Had a fun shift last night on the Crisis Text Hot Line. I took three calls. The first disengaged immediately, the second I referred to someone she could talk to on the phone and the third was a long call but very satisfying for me. I had gotten on at 9:30 for my 10:00 shift and didn’t take the first call until almost 10:00. I stayed over to finish my last call.
This morning after I got up I got the woodwork in the closet Jim has been working on painted. It is a narrow closet and with the shelves in it a bit tricky to paint the backside of the door frame. Got a bit of paint on me but got it done.
My B/P has been low again today and I have felt like I had a leak in my energy level all day. Finally gave up and laid down and took a nap. Feeling a bit better now but still low energy. Oh well, I really don’t have anything I need to do except fix dinner in a bit so I’m good.
I’m fixing scalloped potatoes with ham for dinner. Jim laid out a package of thick ham by mistake and I told him I would use it up. Doing my best to get the freezer cleaned out. Tomorrow night I need to use up the chicken from last night.
It has been cloudy all day today. It was supposed to rain but it went around us. The air is thick and heavy and it needs to rain to clear the air a bit. Now they are predicting rain early tomorrow morning.
I have another Crisis Text Hot Line shift tonight at 10:00. I leveled up last night and am now a Level 2 Counselor. That just means my conversations aren’t at the top of the Supervisor’s screen and I can now take two at a time. I will only take two calls at once when they get really busy and so far that hasn’t happened. We have an abundance of counselors right now and I spend about half my time of my shift waiting for a call.
The calls are getting easier for me and I didn’t have to use my notes as much last night. It is so satisfying to get a tester from a hot mess to a fun, cool calm.
Ten more days here in Stillwater. Jim has agreed to a moving date of June 1. He still plans to come back to Stillwater a bunch for a bit and finish up some jobs he is working on. We will see if he does. Once he gets to KS he will find jobs to do there. He wants to build a shop for all his tools and I bet he will get started on that and forget to come south so much. He has lots of jobs to do at both places.
Moving his two cats is at the top of his list of concerns about moving. Neither one have ever moved since he got them here. Katy will probably do better than Tony as she spends most of her time in the crate. We have another big crate and can put her outside in the crate. Tony likes to spend most of his time outside and he has never been around dogs. It will interesting to see how he adjusts to living with two dogs and three cats.
I got my insurance explanation of benefits from when I went to the ED for my diarrhea and vomiting episode. They billed over $5,375 including the charge for the ED doctor. Medicare paid $186 and my insurance paid $150. I had to pay $8.83. The rest was written off. I will never understand how our medical system billing works. The doctor was paid more than the hospital for my care. That doesn’t seem fair to the hospital. Grateful I have insurance. Worry about those that don’t and the fact they would have to pay the full sticker price. There is nothing in this whole billing process that feels fair to me.
Tagen text me and ask if he could mow my yard so he could make some money this summer. I ask if he wanted me to teach him to use the riding mower. He said sure but he would push it too. Wonder if he realizes how long it would take to push mow my whole yard. He would make lots of $$ if I pay him by the hour to do that. I’m getting anxious to see him – I haven’t seen him since February.
Grateful for health insurance, grateful for naps, and grateful for the opportunity to be in service to others via the Crisis Text Hot Line.