Update on Moonshot

Originally posted on 8.24.17, updated on,
9.3.17:


Well, as the usual s.o.p., there's a problem.  Problems, problems, problems.  I may not have mentioned this earlier, but I no longer receive Obamacare subsidies.  I have to pay the full amount of the premiums, and this really sucks.  Even at this high rate, I may not get any help with the MRI.  I may find out about that early in the week.  The proton therapy place may offer to finance.  So, I have that going for me.

I may have mentioned that I want to sell the van.  Actually, I do not want to sell the van, so I have a high price on it.  Guess what?  No buyers.  I get calls on it, but they aren't buying.

If I sell the van, I cannot visit my property in the car.  It is just too low to the ground for the rough terrain out there.  So, I got that going for me, too.

A lot of possibilities are rattling about the cranium.

Choices have to be made.  One thing is for certain.  The Moonshot is really a high risk operation at the best.  Right now, it might be almost suicide to go out there.

Well, let's not put it that way.  Putting it another way:  it is definitely not playing it safe.  Even in the best of times.



The original post follows:

Well, not really.  I can't back that up.  For the last year, or so, I have been "faking"
it.  Yeah, I pretend that I am out there when I am not.

Faking it is in style, so why not me too?  Doesn't cost anything.  Going out there for
real will definitely cost, as I have already found out.  Unless I am really sure, I
think the fakery will have to do for now.

The fake has brought me some knowledge about what it is possible, and what isn't.
I am sure that I can get by on as little as 8 gallons per week of water. Most of that
will go into taking showers and cleaning myself.  I may be 17 miles away from the nearest town, but I don't want to smell so bad that they can smell me all the way from town.

Energy use?  Not totally sure about that yet.  I would like to keep it down to a few
kilowatt hours per day as possible.  Most of that number will go into climate control.

One of the biggie problems is money.  There isn't very much.  Heck, there isn't any at
all, to put it bluntly.  I have a big hole to climb out of.  Not to mention, that I
still don't know about my health.  That question may be answered in the next few
weeks.  A follow up MRI is being set up as early as the end of the month.  The usual
delays come from doctors needing to be reminded, and insurance companies needing to approve procedures, which in this case, isn't cheap.

If all goes well with the check up, then I may return to work.  At this time, I do not
know how much, if any, that I will be able to do.  I think I could do at least some
work.

I guess you can say health is the biggest problem of all.  If that isn't good, then
the rest is academic.  Or fake.

At least I am not out of style.