1-12-2021 Journal Entry, aka News About Workman's Comp

I was really tired this morning so I went back to bed after Billy went to school.

When I got up, I took a shower and had a zoom meeting with Billy's new therapist.

Then Tara stopped by with some news.  She said that workman's comp was going to pay all of the medical bills and was going to pay me every month until I die or get remarried, which isn't an option for me.

Tara told me later that I'd looked pretty and had been glowing.  She said she always sees me in leggings and a t-shirt, but I was dressed.  I was dressed in leggings and a sweatshirt .  Usually I'm wearing PJ's if I don't have to leave the house, but I had the zoom meeting and groceries to pick up today.  I didn't have the heart to tell her today was my first shower in 4 days.

1-11-2021 Journal Entry, aka Life Insurance

I got the two life insurance checks in the mail today, so it took a little over 6 weeks.  One was dated in December but they must have held it to be sent with the one dated last week.  My purse felt very heavy with those checks in there.

I also picked up up my van from the shop which is strange for me because Scott always handled the vehicle repairs.

Then Tara came over to get some paperwork from me.  I asked her to explain to me what's going on with the arbitration and what does "Line of Duty" mean.  So, my understanding is that the federal government doesn't include dispatchers as first responders so the fire chief denied the claim that this was a "line of duty death", even though she called it that in the press release and in her speech to the press.  The head of the city's HR denied it, stating he wasn't in "fire suppression", which makes no sense because paramedics and EMTs don't put out fires and they would count as first responders.  The union has taken it to arbitration because he still had paramedic credentials and could have been put in the field at any time.  LODD or "Line of Duty Death" would give me monthly pay until I reached the age where I could draw out of his 401(a).  They are concurrently working on a workman's comp claim and a federal "LODD" claim.

My daughter Arrena and I had a long talk about a lot of things, but first off, she told me she wasn't moving to Michigan.  At least not now, that's the plan.  We talked about a lot of things but that's all I want to write about for now.