Yes. Normally I don't succumb to tales of unlucky numbers, but this year - 2013 - has not been great. I've been away from blogging for a while and I am going to try and catch up this year over the next few posts. Although 2008 was tough having lost my mother and then grandmother, this year is running a close second with a series of unfortunate events.
At the end of 2012 we learned Matt had a torn labrum and would need shoulder surgery to correct. He talked with Target to get his medical leave approved and learned it would be covered under short term disability, so he could continue to pay his bills while he rehabed. So Jan. 4th, into surgery he went. It went well but of course the tear more extensive than originally thought and so recovery was going to be longer than expected. For four weeks he was kept in a brace and not allowed to raise his arm above his shoulder, making it difficult for him to shower, dress, drive, etc. He was miserable. Adding to the misery was learning he would not be getting short term disability from Target. Apparently the store he is at now had enough hours to qualify him, but they go back to your hire date, when he was only part-time, and he was short an average of 2 hours a week to qualify. No worries, we thought, we will use his student loans to pay his rent. So he dropped all but one on-line class so he could use the balance of the loans to pay his bills. Unfortunately it dropped his hours and he didn't qualify for the student loan. So he had to drop that class as well and get no payout at all. Then, thanks to a screw up with the paperwork from the doctor's office in the timing, his medical leave was only 6 weeks instead of 12. So he had to return to work at the end of February, after only four rounds of physical therapy. Needless to say, his shoulder still isn't fully healed.
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