Vonn, I am wishing you the best today! Please let us know how it goes. Jim and I are going out today for his annual neuro appointment. I'll check in later to see how things went.

Vonn, good luck with your apartment search. I really hope everything works out for you.

Frank, I am sorry about the fall. Hope "all of you" is feeling better today. I know I would be grumpy if that happened to me, but it did sound just a little funny. " No I am not laughing. " And at least you have someone wonderful to help you up. I can just see me calling 911 if I could reach a phone and having the paramedics breaking down my door to help me get off of my keister. Of course alot of the paramedics are rather cute.

Sandy, I hope Jim's appointment goes well today. Sorry about the barbecue. I had Jimmy Johns's last night. Do you have one near you?

Good morning to TK, Fin, Kayo, Sarah, Ewizabeth, Kelly, and anyone else I may have missed!

Getting my hair cut and highlighted this morning and going into school to back up all of my files on my computer as I am getting a new one.

Have a good day! It is not raining here. Yeah!!!

We have Jimmy John's everywhere but where I live. lol I learned of them when I went to UIC. My fav sandwich is a slim1 with mayo. Some days when funds were tight I'd buy their day old bread to eat. lol

Man, I don't log on for one day and look at that happens.

Kay - I'm with Kelly, I will only live in the jungle through you. I don't think I could take the heat/humidity. I still want to go to Belize for a visit some day as they have the best skin/scuba diving as well as some beautiful beaches. I have been dreaming about it for several years now. Some day, I will make it a reality.

Frank, Sandy, & Jim - Thanks for the laugh this morning. Of course, it was at your expense but I can appreciate the predicament as I have been in similar circumstances.

Sandy & Jim - Good luck at the neuro's today. Hoping for good news when you return.

Vonn - Good luck today. You will have to let us know how everything goes today. Try to relax as everything has a way of working out.

Hi Barb! Have fun at the salon. I always enjoy getting my hair cut as I have been going to the same girl for years now. It always seems that every time I go there is an accident or something right in front of the place. (It is hard to turn out of that parking lot and there are always accidents there). But it is fun to get your hair done while watching the firemen.

Hi everyone else! I hope everyone has a good day.

yes, Belize has the longest reef in this hemisphere, and the 2nd longest in the world, with the best diving and snorkeling EVER !!

just make sure (especially if you have numbness issues) that you ARMOUR up before beach-combing... there's sand fleas and no-see-ums, and you can get bit to heck without even knowing it.

people with MS and peripheral neuropathies are especially vulnerable...

jellyfish can also be an issue... so I like FULL-coverage scuba suits, even while merely snorkeling.

the most unfair part is that there's different neuro sensors for feeling the BITE, and feeling the later ITCH caused by the bugs' anticoagulant or venom.

so... I can't feel the bites (to slap or whack them away, or KNOW it's time to LEAVE) but unfortunately, I CAN feel the itching...

wah wah wah!

oh, and Trish, if you hold your dream close, and pinch your pennies, and plan well, someday you can make it come true!

I managed (with lots of help) to swim with the ray mantas in Tahiti... I wanted to do it sooooooooooo bad, that I convinced them to let me (despite liability issues up de wazoo) even though I was in a wheelchair.

it took two guides to help me stay with the group, and attached to the rope (I hooked my elbows over it, as my numb weak hands couldn't hold on to the rope)

and that's given me memories I will NEVER forget !!

a really nice thing about snorkeling is that most of the MS just disappears, in the cool water, and floating...

serenity, and bliss, I highly recommend it !

NaeNae, big-sister time!

you can tune me out if you want, but here's my advice anyway.

like Frank, I don't know the whole situation, but please think really HARD before you give this guy another chance.

because we love you and can't stand to think of you being hurt again.

I'd say, give it a YEAR to see if he can straighten himself out before you even CONSIDER getting back together with him.

your emotions are probably all in a big ol' tangle right now, and that leaves you vulnerable to his pleas and ploys.

he may very well HAVE the best intentions (I can't know) but patterns are patterns, and even if he doesn't do it on purpose, he will probably hurt you again.

plus, the trust in your relationship is totally *evaporated* right now.

that needs TIME to be rebuilt, otherwise, all you'll do (even if you try NOT to) is WATCH him suspiciously, and worry, and there'll be sniping and undercurrents all over... and maybe even arguments.

please, pretty please, heed my warnings (I have been there, and OWN this T-shirt, totally!)

give it time, and if it's real, the relationship will heal and come back together, given nurturing and hope and love.

but if it doesn't, you won't be so badly stuck again, or boxed into a corner.

I know it's hard to be a single mom, and even HARDER to be alone, but it might just be what you NEED right now, some time of solitude, meditation, and HEALING.

so, resist his pleas, and give it a year, to make sure, okay dear?

okay, big-sister-rant over.

Hi everyone! OK, looks like I need to step in for just on a minute on Renee's situation. Did I ever tell you guys how awesome you are? You know it and I care about all of you for it!

Ok, Renee is staying separated from hubby while he is in Virginia and possibly after he goes to SC. Also, since he is currently going through the medical review board he may be retired from the military soon if they feel he cannot perform his duties. Everything is up in the air. Plus, he is going through counselling with the military chaplain and professionals.

I agree with all you have said and think this relationship needs time to heal. Renee does not believe in divorce and this is a very difficult decision for her to make. She is not taking it lightly in any way no matter what she believes in. The divorce was his idea, not hers. If the marriage can be salvaged she will do what it takes to fix what is broken. BUT only on her terms, not his. He must fulfill certain obligations for her to even consider coming back to him.

A few conditions are separate checking accounts, cc's and savings accounts. In addition to this he must go to psych counselling as well as spiritual counselling, no if and or butts about that. If he is indeed sick, she feels she should give him the chance to make things right. Her marriage vows are important to her. HE needs to do the work to get her back and prove he is serious this time. She has told him it will take a long time for her to trust him, if she ever can. He has broken that trust and she knows without trust, you have no marriage. This is a trial, nothing more. She realizes that her marriage may be gone and may never get back to what she thought it was.

With that said, all we can do is support Renee in whatever she decides to do, good or bad, whether we agree or not. I have voiced the very things you all have voiced. These are concerns she needs to definitely take into account. She knows this and promises she is aware of all the wrongs and rights he has done. All we can do is support her decision and pray for all of them as a family. I know we all feel a pit in our stomach and that's because we want the best for Renee and her children. But in the end it's her decision on what she'll do and we'll just continue to be there for her.





OK, enough of that. Let's talk about me and Jim. lol

Jim's neuro appointment went very well. According to the neuro Jim has no active lesions! The spinal cord doctor said there was one but she said no and read the report to me! Whoohoo! Then I looked at her seriously and said "So, does this mean Jim doesn't have ms? He's cured?" lmao She just smiled at me as if I were joking.

We also informed her about Jim's mj use and she was very interested in how he's doing with that. She was also impressed with how many meds we have cut back on due to mj and asked us to continue doing what we're doing. Wow! She was also happy to hear we are seeing a urologist outside of Hines. No surprise there.

Then we went shopping and spent too much money. lol

Hope everyone has a great day! The weather here is beautiful and I am dreaming of a place that is this way year round.

Sandy, Sorry to hear the bbq didn't pan out. Hope Jim has a good appointment today.

Frank, OMG. Sorry to hear you got stuck like that.

LOL, my hubby laughs at my falls sometimes after he's sure I'm ok. We joke that the floor has it in for me somedays. Hope you feel better soon.

Vonn, best of luck today.

Barb, Glad you had fun with family. LOL, my house is always a wreck after kids leave it. But we find out things we didn't before. We used to have a plain old wine rack until our neice decided the bottles were pretty. LOL, now we have one with a door.

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Later than usual with my update today. Found out hubby has the day off of work , so we'll probably be running around later on.

Watched the NASCAR race yesterday, and our boy finally won a race! Dale Jr. is the driver we follow, and my hubby was screaming with joy at the top of his lungs - LOL. Then we went out to dinner and had a good time.

Tomorrow I'm going to an NMSS sponsored seminar for the newly diagnosed. It's called moving forward, and it's free with lunch provided. I'm hoping I can learn some stuff and maybe meet some interesting folks.

Have a good day all!

thanks everyone foot is still useless as am I, called pc and nero the neuro, still sore from fall, told my darling sensitive caring (sense the sarcasm) wife what i typed last night she laughed even harder, am so glad i can still put a smile on her face and from what i read a few of your faces too, lol talk about wam bam where i am???????? i was up one moment and stuck the next. and sandy not laughing at jim, but that did have to be a sight to see, with my sick sense of humor i am pretty sure i would of laughed too.

so hopefully everoe is doing well, I am too late to wish vonnie best of luck but am doing so anyway, Good Luck Vonn!!!!!!

good luck Jim on appt

the little tike who visits here has two stash spots that are his domain only, and when we cant find things 9 out of 10 times the little guys has it in his stash spots, amazing how when u think everything is ok a small child can show you nope your wrong....

i need coffee but am lazy and semi whacked on meds, if I get up who else wants a cup (__)?

I shall be about today so you all have a wonderful day


peace

Sandy: Hope Jim's appointment goes well today. I go for mine on Wednesday.

Vonn: Good luck today with your apartment search.

Frank: Sorry you had to spend Father's Day in the ER. At least maybe you had some relief before you hit the floor. I do that real often. No major injuries, so far. *keeping fingers crossed*.

Hope everyone has started off having a good day.