Hi my OFF family:

I still come on here on a regular basis, but sometimes I don't post. Sometimes I get a little busy and don't feel like getting on the laptop to post. I'm on the computer at work all the time so I don't always want to be on the computer when I'm not working.

I can empathize with Laureen and regaining weight; I too have regained and am working to get it off. I joined the Y last year and get into the pool for water aerobics. I love it, but the hardest part is getting me there. The classes are in the morning and some mornings I just don't have the energy. 

Many of you know some of what has happened to me in the past year. I invited my former boss to move in with me because he was unemployed and seeking disability. He was using drugs, it turns out, and one night he attacked me in my bedroom. I immediately tossed him out, but he came back and broke into my apartment when I was at work. Fortunately, a couple of coworkers helped me get rid of him again and also helped to repair the broken window. I found out a lot of things about him after that, how many lies he had told me. It's been tough getting over it, but therapy has helped me. 

Also, my brother Gary has moved in with me. He retired last summer at 62 and we sold mom's house when she moved into assisted living, so he needed to find a place to live. He decided it was easier to move in with me in Evansville. He also has a part-time job driving cars for Enterprise ... he takes their rental cars to various car lots for sale. He loves driving and he goes all over Indiana and Kentucky. So far we've gotten along OK. 

I still work at the Evansville Courier & Press for now, but the paper joined Gannett USA Today Network, so I don't know what the future holds. I used to work for Gannett in Louisiana, and saw that the future wasn't good there. I turn 62 next April so I may be retiring myself.

And maybe that's not so bad since I'm in pain all the time. I was supposed to get a neurostimulator implanted this month, but that was put on hold when I fainted and wound up spending three days in the hospital (so far, I'm OK, heart monitor report showed no abnormal rhythms).

I love keeping up with y'all. 

oops I swear I'm not drinking! Hi Janet! I hare the regain too, but it is not long for this world! I absolutely love Judge Judy...I rarely turn the tv on but I have Judge Judy taped. I'm drinking a Latte with Splenda right now. Now Joe...is that the Joe from Lombard Street?

Julia

Laguna Beach was a blast!  Your laugh is contagious.  Memories came rushing back last week when my sister and her husband returned with stories of their CA vacation. 

We know of at least two others who had different doctors with a wait and see attitude with spots on their lungs who are in trouble now with lung cancer. 

I know that you and George are going through so much. I had no idea that doctors ignored a spot for three years. Wow. It is so good to have you here! You were one of my very favorite cohorts at Laguna Beach! 

Jeannie, you are the lifeblood to this board. It's so good to have you here!