Hello everyone, this is Refried. it is Friday, Nov 14. I am on the phone trying to get help for a Medicaid problem. I have been on hold for about 40 minutes.  That is a long time to be on hold. But they probably have a lot of people who need help.  I think something already went wrong and I may need to be patient and go to the office in person Monday.  I left a message. I have had four interactions with them about renewal.  And the recording said they did not receive the packet. But I did send it and went in person to clarify something on the packet and they did not let me know that they did not have it.

So possibly something went wrong because of the shut down and I need to be patient. Also two counselors said they think something was wrong with my new SNAP allowance.  So I will be patient. i am okay for now. I have about a month where I should be okay and can get some things fixed.  And possibly things can be corrected retroactively if I temporarily lose coverage unfairly.

Then there is the possibility that I will lose it because of government taking back its contract without notice.  To just take away healthcare after I have made life decisions based on its availability and the agreements already established in writing.

The blog post has about 150 views. Probably it is half and half India and USA.  That is good with me.  Will I pause the ad, probably not.  I mean it is a blog share.  

Definitley my writing life could have had many different results and I don't know, manifestations, but I am happy with the books I did.  Should I have kept better grammar standards? I think I did keep them for the main fiction and poetry, and I did the nonfiction more casually, and that was my choice.  So I think it is okay.  Anyway, pros and cons, ups and downs, live and learn.  A lot has gone okay and people have helped me a lot.  But wow some things did not go well, shut doors and mistreatment, erosions of various sorts.

I can see the finish line up ahead but how are these four years going to go, I do not know.

It is now 50 minutes on hold. I mean maybe I just have to go in person. I just think there should be customer service for something as important as medicaid.