Wow can't believe this year is almost over. This has flown by! But as I was saying to someone the other day, seems like when we are young the days drag by until we are older like we want to be and when we are that older age they just fly by! God is amazing!
This has been such an eventful four months in our lives and many of you have been keeping up by reading this blog and the one on my blogspot. But for those of you new to this, I will try to catch you up and for those of you wanting to know more about what I have been up to I will catch you up too.
Beginning on June 30, David lost his job due to many problems attributed to his disablility and current medical condition. At this time we are appealing the decision and have filed with the Colorado Civil Rights commission for an wrongful termination of a disabled person. The CCRC and the EEOC investigations are a long process that can take up to a year to complete, then we have the process of dealing with the State of Colorado Department of Personnel to see how they react to the findings. All of this may take a year or more to conclude.
In the meantime we are trying to live on his income from the VA disability and my small income from working at home online. We have applied for an increase in his disability from the VA but that can take up to a year or more to receive that increase as they have to review the medical records. So, in other words we are in a hurry up and wait situation from not only the State, CCRC, EEOC but the Veteran's Administration as well. Please pray for good and fast outcomes in all areas.
David had surgery on the left hip on August 7 and on the right hip October 23. He is recovering nicely from both and says he feels like the Bionic man now. I have to remind him that he is not able to run as fast as the Bionic man they didn't put those parts in him...LOL! He is looking forward to getting back to work to find a job after the first of the year. I can truly say even though I have enjoyed having him around to talk to during the day, I will be so glad when he returns to some kind of job. He is making me a bit crazy with staying around and looking over my shoulder all the time...LOL!
The kids have been very busy at school. James is a freshman at the University of Northern Colorado. He seems to be doing ok at this point with a bit of trouble with his English class with all the writing. He has never been very good at reading and writing, but he is getting some help. Elizabeth is a junior at Trinidad High School, a flute and piccolo player in the marching band and an editor for her yearbook. She loves band most of all and is looking forward to their trip to Washington, DC in July 2008. Ben is a freshman at THS, playing in trumpet in band and loving every minute of the attention he is drawing from the girls at the school. I told David we need to have the shotgun to scare the girls away from him not from Beth....LOL!! He is just as excited about he band trip as his sister, we all are, David and I will be going as chaperones. The only member of the family not going will be James, he will be taking summer classes at Trinidad State Junior College to catch up on the English classes and hopefully will be taking his Certified Nursing Assistant classes so that in the fall he can apply for Nursing school.
I have been working very hard all year at my job with Alpine Access. I am a customer service representative for GE Consumer Finance working on Walmart credit card accounts. The very best thing about my job is that I get to work from home online and I only work 4 hours each day first thing in the morning. This allows me to help with anything the band may need in the way of taking care of their uniforms. I love the people I work with in my virtual office and most of the callers I speak with. As with any job in customer service there are some you would rather tell to go jump in a lake but you can't. I have had very good ratings from all my supervisors so I must be doing something right.
We will be celebrating Thanksgiving, my birthday, David's birthday and Christmas this year by giving thanks to Our Lord and Savior for keeping us together, healing David's body and for always watching out for us in our time of need. We have been blessed with our families and we thank God for them each day and with every prayer. We also take the time to thank Him for the many blessing we have in each and every one of our friends.
Thank you all for always being there when we needed a shoulder to cry on or just an ear to listen to the woes. God Bless you all!! Keep in touch!! We love you!!
