Re: pushing on   was: Summer plans  was: shinies and sickies   
     By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Wed Sep 30 2015 14:08:20   
      
    NB> Not a problem... As long as you keep your end of the conversation up,   
    NB> and don't lose the important bits, that's what counts... ;)  And, as   
    NB> you've probably noticed, I've been slowly responding back, anyway... ;)   
      
     Well, I'm trying to keep it up, but as you can tell the volume that I'm able   
   to deal with has decreased a bit in the last few weeks.  I'm going to work on   
   compressing what's left a bit, too, so that I don't have such an overwhelming   
   amount to deal with here.   
      
    NB> Did all of the mess around the late etc payments finally get   
    NB> straightened around...?    
      
     Everything is good.  I haven't replenished what I had to survive off of from   
   savings, but this week should hopefully put me back in the green far enough so   
   that I can start making deposits again.   
      
    NB> Hopefully the contract work will pick up again quickly...  :)  As for   
    NB> the hourly work, also hopefully something that will easily fit your   
    NB> schedule around Deschain's school hours, and that isn't too far away for   
    NB> your transportation there.....   
      
     It seems to be picking up.  Granted, some of the work was more of a creative   
   exercise in finding out what the client wanted but didn't know that they   
   wanted, but the point is that they've authorized more hours.  :)   
     The hourly work is something that I haven't done much about yet.  I really   
   need to, but I'm taking baby steps on getting myself back out into the world of   
   people.  A couple of the different professionals that I've been talking to have   
   recommended after the amount of isolation that I've been dealing with to take   
   it slow, so I'm hoping to start taking an hour a day at different coffee shops   
   around here now that I've got a working laptop battery.  I wonder if I'll get   
   any comments about how awesome, retro, and vintage my laptop is since it's a   
   massive hulk from awhile ago instead of something slim 'n new.  Heh.   
      
    NB> Next time, remember your inhaler.. ;)  But that sounds like some decent   
    NB> progress...  :)   
      
     The progress is getting better rapidly.  I'm back up to my normal recovery   
   and performance curve on running, almost.  The strength issues are still   
   hanging around until that shoulder is good enough to train with.  I don't know   
   how long that's going to take; it's still a few more weeks before I can see the   
   physical therapist for more input on that again, as well.   
      
    NB> Mind you, I'm speaking as a non-smoker... but with friends and family   
    NB> that do smoke...  In my experience, though, observing, the smokes never   
    NB> really do do as much good as they are supposedly doing, and cause health   
    NB> problems of various sorts as well...   
      
     Well smokes allegedly help one deal with stress.  Nicotine alone is pretty   
   good for it, I hear.  So it makes a great crutch.  Other than that it's good   
   for nothing, and the crutch thing is a double-edged sword anyway.  You don't   
   want crutches that you can't throw away when you don't need them any more.    
   Anyhoo I've got asthma and all kinds of fun stuff like that, too.  So they've   
   never really been a plus in my department for anything other than helping me   
   deal with social anxiety.  Totally not worth it.  The health problems are   
   enormous and can be quite life-ending, so yeah...  I'm glad I've been off of   
   all the tobacco for a week again now.  See if I can push back up into the years   
   away from it again this time.  ;)   
      
    NB> Does talking to your VA docs do any good...?  You'd think they'd have   
    NB> some interest in keeping you stable... you'd think, anyway... ;0   
      
     They're putting it off for awhile for some reason until I've been stable   
   longer.  Talk about a catch .22...  Stay stable with unstable medications until   
   we decide that we can give you enough meds to stay stable with.  Great plan,   
   and a true indicator of government planning and action.   
      
     -D   
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