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[kenjari]

I hate this season of waiting. I hate having to wait for spring. The weather is sadly much more like January than March up here. I especially hate waiting for grad school letters. I get a major adrenaline rush when checking the mail. In fact, mail-related anxiety can start as early as noon, when I am generally at work eating my lunch and can do nothing but get nervous.

My employer is going to pay my medical bills for that head wound back in January. Yay! And so far, there has been a minimum of fuss. I also found out that in addition to paying the medical bills, they will have to pay me for the fact that I now have a scar on my face. Six months after the injury, I am to go to the doctor for an assessment report to send to the insurance company, and then they will have to pay me an appropriate amount of money. I guess the amount and whatnot depends on the severity of the scar. This is all per MA worker's comp laws. I admit to feeling a little weird about this. After all, it's a pretty inconspicuous scar and thus unlikely to really affect me or my life. However, I think I will go along with and take the money anyway. If I don't feel justified in keeping it, I will donate it to an arts organization.

My piano sonata is going along well. I finished the third movement, a light-hearted waltz, earlier this week. The second movement is coming along nicely, and I am about to also start in on the first. Hey, there's no rule that says I have to write the movements in order.

Speaking of piano - I've stopped sucking! The slump has gone away. Unfortunately, my tendonitis and the pinched nerve in my right arm has flared up again due to stress and overwork on the computer. I think I've also been tensing up too much when I'm playing. I have a tendency to "hold" myself in place or maintain hand and arm positions too rigidly, especially when playing something difficult. I made an effort to be more mindful of this when practicing today. I tried to be looser, especially in the arms and shoulders, and allow more overall movement throughout my upper body. My arm and shoulder do feel better as a result. I just hope I can hold out until my wonderful acupuncturist is taking appointments again (she had a baby last fall).

Comments

[epilimnion.livejournal.com]

take the cash! use it for grad school! or whatever else! yeah, it's not a big or nasty scar, but who knows, maybe some day you might want to do somethign cosmetic about it, or you may want to do other health things...

As far as acupuncture, I may have to try someone else until N is back in busness. my thinb seemed to act up today....I'll let oyu know where I end up going.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Yes, the more I think about it, the more I may just take the cash. My student loan needs paying, and if all goes well, we will need to make a downpayment on a car.

[epilimnion.livejournal.com]

Most people have to fight tooth and nail for worker's comp. If they want to just hand it to you, then say yes! Sure, your scar isn't a big deal, it doesn't make you look any less pretty, it doesn't impede functionality. But it is permanent. So, instead of a scar with a story, why not let it be the scar that bought you a car!