Health
About the only medical change I've had is a discontinuation of my Namenda. I took my last dose on January 21st. I'm supposed to let it go and evaluate it after 4 weeks, but there hasn't been any changes yet. No diminishment of my brain fog, no increase in the migraines.
I should mention that the Medicaid issue is continuing and JESUS CHRIST can't they get it fucking together? I technically signed up for Medicaid late last year and requested my old insurance be canceled at the same time. January 1st came and went, and you've heard me bitch about my insurance NOT being canceled. The Medicaid technically went into effect, but it's a two part system. Basic Medicaid and the Medicaid health plan. I have the former and the latter was waiting for my old insurance to be officially canceled.
It took forever for my old plan to register as canceled and as soon as it did I signed up for my Medicaid health plan. Now almost two weeks later... nothing. I actually received confirmation in the mail today that I am on the plan AND a huge informational packet about the plan. But you know what I didn't get? The Fucking ID card. You know, the one with the identification numbers on it. Meanwhile, TWO of my migraine medications are being denied.
Mental health wise, my nurse practitioner upped my dose of Paxil to 30mg. It seemed to help a bit. Not as much as I'd like. But then again, it's only been a couple weeks, so I need to give it time.
Finances
My savings, at my current rate of spending, will run out in the middle of April.
Family/Friends
I talked with E a week or so back. It was great to catch up with him. The rough thing with talking to E now is since he's in Thailand, he's literally halfway around the world from me. When I called him at 9 AM, it was 9 PM his time.
I haven't heard from A except to invite him to the 'No Kings' march in Minneapolis at the end of March. He didn't seem enthused.
B seems to be doing better. Better in the sense that he can no function most days and can even work most days. But he's also feeling 'dead' and just doesn't care about anything. That's the problem with the big dose change he got. Normally you change in small increments until you get the effect you want to avoid severe symptoms like those dead or uncaring feelings. But B was so far on the edge that he needed a huge push and he got it. Now his doc needs to slowly draw him back bit by bit. Just enough to get rid of the side effects without bringing the anxiety back.
Mom's still dealing with a seasonal cold. It's not as in her face as it was on my last update, but her activity level is still vastly diminished. At least its improved.
Entertainment
I finished Stranger Things and it was as good as I wanted it to be. Maybe not quite as good as I'd hoped it to be, but at least as good as I wanted it to be. If I had any complaint, its that they took to long between seasons. I honestly don't mind the wait, but the kids grew up too much in-between. I decided my next binge would be Welcome to Derry, the IT prequel from HBO. To get myself prepped, I watched both IT and IT Chapter 2. That got me so interested in re-watching IT, that I rewatched the 1994 mini series. And then I was so interested in re-watching Stephen King stuff that I watched the newer The Stand limited series. And now I'm watching the 1994 The Stand mini series. But I swear, I'll watch Welcome to Derry afterward.
I caught Greenland 2 and it was a fine movie. I liked Greenland because of the world it was set in. Seeing the impacts on cities and the society they had to run through to make it to Greenland. The characters were fine, but nothing more special than you'd find in a special effects summer blockbuster popcorn movie like that. Well, the sequel has them in a dystopian future after society has collapsed as they 'migrate' from Greenland to southern France. It was fine and had great special effects, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first.
And finally, I watched the first few episodes of Starfleet Academy. I'll start by saying I won't judge a series by the first few episodes. Otherwise I wouldn't have liked either The Next Generation OR Deep Space Nine. But Star Trek has been on such a run lately. I liked Discovery from the first moment. I liked Picard from the first episode. I liked Strange New Worlds from the trailer! All that being said, I don't like Starfleet Academy. It's designed not for kids like Prodigy and it's not designed for silly adults like Lower Decks. It's designed for mid to late teens. And that is a whole new audience. The adult characters are exaggerations of command and respect and professionalism. The students are all over the place in emotions and motivations. The tech seems to be more designed to be funny. Even the ships voice is Stephen Colbert. The Doctor character is there from Voyager as one of the teachers, and I absolutely adored him on Voyager. I was really looking forward to seeing him again. But with every other character there being 'funny' most of the time, he's nothing special. The same for Reno from Discovery.
I'll continue to watch it, but I hold out NO hope for it. I just don't see it growing to be my cup of tea. It's not matter of it finding its footings, they'd have to change the basic concept for me to really like it.
New Tech
The keyboard hasn't gotten worse, but it's certainly not better. I looked around online and found a LOT of people with the same complaints. Evidently it's a common problem and I've been lucky to have NOT had this problem with Logitech gaming keyboards before.
I'm seriously considering dropping the whole idea of staying with a low profile keyboard as I haven't found one that I like and instead move back to a normal ten keyless keyboard. I can't really afford it now, so I'm just dealing with the double key presses.
Writing
I thought more about doing the interlude and decided against it. I want some breathing space before I get to another jump like that and I have a pretty good plan for the next few chapters. Instead I just sat down and started writing. And you know what... I liked it!
But the urge to write just petered out. I didn't even get half a chapter done. And remember, my current 'chapter' structure is only 2500 words long. I came back and continued it, but still didn't get to the end.
I'll try again some day. I'm sure my groove will return sooner or later.
Michigan Football
Indiana won! College Football will never be the same. There is NO team that can't hire a coach and go from a bottom feeder to a championship team within TWO YEARS now.
There probably won't be a lot more in the Football section until we get closer to the season.
Job Search
I'll have a Get To Work update after this one. Maybe tomorrow.
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