Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Updates Galore
Hello my Friends,
I've been bad and haven't blogged in a while...I'm sorry! I will attempt to bring you up to date on all the happenings in my life.
I mentioned when I began this blog that I was considering going back to college to complete my Bachelors Degree. This has been a dream of mine for a while. So I found Capella Universityty. It is totally over the Internet and would be perfect for me. I was accepted (I think they accept anyone with a pulse) and have been filling out all of the Financial aide paperwork. Now I already have 99 credits toward my Degree..So I was hoping that all this would be a fairly easy process...STUPID ME!!!! Now in 1992, I went back to school and got a degree in Broadcasting. I took out Federal Loans to do this. While paying these loans, I became disabled and the loans were deferred and I didn't have to pay them back. Now back to current times, I get an email last week saying that I need to have my Doctor fill out a form saying that I am no longer disabled and can now pay back any loans I get. SCREEEEEECH !!!!! That has put an end to my School dream. When old doors close, I know new ones will open...I am going to start looking for some volunteering work that I can help with.
The dentist thing is still up in the air, I have gotten used to chewing on one side. It is funny though, My dad was telling my Dentist horror story to a group of his friends and one of his friends had taken her daughter to the same place and walk out after seeing some sort of torch in the exam room. How does this guy have any patients?
My Wonderful Father has made a full recovery from his stomach surgery and amazes me every day with his wisdom and humor. He keeps trying to charge people 25 cents to view his scar. My nephew Mike is the smart one ....He offered Papa a dollar to NOT show him the scar. Papa has spent a great deal of his time lately volunteering at a local school. The children love him and it truly is his favorite timeof the day. He is my hero and I love him greatly. As we all celebrate our Fathers this week, I celebrate him with all of those other that he has fathered as an educator. He may be retired, but he has never stopped enriching Children's lives.
Onto another subject... I want to thank all of you for the wonderful and caring advise about going to the Green Bay Pride Alive event. It is coming up on July 10th and I will attend with Pride in who I am and in support of the LGBT Community. I am attending with my nurse, her lesbian daughter and her daughter's partner. I am looking forward to having some fun and learning about the local gay community.
And finally...This Thursday I will celebrate my 47th year on this earth. I am still here and grateful for it. There was a darker time in my life when I did not think I would make it to 30. I treasure every day now and every person in my life. I treasure the memories of those who are now my Angels. While this may not be the life I planned, It is the life I love. While some of us complain about getting older I relish being alive to get older. Sure we hate the body parts that are falling or getting wrinkled...we count each grey or absent hair on our heads, but these are badges of survival. All proof that we have made it. Papa, Is taking Kathy and I to our favorite steak restaurant for my Birthday. I celebrated with my most of my family last Saturday.
Well, that's all for now, Hope you are all having a wonderful summer! My prayers go out to all suffering in the Gulf States. Shame on you BP...Greed never wins!
Be Happy, Be Grateful and Be Superb!
R
I've been bad and haven't blogged in a while...I'm sorry! I will attempt to bring you up to date on all the happenings in my life.
I mentioned when I began this blog that I was considering going back to college to complete my Bachelors Degree. This has been a dream of mine for a while. So I found Capella Universityty. It is totally over the Internet and would be perfect for me. I was accepted (I think they accept anyone with a pulse) and have been filling out all of the Financial aide paperwork. Now I already have 99 credits toward my Degree..So I was hoping that all this would be a fairly easy process...STUPID ME!!!! Now in 1992, I went back to school and got a degree in Broadcasting. I took out Federal Loans to do this. While paying these loans, I became disabled and the loans were deferred and I didn't have to pay them back. Now back to current times, I get an email last week saying that I need to have my Doctor fill out a form saying that I am no longer disabled and can now pay back any loans I get. SCREEEEEECH !!!!! That has put an end to my School dream. When old doors close, I know new ones will open...I am going to start looking for some volunteering work that I can help with.
The dentist thing is still up in the air, I have gotten used to chewing on one side. It is funny though, My dad was telling my Dentist horror story to a group of his friends and one of his friends had taken her daughter to the same place and walk out after seeing some sort of torch in the exam room. How does this guy have any patients?
My Wonderful Father has made a full recovery from his stomach surgery and amazes me every day with his wisdom and humor. He keeps trying to charge people 25 cents to view his scar. My nephew Mike is the smart one ....He offered Papa a dollar to NOT show him the scar. Papa has spent a great deal of his time lately volunteering at a local school. The children love him and it truly is his favorite timeof the day. He is my hero and I love him greatly. As we all celebrate our Fathers this week, I celebrate him with all of those other that he has fathered as an educator. He may be retired, but he has never stopped enriching Children's lives.
Onto another subject... I want to thank all of you for the wonderful and caring advise about going to the Green Bay Pride Alive event. It is coming up on July 10th and I will attend with Pride in who I am and in support of the LGBT Community. I am attending with my nurse, her lesbian daughter and her daughter's partner. I am looking forward to having some fun and learning about the local gay community.
And finally...This Thursday I will celebrate my 47th year on this earth. I am still here and grateful for it. There was a darker time in my life when I did not think I would make it to 30. I treasure every day now and every person in my life. I treasure the memories of those who are now my Angels. While this may not be the life I planned, It is the life I love. While some of us complain about getting older I relish being alive to get older. Sure we hate the body parts that are falling or getting wrinkled...we count each grey or absent hair on our heads, but these are badges of survival. All proof that we have made it. Papa, Is taking Kathy and I to our favorite steak restaurant for my Birthday. I celebrated with my most of my family last Saturday.
Well, that's all for now, Hope you are all having a wonderful summer! My prayers go out to all suffering in the Gulf States. Shame on you BP...Greed never wins!
Be Happy, Be Grateful and Be Superb!
R
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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