Sunday, July 29, 2007

Personal Updates

I would call this "Pupdates" but that's been copyrighted by a famous blogger of our acquaintance. :-)

Looking back at some past posts, I realized that I made reference to events and topics that I have never followed up on.

First, a medical condition alluded to here turned out to just be "one of those things." That is, there was no conclusive reason for what happened but they were able to rule out all known possibilities, especially all the bad stuff. So that's good news.

Next, there was my work situation mentioned in these posts. Having reported that I did not get job #1, I never did say that I was offered and I accepted job #2. What's more is that they gave me more money than job #1 and an even more flexible schedule. Plus it's less stressful. So I was quite disappointed when I was passed up for job #1, but things worked out pretty well after all. Regular (decent) paychecks for 6-9 months. Not bad at all.

I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this in the blog, but it was our intent to go up to Vancouver for Pride the first weekend of August. Alas, we've been hit hard by medical bills between my escapades and all the follow up to Alan's lab results. Although we do have insurance, we've hit the dreaded "donut hole" where we're paying a lot out-of-pocket. So, no Vancouver Pride this year. :-(

In Washington State (where Alan and I live) there's been a Domestic Partner bill passed which grants some rights to same-sex and certain "senior" couples. Yeah, I guess this is progress. I mean, all of the Democrats running for their party's nomination all agreed that same-sex couples should have the same rights as other married couples; it's "just a matter" of what to call it. Of course, it's much more complicated than that but they'll never answer the pointed questions I have for them. Anyway, we're supposed to be all a twitter and we're not. We'll probably register, although we do need to learn more. But we're certainly not going to celebrate it as an occasion.

Alan did visit the specialist on Friday; he needs to have another test done to do more ruling out. Much like the earlier situation with me, the doctor said that we may never find a reason but it's important to rule out all that we can. And I agree; I would never forgive myself if there's something we could have done something about but never looked into it enough. But it ain't cheap. (So my having a paying gig now is good timing.)

That's the news that's fit to bore you with for now.

4 Comments:

Blogger West End Bob said...

We're never bored with your posts, Daniel!

"drf" and I are gonna miss you at Pride. We'll post photos for you . . . .

9:40 PM, July 29, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for the update and congrats on the job!

2:35 PM, July 30, 2007  
Blogger Unknown said...

When I had to go to a nephrologist due to abnormal test results I was panicky and thought for sure Canada was doomed, but it turns out us pesky Canadians like to dot every "i" and cross every "t" just in case.

Hang on, you're almost there!

7:06 AM, August 01, 2007  
Blogger laura k said...

Heh, I'm famous. :)

Thanks for the update - and congratulations!

Hang in there, guys, you are almost almost almost there.

5:49 PM, August 06, 2007  

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