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The other day I was thinking in 75 days something will go wrong in life that will make this challenge very hard. Today is the start of that day and tomorrow might be the end of it for me.
I started the day out right, got most of my stuff done in the morning, walk, pic, reading, and a good start on the water. I got out of the house about an hour late to get to Houston for work. I drove since it’s only about four hours. Made it in time, to finish up a conference call and head to the gym before I had to be at a meet and greet for work at 6.
About half way through my wife called and said she was in extreme pain and was crying saying I might have to come home. She thought she might be having an appendicitis, but didn’t want to go to the hospital because ER visits are really expensive.
I told her just to go! Doesn’t matter, we’ll deal with the money later. We have insurance but like most insurances these days it’s not that great so she is right, this will cost thousands of dollars. And at least we have an out of pocket cap of 10 of 15k. So it’s going to be expensive. But that’s not what I’m worried about.
I’m still in Houston four hours away debating whether I should go home of not. Work could live without me, but I am scheduled to teach a class Sunday for my side hustle and have 13 people coming depending on me.
I talked to my wife once she got to the hospital and she said she was feeling better, don’t come stay and teach the class we will need the money for the bill. But at least she is being taken care of.
I did finish my water and didn’t break the diet, so the challenge is still on. Tomorrow, depending on what happens tonight, might change that.
I’m in a “wait to worry” mentality right now. My wife has friends at the hospital with her and another friend is watching my kid. Things are always crazy. Just when you think you have things licked in life, it can reach out and kick you square in the nuts.
I sit here at the end of Day 23 trying to wait to worry. And wait on word of what is going on with the wife. I pray it is something that isn’t that big of a deal and we will laugh at the doctors bill for the next couple months until we pay it off. We do have an emergency fund for the type of thing, so I guess that is a blessing and will probably be able to pay for it by writing a check that will drain the emergency fund. It does put me at easy that we do have that money.
After talking to my wife what she really needed was someone to tell her what to do. That was actually easier for me sitting in Houston to just tell her to go to the ER then it would have been me sitting there.
Now I sit in Houston waiting on what will happen. One of her close friends by her side and waiting.
75 Hard I will Conquer…. As long as I still have my wife in the morning,
Ben Branam