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In reply to the discussion: DU3 Reintroduce yourself thread [View all]kimi
(2,441 posts)here on DU but now can't figure out why. People here are very entertaining, not to mention interesting.
My real name is Barb, I live now in central Iowa (where I get to watch the current political situation with much consternation/amusement; after the Ames Straw Poll was over, my kid and I went to Iowa State Univ and actually heard Michelle Bachmann tell people a bunch of s&*t - cracked my son and I up big-time). I was an Air Force nurse till I became disabled by a neurological condition which has mostly cleared up (with help from that awful socialistic military medical system), and plan to go back to school to study something else since I can't do nursing anymore. Was also an AF spouse for over 20 years, which has now gone kaput. (Side comment here: DU people have been fantastic in supporting me through various emotional calamities this past year - thanks, all.) I have 5 sons, who light my life and drive me nuts, simultaneously.
I am owned by 6 cats who are now pestering me to feed them - but that goes on all day so I'm in no hurry.
I'm a die-hard liberal progressive and can't understand why everyone else in the entire world ISN'T. Been at DU for a couple years, I guess, and it has been a shelter in storms politically and personally.
Again, LynneSin, thanks for the thread!