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It was sunny morning but it was not to be such. It was a little cloudy out. A little cool, not too bad. I was down in the San Francisco area, kind of south San Francisco and that area a few weeks ago, and listening to Jeff check in each day and give a little bit of a weather report and being down there a little bit for a week or two made me realize how similar the weather really is between Seattle and kind of the west side of San Francisco, south San Francisco and down in that area. And today I admit he's got his beat. They're having some sunshine. We're not having sunshine, Jeff, but we'll see how it goes tomorrow. It'll be nice if the sun comes out. Anyway, so let's see. I've been eligible for Medicare for some years now. I signed up for it, Part B, a little bit of extra coverage to get if you donate to the government. But I've never actually gotten a service provider, so I went today and thought, gosh, I've been meaning to do this. I better go do something about it finally today. So I go to this place, Optima Nearby here in Shoreline, actually recommend it to me by a fellow ham, and I go and check in there and I go say, hey, I'm quite healthy. I have no intention of getting Medicare Advantage, which is supplemental insurance that you pay actual companies for. They're advertising it all over the place. I just want to get signed up. I just want to get a wellness check and a couple things like that, just to make sure I'm still alive. And they go, so you've got Part A and Part B? And I says, yeah, I think I got Part B, A. I signed up for Part B, too. She says, well, sorry, but as of about three weeks ago, we're not accepting patients with Part B anymore. And I go, will this happen to have anything to do with change in federal policy? She says, well, I'm not sure, but I think probably yes. So I'm kicking myself because like four months ago, five months ago, six months ago, I'm telling myself, you know, I should better sign up and get this Medicare coverage now before something gets changed. So now I'm kind of scrambling around, finding out what to do. I'm definitely not going to sign up for Medicare Advantage. That is ridiculous. I just do not need it. So that's my conundrum for the moment, kicking myself. But I was not a little more proactive. I kick myself a lot for not being more proactive about stuff. I know I need to get done looking around in my apartment. Yeah, Tim, you really need to straighten this place up.