May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves...May 2008 Repo Thread...Part 12

[gaylean93]

I work at the only Super Target. I live closer to a regular Target but would have to take a pay cut.


I know who it is and am very excited!!!! I haven't even told DH yet guess he will find out at dinner huh?

Please tell me.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I hear it is harder to break the habit then to get rid of the craving.

And after you conquer both, it's even harder still to fight the part that you liked about it.....the inhaling and exhaling of smoke. I actually enjoyed that part. The difference is that I want to smoke 1 not 100 and I know that if I have even 1, I'm going to have to have 100.....and that's the part I don't want. So you're constantly going around in circles.

 

[taysmom]

ok i haven't read the entire thread so I don't know the answer to this but, has anyone recieved their final documents yet? my TA said they don't send them out until 30 days before and then he sends them out. of course he is in CA and I am in FL(don't ask) just wondering if they have even gone out yet.

I haven't gotten mine yet. hmmmm

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Great job Deb! Glad to hear about your continued success!

And thank you for your continued support!

 

[LiserAnn]

Hi everyone . . .

Another night just getting home from the hospital. It was a very long day of ups and downs. Both Amy and I are absolutely exhausted and drained.

We started out with Manuel taking a serious turn for the worse. It did not look like my brother in the hospital bed when I saw him this morning at 6:50, and after calling all the family, and running to the office for just a few things, I went back to the hospital. We had a long conversation with the doctor in charge, and because of how bad his condition had become, we agreed to a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate). He kept going downhill, and the doctor told us that if he were not only 42, they would have advised the family to give up by now. He also quoted a Latin phrase to us, where there is breath there is hope, and it was in God's hands now. His blood pressure had almost bottomed, his heart rate was up, and he was once again running a fever, and bleeding.

The nurse and the doctor kept pumping fluids and blood into him, and hoping for the best. The surgeon came and cleaned the wound again and tried to find the source of bleeding.

We had resigned ourselves to losing him, and decided that it was time for his most beloved students to have the opportunity to see him and have some closure if they wanted to. Thus began a long parade of wonderful kids telling him how much they loved him and needed him. Black, white, middle class and poor, they came to give him their love.

Over these days I have heard many stories that have both surprised and comforted me. How he gave two women $100 to buy a young man suitable dress clothes for the state speech tournament. How he gave each kid at state $50 out of his own pocket to spend at the state speech tournament. How he paid for one of his poorer students Prom dresses so she could have a nice dress for the prom. And how he brought a young, shy, and friendless African American boy out of his shell to become a State Speech qualifier.

I told them all how much he loved them, and how my mom always taught us that children came first. Since he had no natural children of his own, they were his children.

Each one of them came and cried and tried to comfort him at his bedside. By afternoon, he miraculously started to turn around and his numbers all got better. When I left tonight, his blood pressure, although aided by medication, was where it should be, and while he still had a fever, his chances had improved. So I left him with hope.

I truly believe the prayers and love of those children have let him live another day. I am overwhelmed and awed by what transpired, and have greater faith in the power of human hope and love with God's grace.

Good night everyone, felt I owed you an update, one that helps me cope too.

John-I'm so sorry this is all happening. Pixie dust your way for a miracle!

 

[fourmcds]

Lisa, Gydell & Jill (?):

So sorry today was such a rough day for you all. Tomorrow will be a much better day for sure!!!!! Fridays always are, right?!

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Hey everybody - can someone please tell met he details on the meet as to time? I am on my way out the door and don't have time to search. At the rate this thread is moving I have no idea if its on thread 10, 11 or 12.

Any help would be graciously appreciated - thank you in advance - gotta go - getting some really UGLY looks from the family. Later

 

[fourmcds]

John....
Your post gave me chills. I am sorry that he is still struggling, but what a wonderful story showing the power of love and support! Lots of for you all and we are keeping him in our thoughts.

 

[woody73]

Woody - would LOVE to meet the Brit friends

We can arrange that. Let's talk onboard.

Yesterday, we picked up two Brit friends at the Port of L.A. after their cruise to Hawaii (without luggage, thanks to British Airways) and had a lovely lunch at the Cheesecake Factory overlooking the Redondo Beach marina. (Deb - it's across from your hotel and we should all go there. You would love it!)

They shared lots of funny stories about the cruise (like the elderly couple who wore the same matching outfit for 15 days!) I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard!

Woody

 

[gaylean93]

And after you conquer both, it's even harder still to fight the part that you liked about it.....the inhaling and exhaling of smoke. I actually enjoyed that part. The difference is that I want to smoke 1 not 100 and I know that if I have even 1, I'm going to have to have 100.....and that's the part I don't want. So you're constantly going around in circles.

I'm not sure if I could completely quit doing something I loved so for you.

 

[fourmcds]

Deb....congrats on still be "smoke free" I hadn't asked in a while so I guess I was just thinking of you as a non-smoker now!!!!

 

[LiserAnn]

We know one family who decided to cancel because before our May 2007 DISmeet at Storytellers, the wife posted that she did not want photos of her kids posted on the DIS boards. Apparently, some people could not agree.

We and others still on this cruise had cruised with them in 2006, and they are the nicest people one could ever hope to meet. It was very sad to see them cancel.

Woody

Hi Woody! Well that's too bad to hear because after they canceled the cruise I asked her in an email if it was because they were offended by anything anyone said and she was emphatic that it had nothing to do with that. Did she relay to you that's the reason they canceled? If so, I feel horrible! I will say that while everyone stated their opinion (and some stated it stronger than others, that's true) I personally didn't think anyone got nasty or confrontational about it, but that could be from my vantage point.

 

[nskjerven]

Who is Casey?

our 16 year old Border Collie

 

[TammyAlphabet]

And after you conquer both, it's even harder still to fight the part that you liked about it.....the inhaling and exhaling of smoke. I actually enjoyed that part. The difference is that I want to smoke 1 not 100 and I know that if I have even 1, I'm going to have to have 100.....and that's the part I don't want. So you're constantly going around in circles.

I quit smoking around six years ago and this did go on for quite a while but it faded with time and I hardly ever even remember what it was like to smoke. If I never pick another one up, I will never get hooked again. That is my goal. So far so good. (knock on wood!!)

 

[woody73]

Thanks for adding that it was in the US, very helpful!

LOL!

Woody

 

[MrsMork]

Thanks.....going on four months for me.....since New Year's Eve.

DEB!!

 

[luv2cruzsus]

Hey everybody - can someone please tell met he details on the meet as to time? I am on my way out the door and don't have time to search. At the rate this thread is moving I have no idea if its on thread 10, 11 or 12.

Any help would be graciously appreciated - thank you in advance - gotta go - getting some really UGLY looks from the family. Later

PM'd you with the info.

 

[taysmom]

Was it good? I heard it was really sad so I didn't watch it.

SO GOOD...you must rent it and have kleenex ready. It was a beautiful love story. It'll make you hug your husband!

 

[nskjerven]

maybe you just need a brightly colored border added to it, and you can always put ribbons on the grommets. Connie

good idea

 

[iankh]

Good night everyone, felt I owed you an update, one that helps me cope too.

John - A speedy renewal for your brother, you and your family.