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Happy Birthday John. I can't tell you how happy we are that you are getting healthy. I owe you a call. This weekend. And you said you were coming to AZ for a few days...................when is this going to happen?

Well, it is like I have these dark rain clouds following me (I would think YO-BO wouldn't want me in the shop for fear of bad luck). My partner at work, who was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome about 6 months ago now has a very ill mother and brother. He wanted to come out to AZ with me and look for a retirement property. His brother, who is self-employed as a plumber, was fortunate enough to have gotten health insurance the week before (thank God) he was hospitalized. Well, he is in need of a heart transplant and has an assortment of other failing organs, including the kidneys and liver. They say he is making significant progress now that they have him on the proper medication, but we can't come out until his brother's condition is more stable.
Then on Tuesday of this week, I had an off-duty Sheriff's Deputy get murdered a block south of my house. Two guys riding on bicycles shot her once in the back as she was loading her vehicle in preparation for work. The actual owner of the house is an Gang Detail Investigator for the Sheriff's Department and was probably the likely target. The Deputy that was murdered was her friend that worked custody. I have a wife that is in up in arms of the crime in my community (It has gone down 70%). If she had allowed me the opportunity to move to AZ when I was retired, she wouldn't have to worry so much about crime rates, pollution, education, and congestion.
