Spread a bit thin...

Whew...

Older bro is off my couch, staying at Ma in Law's cat sitting while sis in law is in Californiyay taking some doctorate test. He's still working hard, got his 90 day chip while trying to work things out with his wife. Kind of hard to find a place with only a half day a week to look. Plenty of nice, clean, cheap places around but not for the straight crowd. I don't know, worked for John Ritter for a time.

Best friend's gut hasn't come unglued but he took the time to load about a thousand rounds of 5.56 and 300 WinMag and probably blew most of them at OK range on this most beautiful past Sunday while I worked a double. I really hate the guy.:)

Mom's discomfort has responded to deep tissue massage and if her back would stop aching she would be her old self ready to take on the world.

Ma in law? Soft in the head but healthy as a horse. I love her

Aunt and husband have parted ways. She's in Tenn. and he's in SC. Mixed feelings, I like them both but all things being equal I'll pick family every time.

BabyGirl the mutt is back to chasing the big dogs from the yard and doing her best to rid SoFla of the iguana infestation. She'll pull up looking gassed and confused as if thinking how easy it was once. A sip of beer and she's fine.

Amazing how things will generally work out IF one can keep on making their way through the morass we find ourselves in sometimes. Can't quit, and the thoughts of those kind enough to care always helps.

Meanwhile, another chapter begins.
Tomorrow at 0830 we check in at the local Hospital for most likely a partial replacement of my wife's left knee. She's fired up, looking forward to being able to get up and down from the floor while she cares for the 3 and under little ones at the local YMCA. So she says, I know for a fact she wants to be able to chase me down instead of chucking broomsticks and beer bottles at my head.
So for the next two weeks I'll be her shoulder to lean on while she recovers. I'm thankful and glad to be able to help. The FMLA paperwork cleared and I can burn some of the 500+ hours of sick leave accumulating.
Can't wait to get her on a dance floor, she can make even me look good.

That's all folks. Spare a wish for a great gal, if not, that's cool too. See y'all in the funny pages.
 
Ah, ignorance is bliss.

People think I'm stupid, but I ain't dumb. Life's funner when things are simple.

Being alive isn't living but living good is the life.
 
It seems that things are looking up for you.....

After a really rough year, my wife and I got a few small bits of good news so we built a fire and danced around it.

You are lucky to have a good woman around. I don't think I could have faced all this alone. I told my wife in all seriousness that if I had to be miserable, I can't think of anyone else that I'd rather be miserable with. When we lean on each other we fit together pretty good.

Glad to hear your bro is at AA. He did make a good choice there.

I know how you feel about your MIL. Mine has had to go live with one of her daughters. In spite of MIL stories I've always loved mine, too.

That's really too bad about your Aunt and her husband. Nothing to do there except pick up the pieces and go on.

The people here have been through it and are no strangers to trouble. Great bunch of guys and gals. I've had to dump on them and I wasn't sorry.
 
After a really rough year, my wife and I got a few small bits of good news so we built a fire and danced around it.

You are lucky to have a good woman around. I don't think I could have faced all this alone. I told my wife in all seriousness that if I had to be miserable, I can't think of anyone else that I'd rather be miserable with. When we lean on each other we fit together pretty good.

The people here have been through it and are no strangers to trouble. Great bunch of guys and gals. I've had to dump on them and I wasn't sorry.

Thanks for that thought, I will use that line. Outstanding. I hope things continue to improve for you on the family front. The heartache endured is worse when it's close, just not right to shunt it away.

Mrs. just woke up and I told her what you wrote. Made her smile and say "Awww...". :) Thanks again.
 
Wow, I would completely agree you are spread thin. I pray your path is smoother in the future.

I wish I had better words of wisdom, but just know we stand with you even from a great distance.
 
It's not so much the challenges in life so much as how you handle them. You're a good caring person.
Our life came to a screeching halt a few years ago when my neurological problems started. I lost my job and my wife quit hers to tote my gimpy behind around to doctors for tests and treatments.
Then I got a preliminary diagnosis of ALS.
After more tests, it turned out to be a condition called Multifocal Motor Neuropathy.
After trying to find work for three years, the state of West Virginia declared me as a useless cripple. We still had a mortgage and two car notes. Our savings were dwindling.
Now, I've had to go on disability and my wife's working as a home health care aid right here in town. Our mortgage and one car note's paid off. We've actually broken better than even for the last few months and I've managed to stay out of a wheelchair.
We started with a seemingly hopeless situation, worked our way through it and came out the other side.
My big problem right now? I'm tryin' to get some winter weight off.
The people on this forum help me to keep my head together.
 
I love it when His plan comes together. :)

Thanks for the update, and it's great to hear that you made it through that period of being spread then, and are returning to the normal state of just not being spread quite as thick as we'd like to be. :)
 
It's not so much the challenges in life so much as how you handle them. You're a good caring person.
The people on this forum help me to keep my head together.

Thanks. I like this place too. No real one-upping, apple and orange debate just real people with real problems, big or small who are willing to relate their own spin on the big fat twirl of life.

Mrs. N now has a brand new inside half knee. Out of recovery at 1800 April Fools she assigned me bedpan duty every two hours until she managed a bedside commode the next morning. After a few laps around the house of horrors known as physical therapy we got the hospital heave-ho and arrived home 1830 yesterday where dammed if she's not hitting the head about every hour. Not sure whether to worry or not.

Break times about over, trying to see about making this crackerbox of a home a bit more accessible for a chunky gal with a walker. Rehabbing her will be tough.
 
As it happens, the hourly whizzes were not a good thing. Spent a good part of yesterday at the ER where 1600+ cc were drained from my wife's bladder via catheter. Home that PM with a leg bag that has put a real kink in the rehab. Combined with misinfo from home health care and unresponsive medical equipment company has gotten my cracker temperature rising.

Definitely experienced the highs and lows of health care professional. When they realize I respect boundaries yet will not hesitate to beat thru doors if necessary we manage to get on the same page. With all that, even though I hammered for urologist contact info it was not given until 1500, after the office closed for the holiday weekend.

Two at the hospital will be the focus of my attention until I can be convinced beyond any doubt on my part of the wisdom of their actions. I understand the medical arts are not an exact science (hence the word arts) and insurance procedures necessitate expedient actions I really don't care.

Pushing 0800, going to hit the phones despite it being Saturday morning. Wish me luck.
 
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