Dear lady, You are such a breath of fresh air to me and I am so glad that we are stuck with each other for this month....LOL!!!   I was up well after midnight myself last night.  In fact, I think the clock said 1:58 when I finally crawled into bed.  I've gotten into this habit of sitting up into the wee hours answering emails and posting.  It's quiet and peaceful at that time of the day and nothing will distract this brain of mine that can't seem to keep things straight anymore.  Ms Chicken is usually ready to go to bed by 9 or 10 P.M. so I'll put her in her cage, give her her little blanky, turn off her light and come to my desk and start doing my thing.  Once in awhile she will want out for a few minutes.  She will come sit on my shoulder for a little while and then is ready to go to sleep for the night.  She's quite the character.  She's soooooooo spoiled though.  Just about everyone that lives in this complex knows her and she knows exactly who brings what to her.   Yeah, it does sound like you need to empty out your email box!  LOL!!!  Eleven hundred in one of them???  Lordy!!  That would drive me crazy trying to decide which one to read first!!  LMAO!!   I am sooooooo sorry to hear that your son has congestive heart failure!!  He will be in my prayers from here on out!!  (what's his name?) Yes, getting SSD can be a true nightmare!!  One of my friends in the town I used to live in has some major heart problems too and her doctor's had her apply for Social Security.  It took two appeals, letters from doctor's  & state representatives , and an attorney that specializes in Soc. Sec. apps. to finally get her approved!  It was just ridiculous!  In the meantime she was having to take one chance after another with her life because she didn't have the money needed to pay for things that needed to be done.  Once she was approved she had Medicare and Medi-Cal (California's version of Medicaid), but it was just ridiculous what those folks put her through.  When my doc's disabled me I was VERY lucky I guess.  The neuro-surgeon seemed to know all of the in's and out's  of the process and when we finally submitted everything to Soc. Sec. there was probably a stack of paperwork 6" thick that was nothing but medical records on me that dated back to when I was in my late 20's!!!  We submitted it the week after Thanksgiving 7 years ago and by March 1st my back pay was in my bank account and I had a letter from them explaining everything to me and telling me that I needed to go into the local office and sign a mess of paperwork.  I was sooooooo shocked that I didn't have to fight for it because everyone I knew that was on it had had to fight tooth and nail.  I'll pray that they quit making his life so miserable and get him approved really soon.  I'll bet cha none of this stuff would happen if the politicians had to rely on it!!  It would be a snap then!!  The ink wouldn't be dry on their signatures and they would be approved!!  LOL!!  Listen to my sarcastic self will ya??? Yes, my son worries way too much about me too.  He pushes that panic button if I don't answer one of the phones when he calls.  He's relaxed a little about it lately and will wait 15-20 minutes and try to call me again before hittin' that panic button, but it's pretty weird to be getting out of the shower and hearing voices in your house and find out that it's the paramedics because your son called them, told them something must be wrong, where I hide the spare key outside and they've let themselves in here!!!  I was ready to smack him a good one that day!!  LMAO!!  I was scared to death that day.  My mind was going 1,000 mph trying to figure out how I was going to get help because someone was in my house.  LMAO!!  When I heard them calling my name and saying that they were the paramedics from the fire dept. I cracked open the bathroom door and told them to hang on a minute.  LOL!!  What a circus!!!  It wasn't but about five minutes after they left that Corey came "flying" into this complex .  His face was beet red!  He was on the phone with the paramedics.  They had called him to let him know that I was alright and was just in the shower when he tried to call me. As far as which one of us is the nuttiest, I think we're just gonna hafta share that title ~~ cuz there's some pretty screwy things that go on where I'm smack dab in the middle!! It's neat that those wrens decided to make their nest in your back porch!!  They are cute little critters.  My bird loves to be outside and talking to all of the wild birds around here.   Well, I suppose I should probably quit yammerin' on at you and get some posting done.  My aide will be here in about an hour to clean house and take me to a couple of places and I'm not even dressed yet.  I need to fix Ms Chickie and I our morning oatmeal and get my day in motion.  Will yack at cha later on though.  That's a given, huh? Many blessing to ya dear lady. Love, Moki