Mid-May Updates!

I'm admittedly a little bored at the moment, but I still want to post on here, so let me share some excellent news with you all!

May 13, 2024: I went to my own court hearing at 8:30am, and at approximately 9:23pm, my application for a name change was officially approved! I am now legally named "Rowen"! I changed my middle name too, but that's top secret information to keep away from online, lol.

May 14, 2024: I got straight to work on this day getting my most important documents adjusted to reflect my new name. I started my morning by going to my local Social Security Administration office. I showed them my state ID and a certified copy of my official name change decree, and in less than six minutes, it was processed. I get my new social security number card in the mail in two weeks, and it costed me absolutely nothing. Then I went to a notary public to get a sworn statement signed and stamped for an official update to my birth certificate. The birth certificate adjustment is more of a hassle, truthfully, because I cannot apply for it online or at a local office. Instead, I have to send over some paperwork, including my state's birth certificate amendment form, the notarized sworn statement, and a certified copy of the name change decree to the vital records department at the state capitol. I also had to send over a $26 personal check for them to process the paperwork. The paperwork should take maybe 14 weeks to be completely processed and a new updated birth certificate sent over to me.

May 15, 2024: Today I picked up a prescription from the pharmacy and was charged $0.00 for the medication. It usually costs me at least $5 to pick up this medication, so I decided to look at my health insurance account online to see what was up. Long story short, I've officially hit my out-of-pocket maximum, so now any medical services that I receive for the rest of 2024 will cost me a total of $0.00, provided that I use my health insurance. How exciting!! Now I'm going to use my health insurance with reckless abandon, as before I felt more constricted due to having to have a $15 co-pay for every appointment I had along with the cost of prescription medications.

...Oh! And I forgot to mention that yesterday was my birthday! I am now officially 28 years old, and that means I'm that much closer to being thirty! I'm actually looking forward to being thirty in a couple of years, but for now, I'm also trying to be mindful of myself and enjoy my current year of life. I will never be 28 years old again after I turn 29, and so on... so I need to make year 28 count, you know? I should make every year of my life count in some way... Well, anyways, here's to being 28 years old! *Raises up a toast of a glass of apple juice*