Thanks y'all. I'm a Bostonian born and bred, but my sister's from texas, and I just got off the phone with her. She's got her own set of challenges, including a cheating husband and an impending layoff (and a southern accent), which thank goodness isn't me, but she helped as much as she could. Thanks y'all in Bostonian is "ahem well, Thank you, and um, well, I ahh, appreciate your thawts and prayuhs." And I do.
I'll get there, just not last night, and not tonight, either.