Thinking out loud… Thinking about my original plan and although I really thought I wanted to get out of Colorado, there is certainly a comfort level here that is appealing when your brain is basically on fire and you are overwhelmed. Most of my stress being that in a week, when the ex moves to Tulsa, I am completely on my own to clean out whats left the house, deal with getting my own stuff to my storage unit, fix it, and get it sold. I temporarily belayed some other stress as I was able to get a loan (added…

Thanks to my appendix, and subsequent emergency surgery required to actually live, I am now instantly another $10000 in debt. Yay. Fuck the American healthcare system, especially for people that can only afford an Obamacare plan out of pocket. Fuck it hard. At least any additional healthcare is free for the rest of the year, which is good since I have lung and liver lesions, and a stomach ulcer to deal with.

Nothing like having your appendix decide today is the day, after 46 years, while you are at work. Out of commission for a few days but glad I made the decision to go to the E.R. rather than deal with the pain as I tend to do. Also found a couple other, hopefully minor issues (hopefully just remnants of past issues), after a CT scan but doing okay. Just terrified of the bill at this point as the only health insurance I can afford has a 40% coinsurance for everything and a huge deductible. Everyone at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital…

I decided to officially join the fancy bike club. Although my $500 Vivi served me well enough, I’m tired of replacing rusty parts on it, and hurting myself lifting it onto my bike rack. I took advantage of the Colorado eBike tax credit to put a little dent in the cost for my beautiful new Salsa Confluence Apex.