Progress!

It has been an emotional yet productive day.

The conversation I was unable to initiate for three months came up by coincidence today. In talking about the cost of dentures I mentioned that I wouldn’t be able to pay it out of pocket due to likely financial issues if I fail to make an upcoming appointment on account of bad weather. So I now have a worker trying to assist. It may be possible to complete the application via mail and telephone, or I may be able to reschedule for a later date. I don’t know yet. Meanwhile I will make every effort to be there Wednesday. I plan to start out early in the morning and will abort only if road conditions make travel impossible or obviously life threatening.

It was both a relief and a disappointment having that conversation. I had so wanted to do this completely on my own. I had something to prove – to myself if not the world. It is good that I now have help with it, but I am disappointed too.

Someone in an online support group offered to call the place and reschedule for me! This is a person hundreds of miles away who I know only through limited exchanges in a group. I have to admit that brought a tear to my eye. The kindness and compassion of some people is just amazing. Later in the day a second person said they had been thinking of making the same offer. For lack of any other words… Wow.

While petting Boo this morning I discovered his rash is spreading quickly. He will be really sick again soon if I don’t get  him back to the vet. Fortunately it is much easier for me to ask for help with Boo’s care than my own. We made an appointment for November 30. I assume this time we will go ahead will the blood work in an effort to find out what he is allergic to. It is very expensive so that will be a big hit to the budget. If this is an allergy there will be ongoing cost of vaccine. I’m not complaining! Boo is worth it! But more trips to the vet will be an added stress, and the cost will affect other areas of life.

The last-ditch effort to get supplies for winterizing bore fruit. Supplies arrived this morning but I was not able to get anything done today. I am going to try to complete the most weather critical work tomorrow. It is a two day job to do it comfortably but I don’t have two days. The storm is due to arrive tomorrow night. If I can somehow pull this off in one day I will feel a huge sense of relief. If not I will have to hope for another weather window, which is not at all certain at this time of year.