Re: Re: Hi group-for Judi

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Things are going well with me. Still busy working in a doctors office. I

am an office nurse in a busy family practice office. I just celebrated 15

years of employment. The family is quite busy too. My 18 year old son who

graduated last June is working instead of going to college. School is not

his thing. He still lives at home and wishes that he could live on his own

but realizes that it takes a lot of money to do that. My 16 year old

daughter went to Washington D.C. over spring break with the high school

band. She enjoyed the trip and it was quite an action packed 5 days. She

is currently involved with the YMCA Expedition club (for high schoolers),

manager for the high school baseball team and fund raising to go to Mexico

this summer (with the Y) to live with a host family for 3 weeks. She will

also be attending a camp that she has gone to since she was 7 years old to

be a junior counselor. We haven't done drivers ed. yet, but she is pushing

me to get that done. My 14 year old step-son came to live with us in August

and he is adjusting well to our household. He has made the honor roll every

quarter so far and failed the entire 7th grade last year at " his other

home " . He is doing track now and seems to enjoy. He also plays the trumpet

and started in the 13th chair in his band class and is now in first chair.

My husband and I like to think that our good influences are coming off on

him, lol. I have a step-dght who is in the Air Force in Afghanistan and

step-son in the Bay area of California who graduated last October from

college with Magna Cum laude. He is working in the field of computers.

I have been rather busy lately after being with my mother who had emergent

gall bladder surgery and then having to be ambulanced to Seattle to have

another procedure done for stones in the bile duct that couldn't be removed

during the surgery. My father and I followed the ambulance over and I was

there for moral support and to help explain things to them as they were

happening since I am a nurse. Everything went well and she is at home

recuperating nicely.

My arthritis still remains in a drug remission. Taking my Arava 3 times per

week and Enbrel 2 times per week. I am trying to walk 2 miles every evening

but sometimes life is to hectic to allow it.

So good to hear from you and talk to you.....

Terri

[ ] Re: Hi group>>Terri

> Aw, garsh, Terri thanks!!

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> When we were taking care of the little ones 12-14 hours a day, it was

> all I could do to drag myself upstairs to bed at night. But now we

> sleep in until 8:30 or so, have a leisurely breakfast, and tackle

> whatever we feel like doing. I am learning to approach my gardening

> and housework with a different attitude, being content to work no more

> than 2 hours at a stretch. We are getting re-acquainted with our local

> library!

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> Though it is scary, Ron is excited about his upcoming surgery. He

> deserves a better quality of life, and if this also helps others with

> PD, then he's happy to help.

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> so how are things with you??

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> Peace,

> Judi

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