I'm back...

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Hello everyone!~

I'm back....for a little while anyway. First of all, I'd like to welcome all the new members of the group. My name is Valene, but I usually go by Val. Less confusion. I'm 47. A newlywed, married to a law enforcement officer. Between us, we have 11 children and 17, going on 18 grandchildren. We live in NC. I was dx'd with MS back in 85 (RRMS). Although, I am happy that you have decided to join our close knit family, I am saddened that it took an illness of yours or a loved-one to do so. But, I am convinced that you'll find all the support and information that you need here.

This is what's happening in our neck of the woods. I'm on dial up now, because we lost the DSL. OMGoodness, is it ever slow! Not to mention that I'm always getting bumped and losing whatever I'm working on at the time. In fact, this is the second attempt at getting this message out. I am praying that it doesn't happen again. Tom(dh), and I went to visit a really nice young lady yesterday. She is losing her current roommate and needs someone to sublet her apartment. She and I hit it off right from the start. She's 32, and ex Navy police officer, and a student at NCSU. Obviously not your typical college student. The apartment is a 2 bdrm. 2 bath. Perfect for us as I really hate sharing a bathroom with other people. OMGoodness, I don't know if I told you all before that I LOVE animals, but now I get to be around some. She has 2 cats and a dog. Funny thing...She says she never lets her cats outside, but I didn't smell a cat box the whole time I was there. That to me is a sign of a clean person. And by observing the apartment, I was satisfied that this young lady was as clean as myself. Big plus. Talking with her was like talking to myself. We have so many intrests and quirky ways that are very much the same. Tom pretty much didn't say much while we were there. Of course, he rarely does. A lot of people think he's shy. He's not. He just has a very low self esteem and thinks that everyone is judging him. It's funny though; as soon as he puts on his uniform, he's a completely different person. He suddenly becomes the "authority figure". Anyway, he told me that he was going to leave this decission up to me. He said if I wanted to move there, then that's what we'll do. I told her that I would give her a call Tue. (tomorrow) about our decission.

Tom woke up this morning and told me he wanted me to place another ad in craigslist.org to see if we get anymore offers. I'm not going to do it, because I've already made up my mind. We will be moving into the apartment. There's just too many positives that out weigh the negatives, not to mention that we'll be able to save more money. Actually, a lot more money. This place is close to Tom's job and just that alone will cut his driving time in half and also our gas usage. Tom would prefere to live in the country and not in an apartment. Personally, I would too, but right now it's more important that we save some money so we can get a place of our own. We will only be obligated to stay at the apartment untill Aug. 15 of next year. I think we should spend that time saving our money. And besides, if we have to wait to see if anyone else responds to our ad, we may end up hurting ourselves. We may end up having to stay here even longer. I'm not williing to do that. I've allowed him to keep me in this dump for 7 years, all the while my health as plummeted rapidly. I've got to start thinking about my health now, not about playing miss obedient refugee.

Okay, I'll close this now. Good thing I only write mini novels after being gone awhile, huh? This isn't even half of the stuff I want to share with you all, but this is at the top of the list. Once again...Welcome to the group my new newbie friends. May God bless you all abundantly.

Love and blessings...

Val