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Hi guys, I haven't been here much because I have hit a very rough spot in my life. A month ago I was laid off of my job and unemployment isn't enough to pay the bills and even if I get a part time job doing retail or something, I can only earn a certain amount or they start deducting from my benefits. I also tried to get health insurance on my own but I can barely do that because I am "high risk" because I have Crohns Disease. [:@] The health insurance business in this country sucks big time. I have the option to do COBRA at an insane price. I am trying real hard not to sell my Mini, but it's been really rough. I work in a vary narrow field so finding a job is very difficult. I hope something happens real soon because I would just die if I had to sell the Mini and subject my Monte to another Chicago winter.

Also, 2 weeks ago my mom went in for lung cancer surgery. Every thing was going good until last Friday when she had trouble breathing. They took her back down to ICU and she had a stress induced heart attack and I almost lost her. They treated her with medication and she is doing better. (She never had a history of high blood pressure or heart disease). The doctors said this type of heart attack is completely reversible, meaning there was no damage to the heart. So she is doing a lot better and I hope she can come home tomorrow or Saturday.

Well, I just had to vent. On the positive side I am taking my Monte to a pretty big car show this Sunday, it will be the first one since I got laid off. Wish me luck!

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Welcome back. Im sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope your mother is doing well and recovers quickly. Im also sorry about your employment situation. Im sure something will come up. I dont want to see you have to drive your monte in the snow any more than you do.

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Welcome back. Praying for your mom to make a speeding recovery. Sorry to hear about your job situation, seems when it rains it pours.
Good luck at the show.

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Becky, you took the words right out of my mouth.

I'm glad to see you back on the forum Amy. So sorry to hear about the troubles you're having.
I'm keeping everyone in my prayers. Hopefully the saying, "It's always darkest before the dawn", holds true in your case.

You're always welcome to vent here with us. We're here to help any way we can. Even if it's to lend an ear. :)

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Thanks guys. My mom is doing well and she is coming home today. I also got a call back from a great company that I interviewed at so hopefully that will be good new too! I have another interview Tues at 1pm :)

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glad to see ya back, Sorry to hear of your mom. i hate hearing this of anyone.

But i have to ask what is the carrer feild?

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Amy,
SORRY to hear you lost your job, AND about your mother! Sometimes it's hard to understand (even impossible!), but everything has a purpose in life. I will keep you in my prayers!
BTW, is was GREAT meeting you at the Elgin meet. Here's a link to my photobucket album of the meet.

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Thanks Wayne the gathering was so much fun. Mickey I work in the Desktop Publishing/Printing/Graphics field. Mainly production work and not so much design.

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Hey Amy,

I've been offline a while now, too.... Good to see you are back as well ;).

Sorry about your troubles. Thoughts/prayers ARE coming your way....



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Sending you ((((Good Luck Vibes)))). I'm in the graphics field too and I was also laid off for 8 months. Bad luck seems to hit from all sides all at one time. Good luck with the interview, and best wishes to your mom.

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Guess my link to the photo bucket account didnt work (or I forgot to put it in), so here is my link: We took 162 pics, and these uploaded are shrunk to 40%, so if theres one like, let me know and I'll send ya the full size pic.
http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/f...-08/?start=all

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Lots of nice pics Wayne! Recognized a few cars in there.

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Thanks guys, Wayne I got the link to work and they were very cool pics! Still waiting on if I got this job. Hopefully I will find out early next week. It's a large company so I guess it's up to the HR dept now.

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