It has been a tough trip, but the disability FINALLY went through. We are not on easy street by any means, but we are not bordering on homelessness. My oldest son is showing his hometown pride:HE IS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN! He belongs to the Vigilant Hose Co. 6 in Emmitsburg, MD of course. He gets college credits through the University of Maryland for the fire courses. It is like a dream come true for him. I can remember shopping at the Adams County Rescue Mission Thrist Shop when he was only about 3 or 4 and finding a yellow University Of Maryland Terps Tshirt and buying it for fifty cents. It was a mile too big but he hung ion to it until he was about 6 and it fit him like a belly shirt. His younger brothers wore it, too, although we were already in Texas and it wasn't in Texas Vogue. I flew the Maryland state flag on holidays while in Mesquite and Dallas, TX and no one knew what it was. All they knew was that it wasn't TEXAS. Screw 'em. Maryland always will be my home. And it is soooooo good to be back. My only complaint was that we had snow for Halloween and not Christmas, but I had a little talk with Mother Nature and that won't happen again. ;)