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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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still, no rest for me.. gonna force updates in both of the servers I manage... and do a lotta stuff more :(

Plus is the anniversary of my dad's and my grandmah's departure from this world.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Songbird76 said:
Hubby and I were in bed. My mom called and told me to go turn on the TV. It was a week and a half before our wedding. We went to DisneyWorld on our honeymoon and it was all but deserted. We had no wait times at all except on It's a Small World, and then only because they had to wait for a boat so we could have our own. We stayed at a timeshare of a friend of mine and it was practically empty, too. No one dared to fly and security was insanely tight. My in-laws barely made it over for our wedding as international flights opened up the day of their flight. Everyone was just so afraid of everything....really hard time.
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We went in October after 9/11 no one on the plane, people were afraid to fly, and Disney was pretty much deserted at the time. I understood why people didn't want to venture out, either from fear or mourning. After you have lived as long as I have, you know you have to go on. Or let the terrorists win. Not in my nature to do that!
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Songbird76 said:
Yeah, I worry about my dad. He has poor reflexes and he drives REALLY slowly, but misses things. He's just not as observant as he was and he was never the best driver. He tends to forget to keep his eyes on the road and his hands on the wheel. He really shouldn't be driving at all, and his doctor said so, but because he lives alone on a ranch, 20 miles from civilization, he let him keep his license.
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I understand that dilemma, I knew it was time for me to stop driving. I couldn't hear fire trucks coming up on my left side. I didn't want to be the person on the road to cause an accident. So I quit. Hubby and I thought about our move 20 years ago. We are walking distance from a pharmacy, a grocery store, library, Target, and hospital. The bus came after we moved here. I want to stay because of the conveniences. The house is hard to keep up. We are now downsizing every room, and plan to shut off a couple bedrooms if need be. Our area also has a law that when you reach 65 and have been in your home over 10 years, you get half off of property taxes. That's incentive enough to stay put. I would love something much smaller, but we have really nice neighbors and a secure neighborhood . The police go by our house almost daily, and sometimes twice a day. They know us and wave. Oh, I forgot....we planned ahead in our 40's because my Mom and his Dad both had ahlzheimer's. This post is not for sympathy, but many people on here will face the same situation. This is how we are dealing with our possible future. If this post helps just one person, I will be so privileged to share . Also, thanks for being the best people around. xoxo to all of you
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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betty rose said:
I understand that dilemma, I knew it was time for me to stop driving. I couldn't hear fire trucks coming up on my left side. I didn't want to be the person on the road to cause an accident. So I quit. Hubby and I thought about our move 20 years ago. We are walking distance from a pharmacy, a grocery store, library, Target, and hospital. The bus came after we moved here. I want to stay because of the conveniences. The house is hard to keep up. We are now downsizing every room, and plan to shut off a couple bedrooms if need be. Our area also has a law that when you reach 65 and have been in your home over 10 years, you get half off of property taxes. That's incentive enough to stay put. I would love something much smaller, but we have really nice neighbors and a secure neighborhood . The police go by our house almost daily, and sometimes twice a day. They know us and wave. Oh, I forgot....we planned ahead in our 40's because my Mom and his Dad both had ahlzheimer's. This post is not for sympathy, but many people on here will face the same situation. This is how we are dealing with our possible future. If this post helps just one person, I will be so privileged to share . Also, thanks for being the best people around. xoxo to all of you
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I wish that my dad realized he shouldn't drive. After his strokes, the doctor told him no driving unless it's ABSOLUTELY necessary. And the first thing he wanted to do was to get into his truck and go to the gun store. I had to get a bit shirty with him about the fact that he could ask a friend to bring him groceries, or to take him to run errands, etc. I reminded him that if he had another stroke and he was behind the wheel, he could kill someone. He doesn't like it, but he does at least try to not drive everywhere. But he's 82 and used to his independence. It's so hard for him to admit he can't do everything he'd like to, or everything he used to do.
 

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