Sickness

You know what really sucks? Being uninsured! So I'm sick. I feel that I probably have strep throat, that or the world's worst cold that is killing me. I went to the doctor yesterday and explained my situation and they said sure we will see you. that will be 140 dollars and extra if they have to run any labs. I am feeling really crappy and not in the mood to argue or try to price shop in my weakened state so I say ok to the terms. I then get my throat swab in the 2 hours I am there only to have them say that they don't think I have strep throat and they will call me in 48 hours if the culture shows anything. So now I am sans antibiotics and I could possibly be dying and another thing I am sans....140 dollars. I hate health care, insurance and the rest of the system. I am temporarily unemployed but do normally have health insurance I can't imagine what it is like for those who have to deal with it every time they are sick.

I need to point out at this juncture I am not pro universal health care. I am a advocate of a free market health system. Mostly I am anti insurance companies because they are the reason the cost is so ridiculously high. They do this to people when they are in an already weakened state or are in an emergency situation when they do not have the ability to shop around for the most cost effective care.

odd man out

So being recently back near to my home town after being gone for just over 8 years of living other places, I find it is very strange running into people who last knew me as a 16 year old. Randomly running into a old high school friend and her mom where I was bid farewell with a "see you later, Bridget." I feel so weird being back, not with my family or Rese who I have stayed in touch with and so have seen me become an adult and also don't confuse me with my high school friend Bridget (well we both have big boobs, but I think the comparisons end there). I am so different than 16 year old me. I also recently had a lunch with a friend that I had not seen in 10 or so years wondering do I have anything in common with this person anymore, possibly I have more in common with her than ever but I still find it somewhat depressing here. Still no job, and with nothing really to pour my energy into, I find myself missing my home in California...it was the first place I had felt at home since leaving colorado all those years ago.

Loveland

So I moved...most of you know this and many of you may guessed it but I have relocated to the quant town of Loveland, Colorado. So now I'm working hard at becoming gainfully employed, settled into to my cute apartment and get used to be a cat lady. That is right I have obtained not one but 2 black cats (Milly and Blackie). I had pick out Milly from my mother's cat's litter but then I did all sorts of research on cats finding out that cats are happier and healthier when raised in household with multiple cats, so I got another. Which makes me a real cat lady. Single, living alone....if I start having conversations with myself someone put me out of my misery.

While I say this, I really think they are so cute they are 6 weeks and love to run and jump and fight with each other.

end of the world as i know it

Sorry for my lack of posts of late, my world has been changing at an alarming rate. Once I feel settled again I may continue to blog but in the mean time....

Marathon!

I did it I signed up to start training for a marathon. All funds raised go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Check out my website.

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Stolen From Kari

Yourself: Brave
Your boyfriend: wonderful
Your hair: blonde
Your mother: loving
Your father: crabby
Your favorite item: blanket
Your dream last night: unremarkable
Your favorite drink: margarita
Your dream car: hybrid
Your dream home: colorado
The room you are in: bed
Your fear: alone
Where you want to be in ten years: mommy
Who you hung out with last night: self
What you’re not: ready
Muffins: poppyseed
One of your wish list items: CFP
Time: 8:26
The last thing you did: slept
What you are wearing: jammies
Your favorite weather: sunny
Your favorite book: lewis
Last thing you ate: peas
Your life: stressful
Your mood: sad
Your best friends: needed
What are you thinking about right now: Tim
Your car: red
What are you doing at the moment: typing
Your summer: warm
Relationship status: complete
What is on your tv: black
What is the weather like: glorius
When is the last time you laughed: yesterday

Taxiest time of the year

So I got a new job still here in the Bay Area. New company new position same industry. I like it thus far, I'm very hopeful that this will not be a job I dread to drag my butt out of bed to go to every morning (although I think that Disney may be the only work place you can sustain that attitude with over the long haul). We renewed our lease so we will stay in our gorgeous house for a while longer. So the above info has, as you may have guessed, put a lot of my stress on the back burner for awhile. Breathe in breathe out.