Just after I finished my last post, an e-mail from ODJFS arrived to let me know that I'm eligible for unemployment benefits! Not a big check, but after you consider the gas I was burning going back and forth to work at 14 mpg, it's pretty close to what I was making before I got fired, not counting the health benefits. I think the thing that made me feel the best about it was that they determined I had been discharged "without just cause." In my mind that sort of justifies my opinion that my former boss was pretty much a douchebag who just wanted to get rid of me.
I still haven't heard from the AARP health insurance folks, gonna give them a call Monday and see if I can get some info on how to get a policy in effect.
My wife is looking at two life changing surgeries in the near future. First of which is cataract repair. She has diabetes and has been slowly going blind over the last couple of years. The surgery will brighten up her world and improve her eyesight, but there's already been damage to her retinas, so she is still probably going to need glasses. I took her to the doctor today and they scheduled the surgeries.
Second, she's entered a surgical weight loss program and is looking at stomach bypass surgery in about six months if all goes well. Hopefully that will stop or at least dramatically improve her diabetic problems. She's very upbeat about all of this, I'm proud of her.
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