Hi Everyone,

I will admit, I cheated a little and copied my post under Melissa's thread in Casual Corner asking about members that have not been seen for a while. I have added a few more details here however and I just want to let everyone know that I am still around.

I have been checking in when I can. Eric has been keeping me very busy, and I have not had a lot of time to be on the computer. He has a lot of teeth coming in, has had ear infections and has not been sleeping well. Today he is doing good, and hoping it continues. He also is having difficulty learning to walk, so he has to have physical therapy for that. For the last month I have been agressively trying to find a job. These days that is not easy to do, especially since I was not able to be out with people for over a year and I lost contact with so many people. I did have a promising interview today, and have a second interview scheduled for October 20th. I am really hoping I am hired because this would be a job that I would really enjoy. It is a position at a local middle school maintaining the computer labs and providing tech support. I am also getting a home based business organized. Right now I am on hold with that because it is going to take me time to get my website going, get all of my materials and my inablilty to make any contacts until we return from vacation, which is what I will write about next.

On Sunday all three of us are getting on a plane and going to Orlando FL for a vacation. We will be gone for 7 days. We plan on visiting Walt Disney World, Universal and Nick Studios, Sea World, and other attractions not formally planned yet. I will post pictures when available. This will be the first real vacation that my husband has been on in his life, and he can't wait. I am looking forward to it too, although it is going to be interesting traveling with a 14 month old. I hope he handles the trip there and back and being away from home for that length of time, since this is going to be new to him. It really feels good to be able to do this after being tied down at home for so long. For my husband it has been a much longer time than what it was for me.

MIL is still up and down. She had another heart attack over a month ago and her lungs were filled with fluid. She continues to suffer from frequent UTIs. When she had the last heart attack the hospital refused to admit her because they insisted that if they would they would have to do everything in their power to keep her alive, including putting her on machines and attempting to revive her if her heart stopped. The guardian made the decision to send her back to the nursing home to "keep her comfortable". Their ways of doing that are debateable, it still looks like they are trying to rehab her. She is not getting any better and she will not get any better. I honestly don't know why this is being allowed to continue, but DH is not making the decisions anymore. For the sake of his health and our family as a whole we have backed away from the situation some. We go to see her once a week. As terrible as this may sound, I don't feel a bit guilty about that anymore. This family has to move on and live our lives.
At this time she does not know who we are and is unresponsive most of the time. Once in a while she will surprise us and talk to us, but most of the time in her mind it is the 1940s. I have not posted much about this because this is how it has been now for a couple of months. I would just be repeating myself. I have responded to a few posts here that I could help with, but my time has really been limited.

Thank you of thinking of us.

Peggy