That's great! Glad you have made it possible to return back to work. I like my job. It is challenging and varies from day to day. When I am thinking about retirement in the next 4-7 years I am going to have to find something to keep me busy or the transition from working to retiring will not go well. Sounds like you have found a happy medium, Enjoy! I think Johnny Q Public can be very interesting at times!

Terry

Nancy, you can work until you want to stop. It's up to you finally, and I am so glad it is working out. Such a great feeling to be yourself again, even just for awhile. Day by day!

Sorry to hear about Dan's physical decline, Ray all of a sudden is the same way. I've been blaming it on the aides who just let him sit, and the broken arm, but maybe there's more to it than that? Scary.

well wild horse can't keep ray or dan "down" and they can't pull them up either … in the end it might be not about a choice just a simple fact… dan and ray have always been on the same timeline - maybe it is what it is…

If anybody can do it...It's you for sure, I got faith in your ability to get things done with efficiency every time!!!

Nancy, I'm glad you are able to enjoy your work outside of the home. I don't know how you do it, but more power to you! I can understand your need to use your talents and experience and not be at the stroke world's beck and call.

It's also good you are taking care of yourself.

Julie

yes -- i am a little embarrassed about my pay -- i really am only earning about a 1/3 of my old pay actually closer to a 1/4 when you figure the loss of govt retirement and the "good" insurance instead of this obama crap … but i am working by choice and the guy is pretty young and just getting going and with school loans - probably is paying me about as much as he can afford.. but later - Maybe - if i can hang in there i can get my pay pun there - after all the more i can do - the more he can do so the more client s he can take on… and he actually is a excellent defense atty. so as time goes on his reputation will spread… takes years in the legal world -- and he has a ethicalness about him in terms of his billing-- he charges less than half for things that need to be done - so that the regular Joe can afford justice so to speak - little things like simple divorces - deeds, filing responses etc… and i do admire that - and he is humble about it… and working with/for someone you like as a human - is important to me...

Nancy: great news on the job. I will say it is fun being able to say it is Friday and weekend is here. Like you, really only thing that affects us truly is Holidays. Can't tell you how many times we have driven into the bank, to find it closed - LOL. And that is really just stretching out the errands so he gets out every day.

He's had a down week physically as well. Truck wouldn't start Wednesday, so we missed therapy and then the Contractor here for three days, but at least he went out on the deck.

When Bruce needed Caregivers here in the first few years I went back to work, I paid them almost exactly what I earned. I think I had $100.00 per week that was above that - on a good week. Doesn't matter the pay, really. You have been out of the work force for a few years, you are working on getting back into the system, updating your skills and setting up your networking. All that counts. And if the employment continues, sounds like this guy will bring you right along with him. Debbie

Nancy.

I am glad that you are enjoying work..It is nice to know that Friday is here. Yes, it is so nice to get out of the house. I sometimes think of staying home and then I am home for the weekend and I am glad that It is Monday. I wonder if Dan's pain is because of lack of movement. I still take Wm to the pool 5 days of the week and he does not have pain. The few times that I have skipped the pool. He ends up with aches and pains. Good luck with work. I like that your boss has ethics.

Ruth

we are working on building the deck out - and down to provide a "emergency exit -- from our bedroom --- but i had bought with the intention of using it for warm water therapy for dan a large water treadmill - but until the deck gets finished i have no way of getting him in … the guy who does the work will devise a whole different cover system as well, since the cover now is to big and heavy for me alone to move… but i am thinking a sliding thingy will be perfect … so i agree the lack of movement is a culprit - but going to the anne carlson center where he had the warm water therapy for about a year was great but given dans deficits was way to dramatic for us… this would /could be much better … one day at a time -- but thanks ruth - you confirmed what i think i knew --- now once it gets done to get the man out of bed could be interesting… ( I mean more often than he does now )….

Please that you are enjoying your job, and it is nice to like the person you are working for! Plus he has ehics, great and he sounds like he is taking you with him to the top! You go girl!

Sorry that Dan is going backwards phyiscal, I got an infection from the beach, so no walking for three days! My side and feet began to hurt so bad! i got back out there, what a relief loved it!

Yvonne