Major updates:
Moving. As of January, I'll be living at 1720 Como Ave SE, #A, Minneapolis MN 55414. The local big industry for that area is the University of Minnesota.
Looking for a place, mostly through Craigslist ads, taught me things I hadn't known about Minneapolis and the rest of the Twin Cities Metro. Also, I learned a new-to-me slang term: "420 friendly." (Marijuana user.)
The people placing ads were more diverse than I had anticipated. I would've been content to remain ignorant of the "free rent for a liberal female" guys. (I suspect it would make better economic sense to hire prostitutes.) But the pregnant lesbian sounded like a fairly nice person.
What got me an offer was mentioning on the mailing list for Mnstf (my local science fiction club) that I was looking. And the offer came at an author reading which I'd almost decided I was too tired to attend. And which was in conflict with meeting my Adult Children Anonymous sponsor, till the sponsor needed to change the date of the meeting.
Medical stuff. I have a mild case of cerebral palsy; hadn't had any treatment for it in decades. I decided to find out if there was any medication or therapy that would be useful to me.
The neurologist referred me to a speech therapist and a physical therapist.
She also referred me to an audiologist. He cleared up much of my recent hearing difficulty increase by tinkering with my hearing aid. (One hearing aid; my right ear doesn't have enough hearing for a second aid to be useful.) And by cleaning something I hadn't realized needed more than minimal cleaning. (It was embarrassing to find out that what I'd thought was a rivet was the microphone.)
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