Status Update

It's been a long time, and I deeply apologize for that. My brain is
not working well, and seems to be getting worse, which is not a good
sign.

Some of you may know the situation as it stood last December. The
Social Security Administration is saying that I need to be working
another few years before I can claim disability. The reason is that I
have a large block of time in my recent past when I was not working.
This is, of course, because I am disabled.

I am working now, but mostly by the grace of a few who have been
watching out for me, covering for me, etc.

Today, I got the phone call from a friend higher up in the company
warning me that "they" are thinking of letting me go because I am just
not capable of concentrating and working.

I'm not angry at the company. Essentially, they are right. However,
this puts me in a bad spot. This puts me in the situation of possibly
becoming homeless. I have a few options to exercise before that
happens, thankfully. But it's not going to be easy.

In the meantime, things are going well medically. I'm also on a new
medication for sleep that works a little too well (Trazadone), so I
may go back to the Benadryl. My concern was that Benadryl was making
it difficult for me to urinate, but it turns out that's one of those
things that happens when men get older, and they make a pill for that.

I'll do my best to update this more often. I need a better job,
something working with computers, and something in the Los Angeles
area. I used to do technical support, and I work fairly well at that,
even on the medication I've been taking. I just wish I could get paid
for it.

In the meantime, the three amigos are doing their best to convince me
that I am a slave to the system, and that I need to disconnect from
the system, and that losing my job and going homeless would be an
excellent way to do that. They make good arguments, but I suspect they
are not helping.