Saturday, December 7, 2013

ACA and Me (Along with blog updates)

Hi all,

So here it is, part of the reason for my travails at the beginning of the semester was an attempt to keep my health insurance. Now that the Affordable Care Act exchanges are up I have decided to buy health insurance from Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Arizona.  The result being that I hope to no longer be afraid of loosing my job or my status as a student for fear that I will loose my health insurance.

This is a tremendous burden lifted off of me. Now its time to concentrate on moving forward. I have gone back to work which should allow me to begin saving money shortly, right now I am eating less than ten dollars worth of food a day. The next step is to increase my income so I can begin making purchases to go on expeditions. This has led to a couple of site redesigns, the tabs at the top will show my progress as I loose weight. I have even begun walking my dog further when my hands are not frostbitten.

The good news is that my weight is coming down nicely, also at the top you will find links to pinboards as well as expedition planing ideas and guides. Those will be under construction as time goes on. Right now its looking like I will be ready for the Grand Canyon Star Party next fall if I can just put together enough money for the scope and the camping gear.

Speaking of the scope, I have decided to re-purpose my DSI II mono as a guide camera since I don't really feel like paying $300 for one. I have also purchased Photoshop since it was on sale for 50% off, which is a great deal that is still going on, hence if you want Photoshop CC I suggest you get on it right now.

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