Money is dumb

[wednes]

For anyone keeping track on whether or not I'll be taking Latuda--the new med my doc prescribed for me--I'm not. I was a little nervous about the side-effects, like causing crazy mania. H thought I should take it, because the doctor said so. I explained that psyche meds don't really work like that. It's not like a blood pressure med--where you can die if you don't take it. Anyway, I eventually agreed to give it a try.

Then I found out that it's $90 a month.
So I'm not gonna take it after all.
Funny thing is, $90 a month is actually very cheap for a non-generic psyche med. Personally, I know very few people who live with bi-polar disorder, clinical depression, or schizophrenia (all ailments Latuda is supposed to help with) who are financially solvent enough that a sudden $90 a month expense wouldn't cripple them. Of course, if I didn't have insurance it would be over $300 a month. Are there really people, even sane people, who can afford a sudden expense like that? That's almost half our rent.

In other news, I'm watching the crap out of House of Cards on Netflix. When we got the free Apple TV, I decided it would be neat to treat us to Netflix, since it's only $8 a month. It's already paid for itself over On Demand rentals. Plus I saw "It's Such a Beautiful Day" which is a cartoon that will totally make you cry.
House of Cards is insane, and much more murderous than I was expecting.

Still looking for a new gig. If you know anyone who needs a content creator, editor, English or writing tutor, or childcare giver for a kid older than 7--do let me know.

Comments

[roane]

For gigs, have you checked out Fiverr.com? The idea is, you say "I will do [thing] for $5." Some small task. Then for larger tasks, you can ask for more money. I've been getting some fairly steady editing gigs there. Also, for content creation, I've had a lot of luck on blogmutt.com. They pay a minimum of $8 per blog entry, the acceptance rates are high, and they pay weekly. Those are kind of my fallback jobs right now. :P

[wednes]

Thanks man. I checked out Fiverr once before, but didn't know you could do gigs for more money. That's great to know. I wasnt' familiar with blogmutt at all. I'll be sure to check it out.