and I think we learned some things by going in 2022, even though from the outset there were factors we knew would be difficult. Two weeks had to be spent aboard a transatlantic cruise that we really only booked because our Future Cruise Credit with HAL would disappear (and those thousands of "saved for our use" dollars would be lost in Holland America's sorry-about-that accounting  trousers pockets); I would have to cope with perpetual physical tiredness following radiation treatment; and Michele would continue to discover the Sjogren's Syndrome surprises.  Ahem.