October 24, 2017: one more day

The house matches Sweetsie!

I have one more day living in the retirement home.  I've made several friends here and will miss them.  My physical therapist leases space here so I will be returning at least once a week for rehab.

 I do the stretches and exercises on my own.  My bones are healing.  But the trauma sent my right leg muscles, including my giant butt, into spasm.  (My secret super power is stopping buses with my butt.)  My physical therapist works on getting the muscles to straighten out and stop causing me pain.

Tonight I am taking a bit of a break.  I've been working so hard packing, getting my home repaired and preparing for the move.  It's a good time to document on my blog and then watch "Madam Secretary" on amazon TV.

Today I met delivery men at the house at 8 AM and they installed my refrigerator and washer/dryer.  I carried a few boxes and a suitcase from my apartment into the house.  Then I went to the bank and the post office.  I got totally exhausted.  It's very painful getting in and out of the car.  My legs are super long and the seats in my Subaru Crosstrek do not go back far enough for my injured leg.  Guess I should have bought a roomy American car.  I have to wait for the lawsuit to get settled first.  That could take quite a while yet.

Thursday the movers are coming at 9 AM to pick up my stuff in my apartment.  After they drop it off at my new house they go to my son's house to pick up my china cabinet.  And finally to my storage unit.  All my stuff will once again be united!  I don't even remember what all I have.  I haven't seen what I packed and is in storage for almost 6 months.  It'll be like Christmas!   Unfortunately, I can't be the excited little kid but the parent who's stuck putting everything away.  I'm sure my new house won't be able to hold all my possessions.  So, it will be a long process.

This whole move to Portland has been quite the harrowing ordeal.  I didn't apply for Medicare B immediately on the day I retired.  Then 10 days later the bus crashed into me.  My employer didn't give me the correct forms for Medicare.  My Medicare B didn't finally become effective until 10/01/2017.  My cobra retirement insurance (costing over $700/month) refuses to pay until all bills are first sent to Medicare B and denied.  Aetna is very much aware that my Medicare B just started this month but is refusing to pay nonetheless.  My different medical providers' billing departments are refusing to submit to Medicare B because they know the claims will be denied.

I hope the Astros win the World Series.  Houston deserves something good to happen after that hurricane.

Oopsie!  A bit of good news -I had the whole interior of my house painted pink.  I've attached a couple photos of it in process.