I am really tired, just trying to wake up with this coffee. I'be been up for hours of course, but I still don't feel awake. I saw a doctor on Monday to see if he can do something about the constant ear pressure that's been bothering me a few years already. All he said is that I have some fluid behind my ear drums and my ear canal is smaller than average, and he wrote me a referral to an ear specialist. I haven't called them yet because I'm kind of intimidated with the whole health care system here. The doctor's handwriting on the paper is impossible to read, so the only thing I understand is a phone number, it doesn't have the doctor's name I'm supposed to see or the address for where his office is. Why does it have to be so complicated? Just getting the doctor's appointment last Monday was hard enough because you have to be signed up with a doctor before you can get an appointment anywhere. There is no health centers anywhere, all the doctor's have their own offices. I have health insurance for me and Chris through my job and considered that they take 300 from my pay check for it every month, and my employer pays about 900 more outside of the pay check, you would think that I could get pretty amazing health services here.
Ha.
Here is the night stand I painted last weekend.. I think the white color made it a little more modern looking, although the handles are still needing an update. I may change them if I find other handles somewhere, but I may just leave it like that and not bother since it's not long term furniture.
The kitties today.
I am not trying to be America negative in this blog, but the truth is that I have more complaints than admiration for this place. At least Florida. This is a great place for a tourist to visit, but to live in, no. The weather is awful most of the year, the people are trashy, boring and stupid (not all, but most), and there is nothing to do unless you count eating out in various different chain restaurants. I am ready to get out, and the funny thing is that, Chris, the Floridian of us, is even more ready.
All that to say, we are still happy. But that's because we are for the most part separating ourselves from the society around us, and just concentrating in our own little circle. That's why I'm posting pictures about my little garden projects and our occasional trips to the beach.. that's what keeps us alive right now. I know some of the people I work with think I am stuck up and think I am better than them because I'm not from here, just because I do my work and don't constantly run my mouth with them. I don't, but I do think the topics they talk about are boring, and very very self centered.
So why are we even waiting for my citizenship if we are planning on moving out? A few reasons. We have spent a lot of money in my visas and green card and if we leave now I will loose it. If we ever want to come back, we have to go through all the paper war again with the government, just to get me in. Would we move back.. Florida unlikely, but there is some nicer places in this country too, like Seattle, and you never know what the future holds. And we will obviously travel back every now and then because Chris's family is here, and if I move out before getting a citizenship, I can't travel back for a vacation without getting a visa every time. I wouldn't be able to do the visa waiver program as a previous green card holder. So that's the main reasons.
Anyway, here is some happy cherry tomatoes!
