus (hate flying)... I had recommended The Tomb to her a coupla months ago, and she loved it, kept pestering me to let her borrow the rest of my collection...Ah well, the things we do to ensure tranquility in our lives'...