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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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Aloha Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  HN> Hurry up and wait...had you forgotten that
-> ->  HN> since you became assigned to Ft Civvie??
-> 
-> -> 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
-> 
->  HN> My Mom is in the hospital with Pneumonia,
->  HN> just got a call last night. She's fine
->  HN> and hopefully they'll get her straightened
->  HN> out and home quickly (fingers crossed).
-> 
-> Hope so, but at her age, it can be touchy. If she's in good health
-> otherwise, she should come thru fine. Were it my parents, I'd be more
-> concerened, knowing the state of their health.
->
Mom's a tough old bird, but she's on
oxygen 24/7, has COPD, and a bag. She's
about as frail as she has ever been..but
like I said, she's TOUGH.
 
-> ->  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> 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)
-> 
->  HN> I know. I would disconnect the TV
->  HN> if my kid came home and wanted to sit
->  HN> and watch it all day long...
-> 
-> I never did that. I'm not even on the computer for hours at a shot.
->
I'm on the computer more than the TV,
but I'm still on the "go" most of
the time and not online. I only get
to check in here a few times a week
right now.
 
-> -> Wouldn't be surprising, who knows, it may lead to a position 
somewhere.
-> 
->  HN> She is helping them finish up a couple
->  HN> of things and is helping to write a grant
->  HN> as well. Personally I think she'd spend
->  HN> her time better looking for a job rather
->  HN> than doing more pro bono work for them.
-> 
-> But it may lead to something else. We re-established some contacts in SE
-> AZ the past few days, one let us know of an open position Steve might
-> apply for.
->
I don't know whether it will or not, she's
not looking to stay in the policy venue
so not sure what the benefits might be. 
 
-> -> 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.
-> 
->  HN> I'm sure Amanda could qualify for food
->  HN> stamps right now...she's unemployed
->  HN> and her boyfriend is bringing in
->  HN> only minimum wage and part time
->  HN> at that...but I doubt she'll even
->  HN> apply.
-> 
-> We applied because we had 2 little girls that needed to be fed. We were
-> living on $500./month plus the f/stamps for almost a year before Steve
-> went into the Army. I could stretch the food money further, but we still
-> ate a lot of beans & rice.
-> 
Anne and I skimped by as well. And as
I pointed out to Nancy, I doubt that
food stamps have even occurred to Amanda.
I doubt she'd apply even if she qualifies.

-> -> -> 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.
-> 
->  HN> I'm pretty good most of the time.
-> 
-> So am I. I "blew" on several good meals but have still managed to keep
-> things pretty well in control.
->
Bought a really good fudge the other day
and Anne and I split it and each had a bit
for two days...that was pretty good for us,
even though it was a goodly sized bit of fudge.
 
-> -> -> 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.
-> 
->  HN> Kinda obvious (grin)
-> 
-> Got some nice photos, plus bought a calendar so we can look at (at least
-> a limmited amount of) the wide open spaces while back east in the closed
-> in spaces.
->
I'll bet it will be sooner than you suspect!
chat with you soon!
ha
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