Busy week. House is finally under contract - but for FAR FAR less than we were expecting to be able to get - the market went soft just as we put it for sale in June. 30 day close - assuming nothing goes wrong, we should be debt free and homeless on around October 15th. We are not going to be able to buy the type of RV we wanted to buy to live in for a year - the extra $$ isn't there. Still trying to decide what to do next.
Last week we had to deal with cat health grooming and health issues (somehow, Milo - one of our indoor cats - got tapeworm, which meant all had to be treated, and we could not manage to get a pill down Milo and needed the vet to do it), and Onyx's stomatitis was noted to be getting worse - he will probably have to have most of his teeth pulled. I was hoping to wait a bit - it will be expensive, but it is said to be painful, and he's starting to show signs of being uncomfortable, so that may have to happen sooner rather than later.
Yesterday was Doctor Day. We both had our physicals, flu shots, and mole patrol. I weighed 173.6, which means I got under a BMI of 30, and both of us should qualify for some sort of monetary rebate from our insurance company. Both of us are basically OK, but there are things to follow up on, including confirmation that Charles has re-torn his already twice-repaired hernia and figuring out how/when to fix it. We may be looking for a new surgeon - the one who did the first two surgeries may not be up to the task. I successfully got him to ask his doctor for some general check-up issues as he slides into being 65 - EKG, chest X-ray in particular (I don't know why the doctor balked at the stress test - maybe he doesn't need one if the EKG is good?)
We then went to our credit union, which screwed up sending us new "chip" cards (and which it turns out means Charles has to change all of our autopay accounts, because that card is lost, so they had to cancel it and reissue a new card number - grrr). I figured while we were there, I would make them add their new banking app to our phones, saving us the trouble of trying to figure it out. I'm pleased with myself about that.
Speaking of phones, the day before, after an unspeakably difficult run-around with T-Mobile for WEEKS, I finally got my new 6S, and made T-Mobile do what turned out to be the extraordinarily difficult job of transferring everything from the old to the new phone (it was an iTunes software glitch - but they tried to talk me into ONLY transferring my photos and mail - not even my apps and passwords - HELL NO! FIX IT!! And they finally did.). It took 2.5 hours - after we drove to the other RV park 30 miles away because after 3+ weeks of dicking around, T-Mobile shipped the phone to the wrong address and could NOT correct the delivery location. Needless to say, this is my very NEGATIVE review of T-Mobile. (Although I will say that every time I demanded compensation for the hassle, I got a little something as a rebate - including a free case at the store.)
Had dinner last night with my 85 year old father and his ladyfriend after the credit union session - because of how far away from where they live, I hadn't seen him in months. He is looking so frail - argh. It is their intention to try to stay in her lovely condo in Menlo Park for as long as possible, but when she needs to move to an assisted living situation, or when dad becomes more of a liability than a help (she can't drive due to vision loss, and he does a lot of their grocery shopping and cooking, but his memory is becoming an issue), he will be moving in with us - she won't pay to care for him.
Made my reservations for a trip to VA from 10/22 - 10/29 to show my face in my office, attend a CLE conference, and to see mom for what may be the last time. She is fading fast. My sister Rachael (@OldBroad) is handling the arrangements to see if it's time to move mom to a nursing home. This is so difficult, as so many of you already know. I'm "consulting" with Rachael, but the brunt of it is on her.
I want the rest of my life to get started, the way I want it. Cue the Rolling Stones.
Last week we had to deal with cat health grooming and health issues (somehow, Milo - one of our indoor cats - got tapeworm, which meant all had to be treated, and we could not manage to get a pill down Milo and needed the vet to do it), and Onyx's stomatitis was noted to be getting worse - he will probably have to have most of his teeth pulled. I was hoping to wait a bit - it will be expensive, but it is said to be painful, and he's starting to show signs of being uncomfortable, so that may have to happen sooner rather than later.
Yesterday was Doctor Day. We both had our physicals, flu shots, and mole patrol. I weighed 173.6, which means I got under a BMI of 30, and both of us should qualify for some sort of monetary rebate from our insurance company. Both of us are basically OK, but there are things to follow up on, including confirmation that Charles has re-torn his already twice-repaired hernia and figuring out how/when to fix it. We may be looking for a new surgeon - the one who did the first two surgeries may not be up to the task. I successfully got him to ask his doctor for some general check-up issues as he slides into being 65 - EKG, chest X-ray in particular (I don't know why the doctor balked at the stress test - maybe he doesn't need one if the EKG is good?)
We then went to our credit union, which screwed up sending us new "chip" cards (and which it turns out means Charles has to change all of our autopay accounts, because that card is lost, so they had to cancel it and reissue a new card number - grrr). I figured while we were there, I would make them add their new banking app to our phones, saving us the trouble of trying to figure it out. I'm pleased with myself about that.
Speaking of phones, the day before, after an unspeakably difficult run-around with T-Mobile for WEEKS, I finally got my new 6S, and made T-Mobile do what turned out to be the extraordinarily difficult job of transferring everything from the old to the new phone (it was an iTunes software glitch - but they tried to talk me into ONLY transferring my photos and mail - not even my apps and passwords - HELL NO! FIX IT!! And they finally did.). It took 2.5 hours - after we drove to the other RV park 30 miles away because after 3+ weeks of dicking around, T-Mobile shipped the phone to the wrong address and could NOT correct the delivery location. Needless to say, this is my very NEGATIVE review of T-Mobile. (Although I will say that every time I demanded compensation for the hassle, I got a little something as a rebate - including a free case at the store.)
Had dinner last night with my 85 year old father and his ladyfriend after the credit union session - because of how far away from where they live, I hadn't seen him in months. He is looking so frail - argh. It is their intention to try to stay in her lovely condo in Menlo Park for as long as possible, but when she needs to move to an assisted living situation, or when dad becomes more of a liability than a help (she can't drive due to vision loss, and he does a lot of their grocery shopping and cooking, but his memory is becoming an issue), he will be moving in with us - she won't pay to care for him.
Made my reservations for a trip to VA from 10/22 - 10/29 to show my face in my office, attend a CLE conference, and to see mom for what may be the last time. She is fading fast. My sister Rachael (@OldBroad) is handling the arrangements to see if it's time to move mom to a nursing home. This is so difficult, as so many of you already know. I'm "consulting" with Rachael, but the brunt of it is on her.
I want the rest of my life to get started, the way I want it. Cue the Rolling Stones.
