So glad the hummer was ok, sometimes they just need to rest. Last year I had noticed hummers feeding at flowers and were so big and heavy [migration] they had to rest on the flowers. Truthfully I dont know how some of these hummers fly when they get this fat.

Sue, I am so glad you are OK! I was at the doc yesterday and happened to be reading about signs of a heart attack. I never knew until yesterday that a jaw tightening up was a sign. So glad you went to the ER, too. Don't be afraid of 911! My dad died when I was 13 due to heart problems. In retrospect, I CANNOT believe nothing was really done for him. I remember walking home from the train w/him, and he would have to stop because of the pain in his chest. He was thin and had textbook perfect blood pressure. I remember him having some medicine (patches?) for angina, but that is about it. My dad may have survived IF someone would have called 911. He thought he had indigestion, and his co-workers called my house. My sis (15 then) answered and told them they should call 911. They drove him to the ER instead, and he died at the hospital. We never got to see him again. They apologized at the wake. Too little, too late. So relieved everyone else who has posted is OK, too. No one really talks about heart disease for women, and isn't it the most common cause of death among women? Trail, I had no idea you were a cardio RN. I will remember you rules!

Elderly cats do get kidney disease plus heart congestion, our 17 year old cat did and we gave medication, special foods and he hated it and was so thin. Talk about hard, I phoned and got an appointment and told my mom I did and started sobbing and she told me to cancel it. I did puzzled why? She said if its too hard, we won't do it. I said no, its time and I phoned back and my dad and I sobbed all the way there to the vet and then we had to wait while this lady had 4 cats to get checked and then it was our turn and the room they took us in was the same as they check the cats and there was others behind us and so it was a rushed goodbye and I didn't like that at all. We all sobbed and cried, he was my precious, I can still see him coming down the hallway upstairs in my parents place and him yelling his head off and I would say he needs his four hugs a day as he demanded them daily. He was my beloved and I miss him still alot and its been 6 years since we said goodbye. Its a huge gap in our lives when we lose our beloved pets, doesn't matter how little or how long they are with us, that bond is so deep and so strong. ((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Keepit... I am not one to agree with KKNY but here goes... We all know that talking to teachers is parent responsibility blah blah blah...and it would be lovely if the parents were available whenever the teacher felt the need to relay a message ... I just say ok I'll tell dad here is mom's number you can call her. But the part I agree with KKNY about is ... what do you want to be called? what are your SD's friends calling other parents... are they saying Mrs. last name or Mrs. first name .. Ms first name... Most of my SC's friends parents go by their first name. But my BC I was Ms. lastname. and their dad was Mr. lastname... just depends what others are called ... my BC had friends whose parents were much older than I was so we used "proper names". When I was just the GF to my SC I used to tell children who asked I was a friend of SC who are you, I am SD's friend and you are? Kids are smart they can figure it out eventually the nosy kids will ask more. After awhile the kids would say she's my future SM, then evenutally SM there is not the stigma attached to being a SM as there used to be its accepted in society today ... yes you get the old bags who look down on you but too bad for them they will get over it. I do love the look of "shock" on people's faces when they ask ..Your husband has custody? YES! (still a big stigma attached to that) Ceph... I agree about the auntie thing I think it has a negative connotation when it comes to being GF... I don't care for it either. And with the signing of papers ... :) at the first parent teacher conference every year I go and talk with the teachers and tell them I will be a last resort for signing if dad forgets or whatever. I have a secret code worked out with the teachers that in place of my signature I put a green checkmark where it needs to be signed so they know an adult has signed it and seen the homework. So mom does not get pissy ... I will not sign "permission slips" its on them to get a parents signature not my responsibility. :)