Just a note to catch up with the Simpson family.

I moved to Mansfield last November (2005) to begin a new job in Arlington
and set up what was left of my accounting practice.

Tim moved in with me on December 31, the day the lease was up on the house
he had been sharing with his brother Jonathan.

Bob moved in March, after selling our home in Lubbock and went to work for
Coldwell Banker of Arlington, in their new Mansfield office.

My job in Arlington turned out to be a complete fiasco, but I retained 90%
of my old clients. So I left the job the second week of March and returned
to being completely self-employed. I supplemented my practice by doing
contract work for a great CPA firm in North Arlington during the remaining
tax season.

Tim has been progressing , sometimes slowly, but with few setbacks. The
maturity we were hoping for has finally arrived. No matter how much (or how
little) help we are able to give him, he now realizes that recovery is up to
him.

He started doing research on firemen and their training & requirements.
Then he put himself on a rigid training schedule. Last Saturday, he got up
early, drove to Austin , and took the Texas Candidate Physical Ability
Test. At 145lbs, he passed it the first try!

After 48 hours of no sleep (first anticipation and then jubilation) he spun
into mania and voluntarily brought himself down with Zyprexa (and slept 20
hours straight). I was worried that he would be disoriented for days, but
he is back up and functioning well.

Though things are far from good/normal (whatever that is) , they are better
than we dared hope this time last year. Bob brags that this is the best Tim
has been in 15 years!





Daphna