Gah, don't know how I missed this report (end-of-school work rush, I guess). I love the "obnoxiously overfrosted cookie" sugar lunacy.
Urlea, I am so impressed that you could do so well with a dang cold! Great times! And wonderful to end with such a strong run. Congratulations.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks