Re: carol/One thing after another

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CAROL!

I am stunned that you would do this. I am not used to such

unsolicited unexpected kindness. It's a good thing I'm sitting down

(and also a bad thing because of the pain but that's another story:).

I could not accept that, but the fact that you would offer, is a

wonderful thing. I will not forget it. I think the easiest thing to

do is for Mark to take the bus up there and then drive her and the

car back. I couldn't manage to lay down on the bus up.

My sister actually said something tonight on the phone that made me

angry, I guess the fact that she's feisty is a good sign : ) I almost

said for her to hitchike back but then remember I do love her...hehe.

They moved the tube away from her sternum, it was causing her alot of

pain and now she's doing better. It took them 3 days to figure out.

They also have her on Oxycontin which is helping her pain.

She said she was worried about getting addicted to Oxycontin!! For

goodness sakes. That isn't even what she said that made me annoyed. I

explained to her a bit about the medication but then stopped there.

For all I know she will have a problem with getting off the meds when

she is through with the pain, when she is no longer in need of the

meds, but I hope not. It's her mindset that so many share that

bothers me.

It's my fault our finances are such a mess. Actually our phone just

got cut off. I was hoping to make it until early next month when I

had the money to pay the phonebill and they would let me 'slide' but

I may have been more overdue than I thought. I spent some money

getting that little girl (the one who's parents died) some crayons in

a collectors tin, a scrap book to make of her parents, (for her

grandma to do for her) and a blank book for drawing as well as a book

on trauma and recovery for her grandma/aunt and uncle who will be her

guardians now. I know that this did not fit into our budget this

month but I felt so helpless and with this thought the sooner the

better. It's good that we don't have a phone for awhile I think,

because it will force me to get a move on trying to finish throwing

things away around here, we are supposed to be looking to move and we

have too much stuff. I won't be online but for here and there, I'm on

our neighbor's computer tonight but I don't want to bug him all the

time.

So I take a respit from the computer for about a week and 1/2 or 2

weeks until I pay off the bill. Atleast we have groceries in the

fridge and mark paid our electric bill so we can run the fans that is

our only relief from the heat wave! I wonder if there are people who

can't even afford that, I can't imagine.

Be well and thank you from the bottom of my

heart. I am very grateful to belong to such a group. Please take that

5 or 10 dollars and put it aside for yourself...then, whenever you

have it, put another 5 or 10 dollars aside. Then if you have an

emergency, that kindness seed money will be there for you.

I will miss everyone for this brief time. Love M