Maureen (aka Mo) is back and wishing everyone the best. Ever since AOL
dropped it's newsgroups I accepted that there was no more A.S.A. Boy do
I feel dumb. It just dawned on me to look this place up on google and
see what comes up. My gosh how good it feels to be back.

Mom passed away last November from Pneumonia. She didn't linger long
and was in no pain that I could see. My dad and two brothers and some
of the grandkids were there by her side. I was happy about that. I
think it helped my dad a bit as well.

My dad misses her and gets sad now and then. Their wedding anniversary
and her birtdhay were the worst for him. I took him out to dinner and
made it a special evening for him and it helped a little bit.

Last year my dad, 83, was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure.
Walks with a cane all the time now. Feels better walking when he has
his cane with him. He lost his footing earlier this year and fell down
in the kitchen. He hit his head going down and layed there for a good
15-20 minutes before he came to the reality he is injured and needs
help. He started to get up to go across the street to our neighbors
house. Another neighbor saw him and helped him to our neighbor who
happens to be a registerd nurse. He had been bleeding from his forehead
really bad all that time. 12 stitches. I didn't know a thing until I
came home from work. I was surprised to find my dad not home and a call
from my brother giving me the basics. They came home not to long after
I got home from work and I was told more details. I'm so grateful to
still have him here. No lingering effects from the fall, thank
goodness.

I am still working for Disneyland Resort of Anaheim California. I can't
beleive it has been 2-1/2 years. The good thing with the amount of time
I have in is better hours. I haven't worked a 2am shift in a couple of
months. So nice! However now that the school season is upon us my hours
will be cut because everyone is in school less people in the park. Oh
well, gives me more time to clean the house out and set up for my yard
sale. The only sad part about my working is my dad gets depressed
sometimes during the day. I always call him when I get in my car to go
home and he says the same thing at least 2 or 3 times a week. "Oh I'm
so glad you called. I've been so dispondent all day. Please hurry
home." And he sound so sad when he says it. It doesn't make me feel
guilty though. I won't let it. I try to call him during one of my
breaks now and then just to perk him up and it seems to help.

As for my health, I am just getting over a two week bout with an Upper
Resperatory Infection and 10 day bout with Viral Pink Eye in my right
eye. Not fun! Cost me alot of days from work. So glad my dad bought
that hospital-type bed years ago when he owned a mattress factory. I
probably picked up the two from work.  Wound up in the emergency room.
I feel so much better now.

I am so stressed out. However I never felt very stressed out when I was
with this group. It sure feels good to be back.

Time to go to sleep. Gotta work tomorrow. I hope the weather is not so
hot. I work an outdoor venue and won't appreciate the heat.

mo
no matter the problem, a cup of coffee always makes it better.