Greetings. I am still alive. And if you are reading this, you are still alive, too. Congratulations! Please forgive my lack of posting. I've been a lowdown dirty depressed sort of human during these recent weeks, but heck, things could turn around suddenly. Improvement is just on the horizon. It's too bad the horizon is so flipping far away!
Because I need to figure things out soon, I wrote out a whole gosh darned thing explaining and detailing situations and scenarios in regards to my soon-to-be future.
What does that future entail?
Wellll…. I need to find some place to live by April 1st. The reason being, temperatures will most assuredly heat up by then, to a point beyond uncomfortability. And then also, living inside a garage that's not weatherproofed wouldn't be survivable in the desert heat, once the summer comes.
My Former Wife Person had been telling me that she will sell the condo (for the past couple of months), and then purchase some place else to live, someplace where I can have access indoors. However, she's yet to move forward on this plan, because there exist a plethora of extenuating circumstances.
So I've got 44 days to figure this out. The pressure is on, so let's have some fun deciding where I will be sheltering in the coming months.
If you happen to be up for the task, please vote for whichever of the following options seems best. Because really, I remain wholeheartedly unsure.
Vote (choose one)
My options are as follows:
Advantages:
I know everybody there
Readily available medical support
Relatively safe and convenient neighborhood (IF I'm allowed to leave the property)
Access to codeine (for pain)
No privacy
Disadvantages:
It's a nursing home
Restricted freedom
No more sleeping soundly / sleeping through the night
Would be unable to manage pain with marijuana
My monthly income would decrease from $900 per month down to $25 per month
And yes, it's a nursing home
Advantages:
Air conditioning
Probable wheelchair access
Occasional assistance with tasks
Disadvantages:
Lack of diversity - surrounded by a small(ish) group of disabled (or uncommunicative) old men
Restricted freedom (less so than the nursing home)
Would be unable to manage pain with marijuana
No privacy
My monthly income would decrease from $900 per month down to $25 per month
Advantages:
Living off the grid / peaceful location
Have my own bedroom and kitchenette
Living with one of my former best friends
Would be able to keep my $900 per month income (she’d probably charged me 500 per month or so)
Comfortable late spring/summer temperatures mostly around 100° summertime days (60s at night), vs. nearly 110° where I'm currently staying (80s overnight)
Disadvantages:
Several hundred dollars to move my necessary possessions to location (and several hundred dollars to move them back, when the time comes)
Friend smokes two packs of cigarettes each day indoors and is unclean
No access to doctors or medical assistance besides 911
Limited to staying on-property / can't travel or explore (inaccessible dirt road and / or uneven terrain
She wouldn't offer helpful assistance in most regards
Interior access may not be suitable for my wheelchair
Advantages:
Instead of it being over 100° in the garage, temperatures would be likely range between 85 and 95°
No moving costs
No change in medical situation or scenarios
Disadvantages:
Still very warm and difficult to endure
Utility bill would approach $500 per month, versus a more standard and normal $200 (I can contribute to that bill out of my own pocket, so not really a big deal)
Advantages:
Air conditioning
Wouldn't have to move
Familiar (caring) roommate
No additional out of pocket costs
Going outside on balcony possible, if I can operate a manual wheelchair with assistance and / or have someone wheel me out there every now and again
Disadvantages:
Unable to leave upstairs
Cannot go to appointments
Same bedroom where I was stuck in bed for six consecutive years
Wouldn't see any other people socially or otherwise
Those are my choices. I need to figure this out. Soon! If you have an opinion, please share.
Take care,
Howard
P.S. I am unable to edit the number listed on the headers because I can't figure it out due to my inability to figure it out. So if you vote for option #1 ...
Because I need to figure things out soon, I wrote out a whole gosh darned thing explaining and detailing situations and scenarios in regards to my soon-to-be future.
What does that future entail?
Wellll…. I need to find some place to live by April 1st. The reason being, temperatures will most assuredly heat up by then, to a point beyond uncomfortability. And then also, living inside a garage that's not weatherproofed wouldn't be survivable in the desert heat, once the summer comes.
My Former Wife Person had been telling me that she will sell the condo (for the past couple of months), and then purchase some place else to live, someplace where I can have access indoors. However, she's yet to move forward on this plan, because there exist a plethora of extenuating circumstances.
So I've got 44 days to figure this out. The pressure is on, so let's have some fun deciding where I will be sheltering in the coming months.
If you happen to be up for the task, please vote for whichever of the following options seems best. Because really, I remain wholeheartedly unsure.
Vote (choose one)
My options are as follows:
- Move back to … The Nursing Home
Advantages:
I know everybody there
Readily available medical support
Relatively safe and convenient neighborhood (IF I'm allowed to leave the property)
Access to codeine (for pain)
No privacy
Disadvantages:
It's a nursing home
Restricted freedom
No more sleeping soundly / sleeping through the night
Would be unable to manage pain with marijuana
My monthly income would decrease from $900 per month down to $25 per month
And yes, it's a nursing home
- Assisted Living
Advantages:
Air conditioning
Probable wheelchair access
Occasional assistance with tasks
Disadvantages:
Lack of diversity - surrounded by a small(ish) group of disabled (or uncommunicative) old men
Restricted freedom (less so than the nursing home)
Would be unable to manage pain with marijuana
No privacy
My monthly income would decrease from $900 per month down to $25 per month
- Payson Arizona (Female Friend)
Advantages:
Living off the grid / peaceful location
Have my own bedroom and kitchenette
Living with one of my former best friends
Would be able to keep my $900 per month income (she’d probably charged me 500 per month or so)
Comfortable late spring/summer temperatures mostly around 100° summertime days (60s at night), vs. nearly 110° where I'm currently staying (80s overnight)
Disadvantages:
Several hundred dollars to move my necessary possessions to location (and several hundred dollars to move them back, when the time comes)
Friend smokes two packs of cigarettes each day indoors and is unclean
No access to doctors or medical assistance besides 911
Limited to staying on-property / can't travel or explore (inaccessible dirt road and / or uneven terrain
She wouldn't offer helpful assistance in most regards
Interior access may not be suitable for my wheelchair
- Garage (w/door into interior condo propped open, allowing some cool air to filter into the garage space)
Advantages:
Instead of it being over 100° in the garage, temperatures would be likely range between 85 and 95°
No moving costs
No change in medical situation or scenarios
Disadvantages:
Still very warm and difficult to endure
Utility bill would approach $500 per month, versus a more standard and normal $200 (I can contribute to that bill out of my own pocket, so not really a big deal)
- Upstairs Condo (living on the second floor)
Advantages:
Air conditioning
Wouldn't have to move
Familiar (caring) roommate
No additional out of pocket costs
Going outside on balcony possible, if I can operate a manual wheelchair with assistance and / or have someone wheel me out there every now and again
Disadvantages:
Unable to leave upstairs
Cannot go to appointments
Same bedroom where I was stuck in bed for six consecutive years
Wouldn't see any other people socially or otherwise
Those are my choices. I need to figure this out. Soon! If you have an opinion, please share.
Take care,
Howard
P.S. I am unable to edit the number listed on the headers because I can't figure it out due to my inability to figure it out. So if you vote for option #1 ...