It's Raining...It's Pouring....

You know this song has been in my head a ton this week. When it rains..it pours!! And boy do I ever know that. My life has been full ups and downs the last few months. Last month even more so. First - how is everyone doing?? I haven't been in the best of spirits to be posting here. I know I should...dang it. We need to get this board up and going and more active. You know - when we could see the "counter" for how many times a thread was read - I really liked that. Even though it wasn't totally accurate - it was nice to see that "someone" was actually frequenting the board.... Nothing really new on our adopted son. I called the County Social Worker and told him that we could not/nor would we bring him home by summer. That we didn't feel he would be able to make it in our home. If that means the state/co needs to terminate our parental rights - then go ahead. We don't feel it is in Cor's best interest - but if that is what they need to do then do it. I told the SW what our "hope" was - to keep Corry in sustained fostercare. And he said he didn't know if they could do that and would contact his boss and get back with me with in a week. That was nearly 2 weeks ago. I know how this man works and it will be on the back burner for a little bit I can imagine. I've lost 141 lbs as of today. This week I had an endoscopy because I've been having heart burn quite a bit. The coordinator and my surgeon were/are concerned that I had an ulcer. The scope showed I had 2 staples/stitches that were inflamed. So the removed the one that was the worst. I've still got heart burn. Not sure how long till it goes away. I ate a pickle last night. It was a "no sugar added" sweet kind. Oh my go****hought I was going to die. So hopefully that will calm down soon. My dad has had 3 'mini'strokes' in the last week. He had one a month ago and was told he had a seizure. So it is hard to say what is happening. He is 54 yrs old. Not that old. Kind of scary. Well, I've got a sick kiddo today. Praying that I don't get it. I was told the other day by the coordinator that if I get this flu I will end up in the hospital - which I believe every ounce of that. My daughter was throwing up every 15 min. for 24 hrs. He isn't throwing up as much. THankfully!!! Have a Great Weekend. Gala

Hey Gala-I hope that your sick kiddo starts getting better-and that you don't get the crud. take it easy on your pouch-sounds like it just needs some time to get better. so sorry about your dad-that is pretty scary that this is happening and he is so young. doesn't sound like the situation with your adopted son has gotten anywhere-that's so frustrating for you, I am sure. It's gotta be hard on him, too, poor kid. my prayers will be with you and your family- try to have a good weekend! ~lynn k

You asked so now you're in for a long answer. You asked how everyone was doing. Weight wise wonderful. Life wise. It's the pits. We are sinking and sinking fast. I think we're down to our last count. We lost our job on January 1st. (We own an ambulance service and we held the county contract to supply ambulance service for the county for the last 18+ years). No thank you, no reason, just a curt letter telling us that they were no longer going to use us. We were absolutely blindsided. We have since learned that our only full time employee has been plotting this takeover for more than 2 years. He was finally successful. This employee has done everything in his power to undermine us. For example, the county claims they've had 10-12 meetings the previous year concerning the ambulance. We haven't been involved or informed of ANY of them. The commissioners always went to this employee (even though we asked them not to) and involved HIM. The commissioners really like this man and they are in cahoots together. This employee also is the Homeland Security person in our county (small county we all wear lots of hats). When we had the county contract we responded to a Hazardous Materials incident. I filled out all the paperwork for the amount of money it cost of (wages, etc..) to respond to this emergency. I turned the paperwork into the Home Land Security person (our loyal? employee) within 2 days of the incident. I've been checking on the status of this claim since we hadn't been paid for it yet. This used to be an employee (when we lost our job, we laid him off) told me repeatedly that this incident was still being processed. Since we have NO money coming in and I have to rely on collecting from all the people who owe us money, I called the State and asked them why they hadn't paid yet. I spoke to the number one person in charge of Homeland Security in our State. I was told that this incident by law had to be closed within 60 days of the incident and our claim was NEVER received. I got right back on the phone and called this former employee who told me that he had just checked on the status and it was still being processed. That damn liar (sorry but that's calm for how I'm feeling) never called anyone. The claim had been closed for 6 months. He never turned in our paperwork. We have NO recourse. By state law they can't re-open the claim and pay anyone else. EVERYONE else got paid but us. Another knife in the back. I could go on and on and on about how we've been screwed over, injured, beaten etc... The county has done EVERYTHING in their power to prevent us from working. When I asked the commissioner in court point blank "why", the answer was "I'm NOT going to tell you". There is a light. Heavenly Father does hear and answer prayers, in ways we can never guess. I got a visitor from an 78 year old friend that lives in California and was just visiting Idaho for the week. He had heard about our problems and he came by to tell us that he was sending his personal lawyer (one of the best in the area) to our home to talk to us and look at all our paperwork and if he feels like we have a case he would take on our county and handle the legal part of it all on a contingency basis. My friend told me that HE was going to pay the attorney's initial fee to come to our home and talk with us. This came out of the blue. We are very blessed. We've been able to survive for 5 months on collecting monies that people owe us for ambulance service. We can get through May (a tight squeeze) and after that I don't know where the money is going to come from. My DH absolutely REFUSES to talk about our finances. He is in such denial. Sorry about venting, but you made the mistake of asking how everyone was doing and I really needed to vent. I know Heavenly Father loves me and is mindful of my problems. I have faith that He will take care of my family. Sorry for the length. I could fill a volume with the stuff that's been going on. I gave you the Reader's Digest version. Keep on smiling. Melody