James Krueger James Krueger

Attended college at Whitewater Wisc for 2 years and transferred to Roosevelt University in Chicago where I received a BA and did all the class work towards an MA but not the thesis. Worked at several jobs for short periods of time: Il Public aid caseworker (3 times), adult book store and stock manager (2 times), assistant dog groomer part time where I realized I preferred cats, part time stack worker at a library and finally survived as a claims rep for Social Security for 33+ years. I retired in April 2009 to take care of my partner who I met in 1978 at a wild week end in Des Moines Iowa (if that is not an oxymoron)and cared for him til his death in November 2011. We travelled a bit including Hawaii, Florida, China, South East Asia, Spain, Mexico, Peru and Guatemala. Would love to travel more but would you believe they actually want a person to pay for air fare and hotels. As if my sparkling personality was not enough recompense. I garden and read a lot and talk to my cats. The cats answer when it suits them. They occasionally encourage me to clean the apartment and have recently started to suggest I go for a walk. Something about my weight I believe they said or maybe it was to give them a break. I spend some time on my computer doing god knows what and do check up on friends and relatives on Face Book. Other than that I spend my time finding new and exciting ways to procrastinate about doing all of the above.