Interesting July Ahead

 

Unless there is a TACO situation again the US is going to put more tariffs into effect. Economic experts believe that will collapse the economy. Could be. I’m not an economist.

My own financial situation is usually disconnected from the greater economy. Back in 2008, when real estate collapsed, my situation was pretty much unchanged. Of course, I wasn’t buying or selling any property back then so that helped.

My niece, who lives with us, asked if we were going to be all right. I pointed out we live in the country with decent off grid power, deep food storage, and have plenty of those loud security devices that propel pellets of discouragement. In short, we are prepped as we always are.

I wish I was in better health right now but we’ll get by. While I can’t do all the summer projects I wanted to do, I can hire out the most important jobs and call it good.

-Sixbears

Long Road Ahead

 

My trip to the Dartmouth Medical Center did not turn out as well as I’d hoped. My meeting with the surgeon was disappointing. I had hoped that a quick surgery could have fixed my issue. As it turns out the surgeon thought I’d be stuck with an open weeping wound that would be prone to infection.

Long story short I’m now waiting for appointments with other experts.

Long story even shorter: this is going to take some time.

Once again I’m in a waiting period for the next steps.

On the bright side, the huge lump is not cancer, so that’s good. Cancer among firefighters is a common issue so I’m counting my blessings.

-Sixbears

Heat Wave

Well it’s hotter than the hinges of hell out there. Half the country is having a heat wave. It would be a bad time for the grid to go down.

My house, here in the Great North Woods of New Hampshire, has never had air conditioning. What it does have is big shady hemlocks and a breeze off the pond.

-and ceiling fans.

Never forget about the ceiling fans. It’s nice to have enough solar power to run the ceiling fans and other basic electrical needs.

Today is the day when my heating oil delivery comes in. It’s weird to buy heating oil in the middle of a heatwave but that’s really the time to buy. We are in volatile times so there’s no predicting what the cost or availability of oil will be by fall.

Currently I have three ways of heating the house: oil, wood, and electricity. There were plans to put in a heat pump but doctor’s visits are eating up disposable income right now. Such is life.

-Sixbears

Still Here

It’s been a minute. I had a lot of distractions to deal with but now find myself with some downtime.

Long story short I’m meeting with a surgeon on Thursday. I’ve a huge lump on my leg (apparently non-cancerous) that’s getting bigger all the time. It’s affecting my ability to walk properly and keeps me in low level pain. A simple operation should sort it all out.

As you can well imagine it derailed my plans to participate in the Scooter Cannonball, which is happening right now. Such is life -the best laid plans of mice, men and all that. I was able to recover some of my Cannonball funds but not all.

The news looks interesting. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best outcome.

-Sixbears