Re: Day>Vera

[Guest guest]

> Hi :

> Guess you can tell I didn't go to bed yet. I know I should be in

bed,

YES, YOU SHOULD HAVE - ESPECIALLY WHEN DUE TO GET UP AT 4 A.M. AND

GET YOUR HUBBY OUT FOR FISHING :-)

OF COURSE, WHO AM I TO TALK?

:-)

I have lots of work to do tomorrow, but if I don't get it done, it

will be there the next day.

YEP. JUST A BIT TALLER :-)

I stopped making plans along time ago. It seems when I do , something

happen's and it doesn't happen. So I stopped planning along time ago.

WELL, IF I WAS SMART, I PROBABLY WOULD TOO - BUT... NO ONE HAS

ACCUSED ME OF BEING SMART LATELY :-)

PLUS, OLD HABITS DIE SLOWLY - AND I'VE BEEN A LIST MAKER AND

OVERACHIEVER FOR DECADES! :-)

Hey! guess what you were right the pc chair , is the computer chair.

HEY! ALL RIGHT! CHALK ONE UP FOR ME! HORAY!

Fred has a computer that he plays games on and I have this one here

to do the looky look stuff on.

>

> You asked about grandkids. Well I'll have 9 when the baby comes in

Dec. It's

> a little boy . So that will be 4 grandsons and 5 granddaughter, but

I only

> get to see Brittany and Hannah. My son Heath hasn " t been around for

along

> time. So we don't see his 3 girls.

BUMMER. AT LEAST YOU GET TO SEE THE OTHERS.

I'LL SEND YOU PICS OF OUR 3 IF YOU WANT, AND YOU CAN ADOPT ME AS A

SON - OKAY? :-)

MY PARENTS HAVE 9 GRANDKIDS TOO - 4 BOYS AND 5 GIRLS TOO! AND...

THEIR SON HAS 3 OF THOSE GIRLS. HOW COINCIDENTAL - HUH?!

> Now about the buddy list. Maybe you don't have something like that,

I don't

> know, but Aol has a buddy list where I can put people who I want to

know when

> they come online and when they do , I can IM's them and we can

talk. That's

> how we get most of the people into the chat room on Sunday and

Wednesday.

> So your thinking of taking the day off tomorrow. That's good. When

Fred is

> fishing I'll be doing work out in the yard. It has alot to do and

I need to

> get in gear and do it. Also have a bathroom to finish wallpapering,

that I

> started awhile ago.

WELL, AFTER I FINISH INSTALLING THE ATTIC STAIRS, I HAVE 2

BOOKSHELVES WHICH WILL BE BUILT-IN UNITS TO INSTALL. THEN I HAVE A

BATHROOM TO FINISH PLUMBING. I HAD IT ALL SET UP - BUT THAT WAS FOR

OUR OLD TUB/SHOWER UNIT. GOT NEW ONES - AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW -

THEY'RE TOTALLY DIFFERENT! SO, GOTTA DO MAJOR CUT AND PASTE - PIPES

AND FLOOR AND ALL! THEN, STILL HAVE ANOTHER BATH AND HALF TO FINISH

AND THEN ONE MORE TO REDO (YES - OUR HOUSE IS A BIT PALACIAL -

BUT... WE HAVE 3 GIRLS :-)

I ALSO NEED TO REDO THE ROOF. OUR HOUSE IS NEW (WE'RE BUILDING IT -

LITERALLY - WE!) I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE ROOFING MATERIAL

GUYS - BUT IT'S LEAKING, SO I NEED TO PULL IT OFF AND START OVER.

HOWEVER, MY WIFE IS NOT TOO KEEN ON ME GETTING BACK UP THERE (I HAD

TO SNEAK UP EACH TIME THIS PAST WINTER WHEN I CLEANED OUT THE

CHIMNEYS). PERHAPS THE ROOF WILL KEEP FOR ANOTHER YEAR. JUST HATE

TO SEE THAT NEW SHEETROCK GETTING RUINED!

WHAT DO YOU THINK? THINK I LEAD A BORING LIFE - DON'T YOU? :-)

THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE ENTIRE LIST. I HAVE A 4 STORY BARN TO

FINISH TOO. THIS DISEASE KINDA CAUGHT ME UNPREPARED :-)

> Did your girls eat all the Monkey Bread? I still think it would go

good with

> a cup of coffee.

YEP - SORRY. NONE LEFT TO SEND YOU :-)

>

> So what do you do for a living? Some kind of job that you can do

at home

> sometimes?

PROMISE YOU WON'T STOP CHATTING IF I TELL YOU?

I'M A PSYCHO. I HAVE A MASTER'S IN COUNSELING/PRE-CLINICAL PSYCH.

SOMEHOW I SEEM TO HAVE DEVELOPED A FORTE IN WORKING WITH THE

DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. I ALSO WORK WITH BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS IN

GENERAL - INCLUDING CHILDREN. I AM ACTUALLY FORMALLY TRAINED TO DO

NEARLY EVERYTHING - FROM FORMAL ASSESSMENT TO LONG-TERM THERAPY (AND

SHORT-TERM THERAPY). I WAS JUST BRANCHING OUT INTO MORE BROAD

THERAPY OPTIONS WHEN I WAS STRUCK WITH THIS. WAS QUITE A BUMMER, AS

I WAS APPROACHING AN INCOME I NEVER FIGURED I'D SEE IN MY LIFETIME.

NOW, WE'RE WONDERING IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR HOUSE. AMAZING HOW

A YEAR CAN CHANGE SO MUCH! ANYWAY, MUCH OF WHAT I DO - I CAN DO FROM

HOME, AS IT INVOLVES WRITING REPORTS AND BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT PLANS.

>

> How is Donnalee feeling now? I hope she is better.

YEP. SHE DID MUCH BETTER TODAY. SHE IS RESILIENT! ONE TOUGH

COOKIE. VIRUS STUFF NEVER SEEMS TO STAY LONG WITH HER. WITH ME - IT

ALWAYS SEEMED TO STAY LONG - KINDA LIKE THE " LIVE LONG AND PROSPER "

SAYING - BUT IT WAS ONLY SO WHEN IT WAS WELCOMED INTO MY BODY. THINK

I WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY THOUGH. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS... I NO LONGER

SEEM TO BE THIS WAY. I DON'T GET SICK - NORMAL SICK - ANYMORE. OR

HAVEN'T ANYWAY - AND I USED TO CATCH ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING AROUND.

MY ALT. MED. DOC SAYS THAT PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE CERTAIN THINGS ARE

CONTRARY - AND THESE ILLNESSES CANNOT COHABITATE WITH WHATEVER ELSE

IS GOING ON. WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT? IF ONE DISEASE CAUSED YOUR

BODY TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET OTHER THINGS? WE'LL SEE. I FIGURE GOD

JUST KNOWS WHAT I CAN HANDLE - AND AT THIS POINT - THIS IS ALL I CAN

HANDLE. AS I SAID - WE'LL SEE.

> Well about to fall asleep here, so I need to call it's quits.

DID YOU GET ANYTHING DONE TODAY? HOW'S THE YARD? OR DID YOU JUST

SLEEP - ENJOY YOUR QUIET AND TOTAL LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY WHILE FRED

WAS AWAY - BET IT WAS A NICE BREATHER!

>

> Have a nice day tomorrow . Do something that is fun.

WELL, I DO SOMETHING FUN EVERY DAY. I MAKE SURE I TAKE TIME OUT FOR

OUR GIRLS ON A DAILY BASIS - MANY TIMES DAILY WHEN I CAN - WHICH IS

BASICALLY ANY DAY NOW :-)

I ALWAYS TAKE BREAKS AND JOKE AND KID AND ROUGHHOUSE WITH THEM. AS

PER ADVICE OF A NEWFOUND FRIEND, WE ARE VIDEOTAPING MORE OF THIS NOW.

BY THE WAY, I HAD CONTEMPLATED JUST EMAILING THIS TO YOU - BUT

DECIDED BECAUSE OF THIS NEXT PART - THAT I'D JUST POST A RESPONSE...

THE DAY WAS BRIEF AT SILVER DOLLAR CITY. BUT LONG ENOUGH. WE GOT A

LATE START (NO SURPRISE FOR THE NANDICO FAMILY - MY END ANYWAY).

THAT WAS NOT BAD THOUGH. WE MISSED MOST OF THE RAIN - AND GOT TO

ENJOY THE PARK - AFTER IT HAD EMPTIED OUT A BIT. AFTER 3 HOURS, I

WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ENJOY THE RIDES. I SAT ONE OUT, ONE WHICH HAD

A LONG LINE - AND WHICH GAVE ME A MUCH NEEDED BREAK (BUT IT'S NOT

LIKE WE'D RIDDEN RIDES FOR 3 HOURS SOLID EITHER...) AFTER THE BREAK,

I ENDED UP RIDING SOME MORE RIDES. GIRLS WANTED ME THERE - AND I

WANTED TO DO WITH THEM.

I DID ONE LAST RIDE - WHICH CAPPED OFF A MERE 4 HOUR DAY THERE. THAT

RIDE MESSED ME UP. GAVE ME A HEADACHE - AND I REALIZED I PROBABLY

SHOULD NOT RIDE THOSE RIDES ANYMORE. PROBABLY - BUT IN SOME WAYS,

I'M RATHER FOOLISH.

ANYWAY, IT WAS EVIDENT FROM TODAY THAT I WILL BENEFIT FROM A

WHEELCHAIR AT DISNEYLAND. AFTER THE LAST RIDE - I WAS DOING GOOD TO

WALK AT ALL - REALLY. BEFORE THE LAST 2, I WAS WALKING MAINLY WITH

SUPPORT FROM MY WIFE AND ONE CHILD. YEP - I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHEN

TO CALL IT QUITS - BUT... MY ELDEST HAD REALLY WANTED TO RIDE THIS

ONE RIDE - IT'S HER FAVORITE. AT LEAST I HAD THE SMARTS TO NOT RIDE

IT A SECOND TIME. GIVE ME A LITTLE CREDIT :-)

CATCH YA LATER. HOPE YOUR ABSENCE HERE MEANS YOU ARE TAKING A MUCH

NEEDED BREATHER.

ME? AFTER ALL THE EXCITEMENT, I ENDED UP STAYING AWAKE JUST LONG

ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE DONNALEE KNEW HOW TO GET HOME - THEN I WAS GONE -

ALL THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. FIGURED I'D SLEEP ALL NIGHT - BUT I

HADN'T EATEN ANYTHING ALL DAY - AND KNEW I NEEDED TO PUT SOMETHING IN.

NOW? IT'S RUNNING IN REVERSE ORDER. I SAY THAT THE PERISTALSYS JUST

SHORT-CIRCUITS AND RUNS IN REVERSE ON ME AFTER A WHILE. WHATEVER IT

IS - LOOKS LIKE I'LL BE UP A WHILE LONGER.

> Take Care

> Vera

YOU TOO. I'VE GOTTA GO NOW. EYES ARE REALLY MESSING UP. DON'T SEEM

TO HAVE THE TRACKING PROBLEM OTHERS DO - MINE IS A PROBLEM WITH

FOCUS, 3-D EVEN IN 2-D ITEMS, EYE SPASMS WHICH CAUSE IT ALL TO SHAKE,

LOTS OF STUFF THAT EVEN THE NEURO-OPHTHO CAN'T EXPLAIN (BUT SAYS HE

DOES SEE - JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN IT).

HAVE A GREAT ONE!

PAUL

> *********************************

> HI VERA.

>

>

> > We didn't have any Red Sky in the morning , but I sure could of

> used the warning.

>

> WELL - OUR STORMS WERE NOT NEAR AS BAD AS THE COLOR OF SKY WOULD

HAVE

> INDICATED. IN FACT, I THINK THAT WAS MONDAY MORNING - AND WE DIND'T

> HAVE ANY PROBLEMS MONDAY - THE RAINS CAME TODAY.

>

> NOW... ABOUT STORMS OF LIFE - PERHAPS THE RED SKY WAS A BETTER

> INDICATOR OF THAT )

>

> Fred's balance was really bad this week end. One time he sat down

so

> > hard in his pc chair

>

> OK. I'M NOT TOO PROUD TO ASK... WHAT IS A PC CHAIR? ONE THAT HE

> KEEPS BY HIS PERSONAL COMPUTER? HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

> SOMETHING ELSE.

>

> that I was behind, it hit me and knocked me into the

> > closet wall.

>

> OUCH!

>

> Another time he almost went over backward's , but I got behind

> > him before he did and pushed with my arms to keep him up. Another

> one he went

> > down, but not as hard as he would of , my daughter stopped his

fall

> somewhat,

> > but not compelety. She didn't want to go down with him because

she

> is going

> > to have a baby in Dec

>

> CONGRADULATIONS! HOW MANY WILL THAT BE FOR YOU?

>

> and didn't want to hurt herself. The other one he went

> > over his walker and I had to put it in the vice to get it back to

> the shape

> > it was in before the fall.

>

> WOW!!! A TRULY HANDY WOMAN, AREN'T YOU?! PERHAPS I'D BETTER CLEAR A

> PATH TO THE VICE IN OUR SHED )

>

> The rest of the day I got him to stay put, buy

> > getting some video's to watch.

>

> THERE ARE DAYS WHEN DONNALEE DOES THAT FOR ME. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE

> ONLY WAY TO GET ME TO JUST SIT STILL TOO - AND SHE CAN TELL LATELY

> WHEN I'M SUFFICIENTLY FRIED - SO SHE JUST GOES TO GET ONE. OFTEN, I

> DON'T GET TO SEE THE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE IF I SIT VERY LONG - I'M

> GONE )

>

> Fred has a hard time adjusting to what he can

> > do anymore.

>

> NOT ALONE THERE. BUT GUESS YOU COULD FIGURE THAT FROM MY LAST

> COMMUNICATION (IF I AM REMEMBERING - EVEN VAGUELY - WHAT I WROTE)

>

> Always been a worker. Worked 6 days a week 10 hour days.

>

> YEP. CAN DEFINITELY RELATE. A YEAR AGO - I WAS WORKING 12 HOUR DAYS

> EASY. AND I WAS STILL HERE WITH FAMILY A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME. I JUST

> SURVIVED OFF 4 HOURS SLEEP. THINGS WERE REALLY COMING TOGETHER LAST

> YEAR. THEN... ABOUT A YEAR AGO FROM NOW. IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS -

> IT WOULD BE APPARENT TO ALL... BUT, WE CAN'T COMPARE WHAT WE COULD

> DO WITH WHAT WE CAN DO - CAN WE? NOR WITH WHAT OTHERS CAN DO -

> BECAUSE - REGRETABLY, I'D VENTURE TO SAY THAT MY 70 YEAR OLD DAD

CAN

> DO MORE THAN I CAN NOW - AND THAT IS REALLY EMBARASSING. HERE HE IS

> 70 AND I'M JUST OVER HALF AS OLD AS HIM - AND HE IS OFFERING ONCE

> AGAIN TO COME AND HELP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ON OUR HOUSE! (DON'T

> WORRY THOUGH - I'M NOT TOO PROUD TO SAY " SURE " )

>

> He still feels he can do that, but he will fall or get weak from

> trying. Sometimes he get's down on himself, because he can't do

what

> he use to.

>

> EW... ARE YOU SURE WE'RE NOT RELATED? I WAS PRETTY BUMMED

> YESTERDAY. BAD ENOUGH THAT I CAN REMEMBER IT - SO MUST HAVE BEEN

> PRETTY BAD. TODAY WAS A BIT BETTER. I GOT THAT PIECE OF SHEETROCK

> DOWN FROM THE CEILING TODAY, AND HAVE IT ALL SET UP TO PUT IN THOSE

> FOLDING STAIRS. I ALSO GOT SOME WORK DONE - MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD NO

> CHOICE - THERE WAS A MEETING SCHEDULED - AND I WAS BASICALLY THE

> KEYNOTE SPEAKER. WAS GOOD. I NEEDED THAT - WHETHER I FELT LIKE IT

> OR NOT.

>

> I know it's hard.

>

> YEP. AND IT'S HARD TO WATCH. DONNALEE HAS BEEN SICK WITH A VIRUS OR

> SOMETHING - AND IT'S HARD TO WATCH AND JUST LET IT RUN IT'S COURSE.

> SHE SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING. THAT IS GOOD. ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF

> DAYS - SHE'S HAD TO " WATCH " ME - FOR MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.

>

> > My buddy name is Fvjames. So if you want to put me in your buddy

> list.

>

> OK. GOT ME HERE - TWICE IN ONE POST... FIRST WITH PC CHAIR AND NOW

> WITH BUDDY LIST.

>

> WHAT IS A BUDDY LIST?

>

> Maybe

> > some night you will see my name under the night owl buddy

list. )

> > Well I need to get to bed, need to do lots of work in the yard

> tomorrow.

>

> I'M CONSIDERING TAKING THE DAY OFF TOMORROW. GOT TONS OF WORK TO

DO -

> BUT SUPPOSE TO BE A NICE DAY - AND WE DON'T GET THOSE TOO OFTEN (OF

> COURSE, I THINK NEAR HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER IS NICE - NOW THAT I

> DON'T SWEAT - AND MY LIMBS ARE SO OFTEN COLD - BUT MY FAMILY

DOESN'T

> THINK SO). WE HAVE SEASON PASSES TO SILVER DOLLAR CITY IN BRANSON -

> AND MIGHT BE A GOOD DAY TO TAKE IT IN. OUR VAN IS WELL EQUIPPED -

SO

> I COULD WORK ON PAPERWORK ON THE WAY THERE AND BACK. ASSUMING I CAN

> DO ANY WORK... JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE - BUT IT'S A PLAN

ANYWAY )

>

>

> >

> > Take care

> > Vera

> >

>

> YOU TOO.

>

> THANKS, FOR EVERYTHING.

>

> PAUL