I'm not dead, I'm restin'
3/7 '21
((waves hi!))
I'm here, been lurking, though not as much as I would have liked. I am all caught up on everyone's entries, but I admit I didn't read every comment. I'll peruse them as I can.
All is good... well, as good as can be expected as we're coming up on a year of a pandemic.
Instead of something well-written, here's a trusty listo:
- We played our 100th Coffee Break Concert on Wednesday, Feb 24th. A milestone!
- Also, Matt and I marked 10 years together a week or two ago.
- We got an estimate to get our ugly kitchen redone, and I'm excited about that.
- I'm still not teaching, but I'm selling some courseware which is nice. Would like to be selling more, but baby steps.
- I have a bunch of dental work that needs to be done. I just got a form letter that says my dentist no longer participates in my dental insurance. She couldn't have made that choice 6 weeks ago when I chose my dental plan for 2021?
- I have had pre-menpausal osteoporosis (osteopenia) since 2010 or so. My doctor told me to get another bone density scan to see how it's progressing, since it had been a while since I got one. Insurance denied it. Why on earth would insurance deny a bone density scan? Isn't the only reason for a bone density scan is to check to see how far your osteoporosis is progressing?
- Going to see the parents tomorrow. Mom's mental state is getting worse due to a total lack of stimulation. The home health care workers we hired to come in 3x/week are fine, but they aren't interesting to my mom, so they basically just do light housekeeping and that's it. They aren't able to engage with my mom... she just doesn't care. This pandemic couldn't have happened at a worse time dementia-wise. Right before Covid hit, she was interested in hanging out at the senior center a few days per week just to make some friends, play some bingo, and use a few brain cells. So much for that. By the time the senior center reopens, I worry she'll be too far gone.
- My dad got his first covid shot (didn't even feel it); his second one is in 3 weeks. Mom has not gotten hers yet. My brother's whole family has gotten fully vaccinated, and I am absolutely delighted they're immunized; but there is a 10% "huh?" in my brain wondering why his 17 year old daughter already received her two shots yet my 78 year old mother with many comorbidities hasn't gotten her first yet. I try not to think about this too much. We'll all get them in due time; vaccinating 350 million people ain't easy.
- I have a crush on Dr. Fauci.
- SNL has been killin' it in 2021. I like that they're not afraid to just be surreal. They do always have to have to the one character who has to explain the joke a bit, but it's a small price to pay.
- Our Saturday night ritual is watching SNL on nbc/hulu, and then watching "Big Questions with The Dead Milkmen" on YouTube. ("Big Questions" started pre-pandemic when the guys were in the studio recording their latest album. They decided they needed more content for their YouTube channel, so at each week's recording session, one of the guys would come up with a question, and each guy would answer it... and they'd follow it up with Recommendations, where they recommended something they think people would dig (a movie, book, food, cat toy, going for a walk, etc.). It's absolutely delightful. Once lockdown started, it became (like all things) a Zoom call. It's really great. Some of their recommendations have been really wonderful during lockdown.
That's the random news.
I hope everyone is doing well... I miss you all, and I really hope to get back on the OPW wagon.... which is what I said last time... but... yeah.
xoxo
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Happy 100th CBC! Happy Mattiversary! Happy kitchen estimate! You should have a not-ugly space in which to eat popcorn dipped in Fluff.
Boo for dental insurance badness. I might be switching dentists soon; the one I'm seeing for a consult soon doesn't accept most insurance, including mine, so... I'll go see 'em, but I don't see having to pay up front and then wait for my insurance to reimburse me as a long-term good idea. Maybe if they completely blow my mind with their competence.
I'm sorry about your mom's state of mind. Dementia is tough and sometimes the declines can happen quickly. This past year has stolen so much from so many.
Fauci and Psaki. My heart beats wild.
(I also am crushing on Fauci.)
Oh, and congrats on 10 years, you guys. <3