Ups and downs

So many shifts and redirections regarding my brother's illness, it's been difficult to keep up. Right now, we're trying to find him a situation in a Skilled Nursing Facility, but many won't take the insurance he has and even though he's eligible for Medicaid they're refusing to assist him. That...is being appealed.

I haven't been able to focus much on any of the stories I plan to write, during this situation. But if we can ensconce him in an SNF this week, I can return home and get to work by this weekend.

Dylan has taken on a twisty-turny life of its own, already, and I was able to write another 2200 words. Introducing Vance, Ben and Liam...all of whom figure into what happens with Dylan. It's not really very good, yet, but does manage to set the stage.

I spent last night in my brother's hospital room, and tonight is my sister. If he's kept till Tuesday, I'll be on the hook for tomorrow night. We've been alternating like this since I came back down.

It's not fun because it's hard to get any sleep, but the hospital has killer wifi and I'm able to stream murder mysteries off Acorn. Got season 25 of Midsomer Murders and ten episodes of season 4 of My Life is Murder.

Kept my mind off the fact that getting cremated and buried in this day and age will cost just over $10,000. And that's the K-Mart Special version. If he was to be buried, that would add over $8,000 to the cost. Jesus, I'm going to talk with someone at a funeral home in Buffalo and start planning and paying for my cremation and hand over to The Neptune Society, it that's still an option.

Pay off my non-funeral in installments.