I'm still here

I haven't posted for a while -- it's just been a busy time.  Paul isn't cleared to drive yet, so I'm kept busy driving him to his various doctor and rehab visits.  We see the surgeon this Thursday and I'm sure after that visit, he'll be driving.  He is doing quite well, but he's getting impatient with how long it takes to get his strength back.  He forgets how major the surgery really was.

Speaking of the surgery, we got the statement from the hospital the other day.  The amount billed for 6 days in the hospital -- and this is only the hospital, not the bill for surgery, doctors or nurses  -- it was for $174,173.00, which comes to $29,000 per day.  Just for being in the hospital.  Fortunately we have very good insurance and our co-pay is really very manageable.  But what do people do without good insurance? 

That's why I don't understand why the Republicans are fighting against the new health care plan.  They don't even want to give it a chance.  There is so much good about it but they have to fight it just because they hate our president.  If the Republicans would have come up with a better plan, I could understand it, but they haven't, and they won't.  There are big problems with the rollout of the plan, especially with the computer programs needed to let people enroll.  But this is a massive program, with millions of lines of computer code, and anyone who is at all familiar with computer code knows how difficult it is to get such a complex system working correctly. 

We are enjoying some beautiful fall days, but the cooler weather is coming.  It seems impossible that Christmas is only a few weeks away.  This year has absolutely flown past. 

My task today is to re-arrange the living room to see if we have room for another recliner.  We have one recliner, but we both like to sit in it, so if we can make room, we'll get a second one.  The one we have is very big and manly, but I know they make more "lady-like" recliners and that's what I would be looking for.  But our house is small so this will be a challenge.  So now - I'm ready to start solving this problem....