Archive for March, 2010

Mar 29

Finding ways to set up boundaries for myself

Along the way to trying to get some structure in my life without making a full time commitment, I’ve signed up for a couple of classes this fall, joined a study group and a CWF circle.   The past week or so there’ve been to many distractions and I haven’t been able to follow the new schedule I made for myself, but it looks promising.

The key is to start over every day until I manage to make it a routine.  After all my motto for years has been: “You haven’t really failed unless you stop trying.”  I will keep trying until I get it done.  Then I will make another commitment to lose the extra weight I’m carrying.  I don’t want to try doing both at once.   I remember when I was trying to stop smoking.  All the experts said don’t try it when you are under too much stress or when things are in an upheaval.

Soon things should slow down again.  Ashley is almost ungrounded.  Chris will be getting off suspension in a week or so.  Tracy’s problems are slowly working themselves out again.  The weather is clearing up.  Some sunshine and warm temperatures would go a long way to making me feel more like buckling down to work.

I am also working on a photography project to get myself motivated to shoot every day.   A pictorial guide to Madisonville.  I am deciding on categories, like schools one week, then churches, parks, historic buildings, and so forth.  When I’ve made out the list, I’ll start getting numbers and addresses.  I figure it should keep me busy for quite a while.   More structure to my life.

I still need to find time for working on David’s website, redesigning the Madisonville Design site and studying Flash.  It’s just a matter of setting priorities, then keeping to them.

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Mar 29

Insurance?

I spent a significant portion of my working life paying for medical insurance that I only used once a year to get a checkup.   Before that I was on my husbands’ group policies and mostly only used them when I was pregnant.  I’ve just not ever been a go-to-the-doctor type person.  When I turned sixty-five and became eligible for medicare, the government required me to get some kind of prescription drug coverage and I decided to take out a policy that would also pay for checkups and so forth.  I didn’t understand that it would replace my medicare.

I chose a major company that everyone should have accepted.  Unfortunately, the policy I had was not one that everyone accepts.   They only had one doctor here that I could go to.  Even the local hospital wasn’t on their list.   I was worse off than I would have been with no insurance because I was having to pay for something I couldn’t use even if I needed it.   The way the rules are set up, I couldn’t change companies until the end of the year.  That’s a crock.  If I’m paying for something I should be able to change it whenever I want.

It took me from January until now to figure out how to cancel that policy (The deadline is March 31st, otherwise I’d be stuck with it for another year.) and get back on regular medicare with a prescription drug policy.  Of course, I don’t use any prescription drugs, but I guess I have to admit there’s a possibility that may change some day.    At least, the drug policy doesn’t cost quite as much and I can go to whatever doctor I want (as long as they take regular medicare).  Oh well, maybe I’ll manage to die without ever getting sick first.

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Mar 19

Love is in the Details

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Mar 19

Back to the Drawing Boards Once More

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Mar 08

Somewhere in the Dark

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