Howdy Mom,
So while I haven’t forgotten about you yet, it is time for me to focus on me more. Today I went to the cardiologist appointment. Not much to tell about that really. He spoke to me, got my history and decided that he would like to do some tests to either rule out or identify a cause for the atrial fib I have. He did tell me to stop taking the rhythm medication regularly and only take it if I notice that I am in afib again. Regardless of how the tests turn out, there are obviously things in my life that I need to change to improve my health. Like getting rid of this big ole gut. This thing just don’t want to go away. There are other things as well, that you and I talked about. I will do my best to change these things.
The temperature today was much cooler than it has been for the past two weeks. When I opened the garage door this morning I didn’t get that blast of hot air that we have been getting. It is almost comfortable to be sitting in my room. It is supposed to stay this way for a couple days. I really hope so because there is paperwork/computer work that I need to get to. I need to figure out what I am going to do about the bank accounts. Back when we thought dad would be the one still around, he and I talked about the accounts and he wanted to just merge them into one. I think that would be a good idea, but in order to do that I have to get a list of all the things you have set up on auto pay so that I can redo that once the accounts have been changed.
I am thinking about making a trip up to SLO next week. If I do that I can stop by your financial planner’s office so he can make a copy of the death certificate and sign anything that he has prepared. I was sure hoping that with all the work we did in planning that I would be able to just zoom right through all this stuff, but I have a feeling it is going to take months to deal with all of it. Heck its going to take that long just to get all your medical bills paid off or at least figure out what you actually still need to pay. I am super lucky that you were an accountant and had everything so well organized. Thank you for that. I know that I won’t be able to do it exactly like you did (I frankly don’t have the kind of patience you had), but it will be good enough. One thing is for certain, dying is not cheap 🙂
Hey mom, don’t forget that Jason’s birthday is on Sunday. Send some love his way. He doesn’t say much, so I am not sure how he is really doing with all this, but I know he could probably use some love. He is going to go to Valley View and use his birthday rewards. I am going to send him up there with some cash from you (and for you).
I guess I will end this post for today. As always, I love you and miss you A LOT!