Rambles that are fluffy, by fluffy
These past 6 weeks have been quite tiring to me, and I have so many reasons to be so very tired of things right now. I’m doing what I can to enjoy the things I’m able to do, but, oh god do things suck right now, for so many people that I know.
Oh yeah so a lot has been going on, this past week especially has been bonkers, and I’m super happy about things right now.
Hey y'all! My birthday is coming up this Sunday. I have the following things going on:
<ul>Yay, Furality is here! I don’t know how many people are coming here vs. to my music site since Furality doesn’t give me any dealer’s den click metrics or whatever, but welcome all the same.
I already posted a Furality-specific entry on the blogpuppet, but since this is what I consider my main website, I guess I’ll cover all my bases! So, here’s another little FAQ.
Just some random musings about the direction I’m going in for my various things
Whoops I guess it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted anything here, how did that happen?
Well, here’s how.
Just sharing two software/workflow changes I’ve made recently, and why they’re improvements over what I had before.
I grant myself the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking this world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that we can make all things right if we come together in unity;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and that I can leave this world a better place than I found it.
So, being unemployed, I have to pay my own health insurance. This is currently around $500/month.
This insurance uses high copays on medication in order to “encourage the use” of cheaper medications. I have four medications which are expensive and get a $100/month copay, so I’m still paying $400/month on those meds.
Two of those meds have copay assistance programs, which present their own set of problems, and insurance companies hate that they exist, because they’re a retroactive incentive to make it easier for people to swallow the high copays on the meds while insurance still has to pay the bulk of the price, and the pharmaceutical companies bake the copay assistance program discount into the retail price of the medicine anyway so it’s not like they’re hurt by it at all.
But if I had to pay out-of-pocket for these meds, I’d be paying more for them than for my house.
Just some quick medical updates.