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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Hopefully the rest will be better than today--spent 8 hours in the
-> -> Nellis AFB ER waiting for a doctor to agree with my diagnosis of
-> -> bronchitis and perscribe me some antibiotics. Best I can say is that 
it
-> -> was free, being a MTF.
-> 
->  HN> Hurry up and wait...had you forgotten that
->  HN> since you became assigned to Ft Civvie??
->  HN> (grin)
-> 
-> On the triage sheet they just had me down for a cold, no mention of
-> asthma/bronchitis except in the discharge notes. I told them when I came
-> in that I had bronchitis but the doctor had to confirm it for himself
-> before giving me antibiotics. But, he did order a chest x-ray to rule
-> out pneumonia and gave me a 14 day course of antibiotics instead of just
-> a Z-pack.
->
My Mom is in the hospital with Pneumonia,
just got a call last night. She's fine
and hopefully they'll get her straightened
out and home quickly (fingers crossed).
 
-> ->  HN> He'll do fine I'm sure!
-> 
-> -> I'm sure as well, and just have to trust the right thing will come 
along
-> -> at the right time. We won't starve in the interim as we've got his
-> -> retirement pay and VA disability pay still coming in.
-> 
->  HN> Yep a retirement check is a wonderful thing!
-> 
-> Puts the food on the table and pays the bills. We do have a fair amount
-> of stuff in the freezer so we won't starve--hit up the farmer's market
-> for fresh greens every week too.
-> 
-> ->  HN> Yep..and to tell you the truth I would
-> ->  HN> not want it any other way! I have friends
-> ->  HN> who have "boomerang" kids...what a headache
-> ->  HN> they are having!! 40 year old kids wanting to
-> ->  HN> do nothing but sit around the house and sponge
-> ->  HN> off Mom and dad!
-> 
-> -> That is bad. I spent several months with my folks when Steve was in
-> -> Basic and the start of language school. They enjoyed having their
-> -> granddaughters around for several months but I was glad to move on. I
-> -> did do some of the cooking for them but had to make it bland & boring 
to
-> -> suit their tastes.
-> 
->  HN> Yes, but you weren't "coming home" as it were.
->  HN> You were there for a determined short period
->  HN> of time and you KNEW you wanted to move on. These
->  HN> kids are simply moving back "home" and evidently
->  HN> have no desire to even look for a job!
-> 
-> And their parents allow it................(no comment). Our girls never
-> did that so I guess we raised them right. (G)
->
I know. I would disconnect the TV
if my kid came home and wanted to sit
and watch it all day long...
 
-> ->  HN> I'm also thinking she's going to "volunteer"
-> ->  HN> some time back in her old office for a week
-> 
-> -> And maybe some networking?
-> 
->  HN> Would be nice!
-> 
-> Wouldn't be surprising, who knows, it may lead to a position somewhere.
->
She is helping them finish up a couple
of things and is helping to write a grant
as well. Personally I think she'd spend
her time better looking for a job rather
than doing more pro bono work for them. 
 
-> ->  HN> Yes...it's a LOT of fun..but 26 years of
-> ->  HN> having a sucky job is still 26 years of
-> ->  HN> drudgy sucky work.
-> 
-> ]-> But it gave you a retirement check, allowing you to keep eating and
-> a -> roof over your heads.
-> 
->  HN> -> HN> which is why I put up with the sucky job
-> 
-> HN> for 26 years...it paid the rent, and fed the family...and
->  eventually gave me the  retirement check...which I appreciate now
->  more than ever!!
-> 
-> Pros & cons to all. Steve didn't like the job he had (filling soda
-> machines at MCAS Cherry Point) before going into the Army but it kept
-> the roof over out heads. Food Stamps paid the grocery bill. It was a
-> major step up in pay to get a PFC's pay; we no longer needed the Food
-> Stamps but we were still eating very economically.
->
I'm sure Amanda could qualify for food
stamps right now...she's unemployed
and her boyfriend is bringing in 
only minimum wage and part time
at that...but I doubt she'll even
apply.

-> -> ->  HN> Used to love fry bread...not
-> -> ->  HN> so much now ...for obvious reasons!
-> 
-> -> -> I was good and only had one.
-> 
-> ->  HN> I was even better and had none! (grin)
-> 
-> -> But if you'd been here, how many would you have had? She made some
-> -> drizzled with honey for dessert and I resisted temptation with them.
-> 
->  HN> I am not nearly as good when I am
->  HN> confronted with temptation...I'm
->  HN> much better at resisting the temptations
->  HN> I can't get my hands on!! (grin)
-> 
-> I can resist it fairly well most of the time. Seeing good numbers on the
-> blood sugar testing, fitting into clothes without having to buy larger
-> sizes, things like that make resisting easier.
->
I'm pretty good most of the time.
 
-> -> -> Hope so, went to a church today we've visited before (about 18 
months
-> -> -> ago) and the pastor remembered us. He wants a copy of Steve's 
resume
-> -> -> when it's done.
-> 
-> ->  HN> That's a good sign!
-> 
-> -> Very much so, we might end up out here yet.
-> 
->  HN> I think your heart is there already!
-> 
-> It has been for years, even before we left AZ.
-> 
Kinda obvious (grin)
chat with you soon!
ha
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