I wish I was done writing these updates. I'd like to get back to Politics as Unusual with The Pool Party. It would be a welcome distraction. Good news is that I'm back at work and am doing largely OK on the outside. The things affecting me on the inside though...

My dad managed to get himself disqualified from receiving care through Medicaid (I don't know how) and was discharged back to his apartment in Gila Bend. He apparently forgot that he almost died the last time he was at home. At this point, he is beyond my help, and sadly I don't have a lot of time I can give him right now. "But Baph, he's your dad!" Yes. He is also an adult who hasn't been declared incompetent (legally) and as such there is literally nothing else I can do right now. Some silver lining is that I brought up the missing package with my gifts for him to his neighbors; they found the box at another neighbor's place within a day. So, my dad received the gifts I sent him back in mid November.

Had a follow up with the doctor about my numerous ER visits. I am doing better; back when I was indecisive on how to handle so many sources of stress (money, dad, stress from work, etc), I suffered greatly and lost a lot of work time to recovery. Things are better now, but I'm very busy with the next thing I'm going to talk about.

I'm bankrupt. Some things really did not work out for me this year. I started the process, and while most of my life is an open book, because this is a court matter, I'm going to not share details here, in this manner as to why. No, The Pool Party didn't make off with my wallet and free ten thousand toys from their boxes. ^^

Hope you are doing better!

Your friend,
Louie