Mid June Update
17 June 2019 16:54![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wyntir_knightI figure I should really get into the habit of posting more, even if it is only for my own gratification. It's good to get these things down on paper so to speak so that remembering can be made easier.
So I mentioned a few posts back that Parent A had a massive stroke. Well, they've been in the hospital for about eight weeks now. First they needed to get the brain swelling down, then they needed to manage a series of infections that was causing both delirium and sundowning, then when they finally figured out the cause of the stroke (AFIB) they were going to put a watchman in their heart but thanks to the hospital upgrading their systems the computers were down. Then - because of course there's more - they discovered a clot in each lung which led to the installation of a capture mesh in each lung. Now the hospital is planing to install the watchman this week.
Hopefully once that's done they can transfer Parent A over to the rehab facility. Meanwhile though, Parent B is a diabetic and isn't taking care of themself. Of course there's way too much to do on that end. Parent A's health card expires at the end of the month and that resulted in Parent B having to run all over the city to arrange for a new card.
- Fill out Form A, be spouse of the individual
- Oh wait! The doctor didn't fill out the form properly and you need Power of Attorney anyways
- You need a different doctor's note to get that activated
- You finally get to Service Ontario with the properly filled out form, the Power of Attorney, a letter from the doctor only to discover that you actually need MEDICAL Power of Attorney ....
I smell a new Red Tape fic coming in my near future
So everything for that is finally done. Hopefully.
But then, halfway through all of this, I get into a car accident and it turns out my car is totalled, but even that has a story to it.
I call 911 and the cops show up along with a tow company. I get cleared by the paramedics only to have to go to the ER later because my right foot has seized (I end up at the same hospital as Parent A at least) - and I'm cleared, just a sprained tendon. I hear from the insurance company and they start the process. Great. A week later I hear from the adjuster. He can't find my car. He finally finds my car and says that the car is repairable and he'll arrange for it to be sent to my dealership for repairs. Great. A week later I get a call from the dealership asking where the car is ... They find the car the next day, but here's the thing: I hadn't been able to get out of the car so I'd been dealing with cops, fire, and paramedics through the open windows. Before I can close the windows they remove the battery for safety reasons. So now my car has been sitting out for two weeks with the windows open. I'm told that the repair guys will let me know what the additional damage is. Two days later I get a call from the insurance company informing me that the car is not, in fact, repairable. I need to go collect my stuff from it as well as the plates and get a lease payout. The lease payout tells me that I have a full year left on my lease but I've been getting calls since May telling me that the lease is almost up and that I need to get my car appraised. And of course, now I can't find my documentation ....
And then there's my own bureaucracy to deal with. Cancel On Star. Cancel Sirius. And my plates need to be renewed in early July so how do I do that when I don't have a car and therefore no mileage! Turns out I need to wait until I get a new car. And that's a whole additional thing.
So, yeah. Stress, stress, stress. And on top of it, I was dumb enough to sign up for the Robot Big Bang and haven't been able to properly write since Parent A's stroke. The completed draft is due at the end of July and I still have about five chapters to write. And of course now I'm questioning the pairing, the verse, the plot. Everything. I'm writing a G1 Wings-verse Smokescreen/Swindle and Onslaught/Blast Off fic. I'm trying to stop the little voice that's telling me that no one will read it and the artist is going to drop me because they're paired with two people and the other fic will be far more compelling.
I just need a break, you know? I would love to start posting my fic to get some feedback (you know, confirmation that it's not the crap I fear it is) but I am expressly forbidden. ....
And now I'm going to hide this all under a cut because I don't want to bother anyone ... Yay depression that my anti-depressants isn't properly handling right now ....
So I mentioned a few posts back that Parent A had a massive stroke. Well, they've been in the hospital for about eight weeks now. First they needed to get the brain swelling down, then they needed to manage a series of infections that was causing both delirium and sundowning, then when they finally figured out the cause of the stroke (AFIB) they were going to put a watchman in their heart but thanks to the hospital upgrading their systems the computers were down. Then - because of course there's more - they discovered a clot in each lung which led to the installation of a capture mesh in each lung. Now the hospital is planing to install the watchman this week.
Hopefully once that's done they can transfer Parent A over to the rehab facility. Meanwhile though, Parent B is a diabetic and isn't taking care of themself. Of course there's way too much to do on that end. Parent A's health card expires at the end of the month and that resulted in Parent B having to run all over the city to arrange for a new card.
- Fill out Form A, be spouse of the individual
- Oh wait! The doctor didn't fill out the form properly and you need Power of Attorney anyways
- You need a different doctor's note to get that activated
- You finally get to Service Ontario with the properly filled out form, the Power of Attorney, a letter from the doctor only to discover that you actually need MEDICAL Power of Attorney ....
I smell a new Red Tape fic coming in my near future
So everything for that is finally done. Hopefully.
But then, halfway through all of this, I get into a car accident and it turns out my car is totalled, but even that has a story to it.
I call 911 and the cops show up along with a tow company. I get cleared by the paramedics only to have to go to the ER later because my right foot has seized (I end up at the same hospital as Parent A at least) - and I'm cleared, just a sprained tendon. I hear from the insurance company and they start the process. Great. A week later I hear from the adjuster. He can't find my car. He finally finds my car and says that the car is repairable and he'll arrange for it to be sent to my dealership for repairs. Great. A week later I get a call from the dealership asking where the car is ... They find the car the next day, but here's the thing: I hadn't been able to get out of the car so I'd been dealing with cops, fire, and paramedics through the open windows. Before I can close the windows they remove the battery for safety reasons. So now my car has been sitting out for two weeks with the windows open. I'm told that the repair guys will let me know what the additional damage is. Two days later I get a call from the insurance company informing me that the car is not, in fact, repairable. I need to go collect my stuff from it as well as the plates and get a lease payout. The lease payout tells me that I have a full year left on my lease but I've been getting calls since May telling me that the lease is almost up and that I need to get my car appraised. And of course, now I can't find my documentation ....
And then there's my own bureaucracy to deal with. Cancel On Star. Cancel Sirius. And my plates need to be renewed in early July so how do I do that when I don't have a car and therefore no mileage! Turns out I need to wait until I get a new car. And that's a whole additional thing.
So, yeah. Stress, stress, stress. And on top of it, I was dumb enough to sign up for the Robot Big Bang and haven't been able to properly write since Parent A's stroke. The completed draft is due at the end of July and I still have about five chapters to write. And of course now I'm questioning the pairing, the verse, the plot. Everything. I'm writing a G1 Wings-verse Smokescreen/Swindle and Onslaught/Blast Off fic. I'm trying to stop the little voice that's telling me that no one will read it and the artist is going to drop me because they're paired with two people and the other fic will be far more compelling.
I just need a break, you know? I would love to start posting my fic to get some feedback (you know, confirmation that it's not the crap I fear it is) but I am expressly forbidden. ....
And now I'm going to hide this all under a cut because I don't want to bother anyone ... Yay depression that my anti-depressants isn't properly handling right now ....
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