Just on the computer listening to WABC streaming radio, another "conservative" mouthpiece. Why am I listening, can't stream Joey Reynolds on WOR! Have to figure out how to get their proprietary streaming software to work on Ubuntu. As to this Ubuntu, am loving it! After using OS/2 since 1993, I am completely in love with Ubuntu Linux. It has everything OS/2 had, the best of Windows(if there are any!) and the ease of operation that allows me to do anything I want with this operating system. Hey, it is FREE! Just for ease of operation, I have it on all the computers, including the old Dell laptop, Inspiron 1000. Geri even has it, albeit with an XP partition, strictly for work compatibility.
Back to the headache. Since my old injuries and the other disabilities, when one of these nerve pinching headaches starts, nothing short of the Vicodin and my anti-anxiety meds has any effect. The damn thing has a life of its own, it will last a week, then go away for a few months. Geri bought me a Tempur-Pedic pillow, which helps a great deal. After a week of the meds and basically being immobile as much as possible, the headache abates. Being on the computer, reading the newsgroups and interacting with the FB account, and of course this blog, helps focus my mind on something else besides the pain.
The amount of medications that I have to take since the breakdown is just getting ridiculous. I am having to break in half the anti-depressant in order to make it last longer. The reason for this is that it is not on the damn formulary and has an enormous co-pay. We are using part of my disability insurance check to help pay for Geri's dental work. That money was part of my school board benefit, long term disability, and I am damn glad that I had it, if finally paid off after all of those years as carrying it as an option on the health plan. It will run out next year, and hopefully it will last long enough for Geri to get her dental work completed. Getting older is a bitch!
I am so proud of Geri's weight loss program, she is only four pounds from her goal and has reduced her diabetic meds a lot! I love her so much, and I want her around for a long time! She looks great and is feeling great!
We are getting ready to start our preparations for going to Enid for the birth of our second grandchild. Looks like we will have to drive, takes three days just to get to OK! We will take Marco, our coolers of drinks, chips, fruit, and other foods to be as self-sufficient as possible. It makes me feel very good that Brooke wants Geri to be there instead of her real mother. Brooke loves Geri and thinks of her as her real mom. I hope that we can get there before the baby is born, but you know kids, when they get ready to come, they will not wait for us to get there from Florida!
Well, back to the newsgroups, emails and listening to internet radio. Hopefully in about two hours these meds will kick in and I can actually go to sleep without laying there miserable.
Tomorrow is laundry day, yeah! How can two people have so damn much laundry? That is for another day and another topic/rant.
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