Hi Thomas:

My car (that I hardly drive) is a Toyota. Oh, yes, I do have news about Bogart 🐕 pulling. So today (it was after you submitted the above), I took him for a walk. It’d be more correct to say that 😑, he took me for a walk 🐕 =>🚶‍♀️. At one point, he pulled hard and I gave in.

He ended up in a ditch eating who knows what, refusing to climb out, and when he finally did, his leash got tangled in dense blackberry vines and I just lost my cool 😤 and the thought of leaving him there crossed my mind. I didn’t, but I cut the walk short and it took me a long time to.. like him again.

Mental note: do not give in to him pulling toward a ditch (I know, I know, I am not always as smart as I wish I was.. 😉)

Thank you, Thomas, for the message and your good wishes. I wish you peace of mind and heart. You’re a good, caring person 🙏

🤍 Anita

Hello,

Been busy with my daughter trying to transfer to a 4 year college from community college. Went to open house. Got the tour. Spoke with financial aid office. Applied for federal aid and state aid and scholarships She wants to become a teacher. She has a mental handicap which was diagnosed when she was in preschool. So, all her life, she has been fighting hard to keep up. I am very proud of her and the way she has worked hard to get this far. On top of that she has had physical issues. Scoliosis. Middle school thru high school she had to wear a brace. Doctor suggested back surgery but wife thinks it is too dangerous. It was just tough enough to get her to take her wisdom teeth out. She really was afraid to do it. But, it had gotten so bad. Anyway, had to pay for one out of four because insurance would not cover it. Now insurance won’t cover her spine doctor appointment. Yeah, been busy.

Oh, Alessa, you should be looking at how to get the child into daycare or preschool as soon as you can. Apparently, spots fill up fast and so does the aid for it. My wife took care of most of it cause she had friends which kept her informed. I still remember taking my daughter to daycare and sitting at the steps with her telling me she doesn’t want to go. I had to go to work and so did her mom. Well, it got better when she went to preschool. The teacher was great and spotted my daughter’s issue quickly. Then signed her up to tests. You just don’t know what you can do when you hear this kind of news. My wife went for months thinking about the cause. I never blamed anyone or anything. Just tried to do the best we can.

Yes, my wife was in the medical field in her country. And when Co-vid hit, she made us take pre-cautions. Of course, still caught it eventually. Tested positive but did not have symptoms. The vaccine shots was the worst. Anyway, we washed our hands every time we came from outside. We still do. It may sound like too much. Or maybe not enough? Anyway, I hope you and your family are okay.

Anita, hope you and yours are well. Any progress with training the dog? How is your outlook at work? I seem to remember some turmoil?? Well, things will change and hopefully for the better. Has the news about Iran and Israel affected you? It certainly has brought about things which affect us all. One way or another I hope the war or military action ends soon. I don’t know if Trump was an idiot or a genius for trying to stop Iran. Did he stop a future apocalypse? Or did he start one?

I hope Peter and Roberta and everyone else on here will have a good coming year. Thanks for caring. Might be awhile before I get a chance to update. Live long and prosper and eat well.

Good morning, Thomas:

It is clear from reading your latest update (and previous) that you are a devoted and dedicated father and husband. I admire you for that 🙏

Your daughter’s dedication to studying is commendable. I think that she can be a great teacher, compassionate and dedicated, like her father🙂

Well, Bogart is still pulling. He can’t help it, I suppose, being a beagle (led by his nose). The only thing I can do is shorten the leash when he’s pulling. There were warm days here lately, so I shortened the walks.

I too wish the present wars will end and no new ones started. I wish it was a realistic wish. It’s interesting to me that (as I talk to a couple family members back in Israel), what concerns them mostly is personal, emotional issues while the war is in the background, not something that occupies much mental space in daily life).

It reminds me of myself growing up there (left at first when I was 24)- the wars were in the background while what I was focused on was my own home life= my personal war zone.

I hope Trump will turn out to be a genius by impact (if not by measurable I.Q), that is- that the results of his many statements and acts somehow 🙏 will end up in a less threatening world.

Thank you for your good wishes and I wish you and your family well 🙏🙏🙏

🌿 🤍 Anita