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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: back to school
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Hiya Ruth!
-> 
-> It will start out well. If you saw my note to Dale yesterday about my
-> FIL, good news. He's out of the hospital with a diagnosis of
-> diverticulosis and a flare up of colitis. He's on a bland and soft diet
-> for a bit, will have to modify some eating choices for longer but all in
-> all, glad to be home.
-> 
Glad to hear he's ok...I had an acute
attack of kidney stones..not sure how
many but it lasted a week and I was
pretty much out of it for most of the
time. Did not manage to do much more
than moan and hurt..Did manage to stay
out of the ER and hospital so did not
have to deal with telling them NO to
morphine this time.

-> -> retirement community; I think the favorite thing to do with this
group
-> -> is eating. My MIL had a house full last night and enough food to feed 
an
-> -> army; tonight we were at one of their friends with more people and 
more
-> -> food. We've had enough calories over the last 3 days to last a week
or
-> 
->  HN> Eating or cooking...a lot of retired Moms can't get
->  HN> past cooking for a family and changing to "cooking for
->  HN> two". My wife has some Aunt's who live in Florida and
->  HN> she loves to cook even though she's all alone now.
->  HN> So she goes to every potluck in her retirement
->  HN> community...her golf cart has more miles on it
->  HN> than her car does!
-> 
-> Suspect that might be true for my in laws as well, regarding car/golf
-> cart milage. But, the car has made some trips to NY & back whereas the
-> cart only goes on the road in the park. They don't attend all the
-> community activities but have a group of friends that they like to get
-> together with, usually involving food as part of it. My MIL likes to
-> cook and bake but shouldn't eat all she makes as she's diabetic. Just
-> means more to give to others. And we're part of the "others" group now.
-> (G)
->
My wife's aunt likes the golf cart a 
lot better than she does her car!
 
-> ->  HN> pretty practical and is already
-> ->  HN> focusing on the new job in Sacramento.
-> 
-> -> She's no longer in the academic world--first time in what, about 25
-> -> years? Reality will fully sink in shortly.
-> 
->  HN> First time ever really. Just got
->  HN> off the phone with her, she's about
->  HN> to make another run from Bodega Bay
->  HN> to Sacramento with more "stuff".
->  HN> This time she's going to also stop
->  HN> and pick up some Toilet paper and
->  HN> paper towels (grin)...live and learn!!
-> 
-> All the little things that make a house (or apartment) home. It seems
-> everywhere we move to, we add little touches here & there to make the
-> place more "ours".  Eventually we may have a place we can permanently
-> call "ours", even tho the bank or credit union will own the larger chunk
-> of it.
->
That's the usual way it goes.
 
-> ->  HN> to the new apartment (pretty nice and
-> ->  HN> in an older established neighborhood).
-> 
-> -> Nice! A converted older house? We're looking at the fact that Steve 
will
-> -> finish his schooling in just about a year. Finding a job, moving and
-> -> getting re-established will be coming up over the next few months.
-> 
->  HN> Nope it's a single row of "townhouses" that
->  HN> runs perpendicular to the street..so she
->  HN> has a long walkway to get to her door.
->  HN> but it's nicely landscaped and rather
->  HN> quaint...
-> 
-> Sounds like she found a nice place tho she'll need a good umbrella on
-> wet days.
->
Sacramento does not get a whole lot of 
rain, so that won't be the biggest
concern in her life. Heat in the Summer
will be a MUCH bigger factor!
 
-> ->  HN> Her boyfriend is going to stay in Bodega
-> ->  HN> Bay for a month or so to get enough money
-> ->  HN> to make the move to Sacramento as well.
-> 
-> -> Smart move. Is he in the academic world as well or a local who 
wouldn't
-> -> mind moving to Sacramento?
-> 
->  HN> He's about as far from academic as you
->  HN> can get. Smart kid..but could not
->  HN> handle the "school atmosphere". Not
->  HN> sure what the real deal is...but he
->  HN> works at a UPS store as a counter
->  HN> person.
-> 
-> Could be worse. A young friend of ours (was in school with our girls)
-> started out bottom rung at Enterprise and has moved up the ladder quite
-> well. He had a bit of a rocky launch out of high school but turned
-> around nicely a few years later. We saw him in June, had a good visit.
->
The two of them are happy and that's
as much as I can ask for at this point.
She's grown and living her own life and
I only give her my opinion WHEN she asks
for it..and very little advice when I do.
 
-> ->  HN> as you can get I suppose. Me? I'm enjoying being
-> ->  HN> retired...the ballpark job is more fun than work!
-> 
-> -> I'm starting the transition now--only 2 more courses and I'll be
done.
-> -> But, it will be interesting transitioning out of the academic world, 
but
-> -> easier than the transition into it was. Since I've been so part time
-> -> anyway, I shouldn't have much problem. Having the extra free time
that
-> -> has been taken up with study will be a nice change.
-> 
->  HN> You spent most of your life not "in"
->  HN> the academic world, so you'll be
->  HN> returning to "normal life"...except
-> 
-> Transitioning yet further from the military life. We still miss it,
-> acutely at times, but it's not hard to say good bye to early morning PT
-> & formation. In some ways, it was more predictable than the academic
-> world that changes every semester.
->
If the military has one thing down
pat, it's routines.
 
->  HN> the kids are all gone now. And being a
->  HN> preacher's wife will more than fill your
->  HN> time! I remember my Grandmother was even
->  HN> busier than my grandfather!
-> 
-> Don't know for sure if Steve wll be pastoring a church or what, exactly
-> yet. That's what he wants but other areas of ministry could open up for
-> service. But, yes, I know I'll be busy no matter where we go, what we
-> do.
->
You'd keep yourself busy regardless I 
suspect!
 
-> -> And the kids are probably anxious to have their "real" teacher. Both 
of
-> 
->  HN> Anne is just happy to be at a
->  HN> point where she can get back into
->  HN> the classroom...she misses it an
->  HN> awful lot!
-> 
-> Only a few more days now! Got the celebratory lunch pack planned?
->
She's been back since clasees started
(this week) and today (friday) she's 
ready for the weekend to rest. She's only
back 1/2 time; she goes in to the classroom
for the fist half of the day, then leaves for
her radiation treatment, doctors appointments
and labworks every afternoon.
so far it's working.
 
-> ->  HN> They'd be hard pressed to do worse!
-> 
-> -> Sounds like the Mets; they blew enough games by Little Leaguer 
mistakes
-> -> to end up having a(nother) bad year.
-> 
->  HN> There are rumors that the team is
->  HN> positioning itself to be "forsale"
->  HN> in the next 3-5 years...so we could
->  HN> see some rough seasons if they're
->  HN> looking at reducing payroll to make
->  HN> sale more palatable to the new buyer.
->  HN> I hope that's not true...but it's
->  HN> baseball so you never know until the
->  HN> deal is done!
-> 
-> Stay tuned for the next chapter............................(G)
-> 
-> 
It's the Off season...all there is to
do is speculate..and everyone is big on
that!!
chat with you soon!
ha
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