Sometimes life just takes you where it wants to go. Not necessarily where you want to take it. This year was rough. I probably said that last year. But that was my own funk. We our normal life problems. But it seemed liked so much more this year.
Our marriage almost crumbled. We were both affected by our problems and handled them in very different ways. And it took a devastating situation to for us both to open our eye. I'm at that point, 14 years together is not something you just throw away.
Also it was a hard year financially. The insurance premiums and deductibles and lack of support really got to us too. On the bright side, Jet finally got a diagnosis for his hearing issue. He has sensorineural hearing loss. Which brings it's own complications and joys. I'll start with the bad. The bad is that to get able to get disability, he needs a 30% loss. He is at 27%. So that means that our crappy insurance plan doesn't cover much. Speech charges $100 for every 50 minute appointment. And since we have a very high deductible it means that we pay for every appoint, therapy, test, out of pocket. And we still didn't hit our deductible yet. But the good thing with this diagnosis is that it can stay at 27% forever. And if it gets to at least 50% we have other options. So there is hope.
We also found the burden of buying an older home. This year, we have fixed the a/c and the (just recently) the heater. With the urging of the repair saying that we should just get a whole new system as this one has lasted 8 years longer than it should have. We also to replace the fan in the kitchen, toilet in the master, fridge, new electric wiring in the dining room, and a new dryer. On top of 2 hearing tests at $350 a piece.
And then there are the kid problems. Rionn started middle school and apparently has no motivation for anything. Everyone tells me it's a teen thing since he'll be 13 in a few weeks. But it's driving me crazy. We've also gone through losing several animals. Jet rescued a baby bird that fell out of a tree, we lost 5 bunnies, and Rionn's agility dog.
But all that is behind us. And we all took a little break from social media and distractions. This summer was all about relaxing and having fun. We did lots of swimming, and movies in the park, beach trips, hiking trips. Lots of daycations. But it did us good. We all feel better not rushing here or there. We dropped a sport. Our schedule is better too with middle school. We'll see how that works when Jet starts school next year.
I'm so looking forward to Christmas and 2018. It's got to be a better year.
