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Skriven 2010-05-27 22:15:24 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 38280 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Ruth,

>> And he's such a great kid to have around.. so helpful. Thankfully he
>> likes coming to stay here :)

> That's a help.

They're coming tomorrow night to spend the weekend, should be great to see
them.  Tomorrow morning Ron is taking the car into ANOTHER place we've dealt
with before... and then if all goes well, he'll stop and do some shopping for
me.. Just need some meats and so on since I've pretty much cleaned out the
freezer this week (bg). Ah boy.. it better go well (bg)

>> That's good.  Do you have to pay for the heat?  Hmm.. do you have a
>> heating system?  Not sure houses where you are would need one (g).
>> I'm not used to thinking in those terms :) :)

> Yes, we have a heating system and we pay. The house is total electric.
> The power has been steady but it's expensive, especially with a winter
> as cold as the last one.

Yes, it cost us a bundle this year as well.. it was terrible.  Just before this
heatwave hit, I was thinking we might have to get the oil furnace filled one
last time ..

>> I do the same when it's wickedly hot here as well.. but sometimes I
>> just can't stand air-conditioned air.  I'd much rather rely on ceiling
>> fans, and breezes from open windows. If we have a real heat wave

> Fans help soe, open windows let in more humidity.  I need the AC to dry
> things out.

Right, asthma would do that.. Mom was the same way when she was here.. we had
an AC in her room as well, and let her control it.  She was really happy about
that because my sister wouldn't let her touch the settings at their house even
though my sister turned every up (down, whaterver (g)) when she left for work,
to save money.

>> though, I literally can't even think when it gets that hot.  Those are
>> the times when Ron picks up on my reactions to the heat and just turns
>> on the air conditioning ... I get so affected by it, I don't even know
>> it's hitting me that way.  Then as the cold air makes it way through
>> the house, I say, wow, I guess I did need it on (G).

> And start thinking of comfort food for supper.

Or call out to the Chinese place across the street (g)

>> > The exam is over.  I think I did OK on it, don't know if I kept my A
>> in > the class tho.

>> You probably will be surprised.  If you went into the exam with an A,
>> chances are you did fine.  :)

> I'm feeling better, now that I'm more removed from it. We never really
> had any other tangible things to be graded on--class participation,
> attendance, wearing the name tag-got all them down.  More participation
> than I usually do but the Israel trip helped. (G)

I bet :)

>> migrant children.  She had so much paperwork because the children came
>> and went seasonally, and a number of factors had to be tracked.  It
>> would have been so much easier to take care of things on a computer :(

> Very much so.  Steve has Meal Master on his system; I still like to buy
> and read cook books. (G)

Would be nice if I had the time :)

>> want to bet that they will do nothing for 60 days, just to not have to
>> pay for the drug for two months?? :)


> Saw in another note that was not the case, thankfully.

I'll say, though tomorrow I'll have to call them.. they didn't call me today as
the Ampyra representative said they ought to do.

>> I just spoke with her yesterday, and she's not feeling very strong.
>> She wants to wait to see if she is going to get stronger first.  I can
>> understand that. I remember how much that type treatment knocked out
>> my son.. and he was young, comparitively.

> I asked the oncologist and he said the feeling of being totally wiped
> out is a lifetime side effect. Some days I'll be working in the kitchen
> & just have to stop & rest for a bit. Good thing I'm not in charge of a
> cafeteria or something like that--folks might not eat. (G)

Strange, that one.  My son's doctor never mentioned that to him.. perhaps it's
a matter of how much one has or what's being treated?  Who knows.. maybe he
just never mentioned it :(

>> Older folks really like the warm, I can understand that.

> And it seems to be cold every summer they're in NY.

Not this one, at least not right now.

>> > The size of the ones you get for radiation wouldn't even be
>> affected.

>> Not sure, but that's ok.  I don't think I'll have to worry about it
>> (g). So far I've avoided MRI's anyway.

> That's the way to go. (G)

I just figured with our insurance, we'd end up paying so much money for it .. I
could be wrong..

Take care,
Janis

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