Wednesday

I had a CT Scan (“Stable findings without measurable evidence of metastatic disease”) today and started the blog in the afternoon after mopping and cleaning before it heats up (78°F/25.5°C, no humidity). Though that is not hot, we have not been this warm this year, and it is going to feel hot this bright day here in the Pacific Northwest. Hot and sunny in April does not happen here, until now!

Hmm. Another sunny day and blue skies. I open all the windows and screen doors and air out the house. I also started to get things better ordered. Emma C is coming on Friday, but I also feel it is time to get things more organized at the house. I wrote the blog all morning and managed to get it done without too many typos. I also learned that I failed to publish on Monday. I corrected that, too. My bank transferred my first living cost transfer from my IRA to my savings (this counts as income this year, but I am over 55, there is no fine, and since this is no longer a 401K managed by under Nike’s rules, I can withdraw as I wish, it is just usual income). I got all that proper in Quicken and corrected some snares I caused at US Bank.

I enjoyed more than an hour on the phone with some part of the Skyrizi managing company as it re-did all my insurnace (despite doing it all before and everything was still the same) and they soon discovered that I have apparently already spent my $9,200 in out-of-pocket expenses and dedutable (so far I have not received a $5,000 plus bill for the MRI and CT scans, but I suspect some one will someday show up with a bill, but it may also be that their payment for retirement people may have covered the cost but that still counts for out-of-pocket; I have no real income). Thus, the nearly over $6,000 cost for the injectable treatment is covered. Mysterious things were said to me about a debit card that is now loaded (and approved for use) to cover my expenses of $6,000. Hmmm.

While looking at Facebook, I saw a post about the SSPX and possible excommunications that may happen in July involving the Holy See. I was looking for something more for my class. Going over the controversy involving SSPX members who wish to undo Vatican 2 and want the old Latin back in Catholic Churches fits what I was looking for. This controversy (not well understood outside the Catholic Church’s clergy) may seem ridiculous, but these people believe they have lost something, that their church is in a moral crisis, and have now broken with their own leadership to push a return to a more comfortable time, at least for them.

I traveled to BJ’s Brewhouse and had an iced tea (a beer would mean a nap and more calories) and the California-style flat bread (I think their best item, though, in Beverton, they make an excellent, though expensive, steak — but not so in other BJ’s I have tried, only this one). I updated my plan for the second class with SSPX information and tightened up the text. I sent it out to Joan, Pastor Ken, and Dondrea, not for approval but for them to know what I plan.

I head back, skip by the house, and head to the usual Great Clips, and soon I’m in line for a basic businessman haircut. My hair looks more snowy than I remember it. Those last black hairs have turned white or fallen out. In less than an hour, I was updated to a more organized look.

Joan S stopped by to look at my new flooring after I got back from my haircut. I had also watched more Star Trek DS9 before she got there. We chatted for a while (she has picked out the same floor we were surprised to learn). I then got a text from Mariah, and I soon said goodbye to Joan S, boarded Air VW the Gray, and met Mariah at Hopworks off of Powell at 6ish. I had a beer and wings. We talked about jobs and work. It was nice and time quickly ran away from us.

I returned to the house about 9, did a few more chores, and then read and went to bed. I had an early start on Thursday with the CT Scan at 9 in Portland.

Thanks for reading!