Canada Born-Alaska Grown-On The Road

The American healthcare system is broken. This isn't news to anyone that has paid into a health insurance system for years to only be declined for a legitimate claim. Maybe it was a bureaucratic "check the box" rejection. Maybe you didn't have the right rider. Maybe your doctor put a code in that was off by one digit. Maybe the insurance adjuster had deemed your medically advised procedure as "unnecessary."  I had my fair share of medical frustration state side. There was the neurologist who told me that "your headaches are in your head because you're too overweight and curling doesn't count as an exercise." (Brilliant diagnostic work there: my headaches are in my head🙄). My school district medical insurance stopped covering chiropractic care "because clearly it isn't helping and is wasting yours and our money because you keep getting migraines and going back." There's the classic, "IUD insertion doesn't hurt you...

On the shuttle to 'A Chiena completely unaware for what we were in for! Fa molto caldo qui. Molto molto! Soprattuto per questa ragazza dell'Alaska!! There are steps we take to combat the extreme heat: abundance of Liquid IV packs at the ready always pack a water bottle carry a sweat cloth at all times steer clear of most polyester wine and cocktails in moderation this time of year AC at night so you don't suffocate in your sleep Walk to the store early or late but not midday Now if you need to know how to winterize your car, layer your winter clothes, optimize winter heating fuel, and pick out -40 rated parkas, we've got you covered. As the saying goes, you can always put on more clothes but at some point there's only so much you can take off! Luckily, we live in the beachside area of Lucrino where less clothes is more socially acceptable than say downtown Napoli, but still, it's molto molto caldo! This notion that "August" is the dead heat of summer a...