Big (and not so good) news: Social Security denied my claim. I got a second letter in the mail around the same time the lawyers did. Good news: They're already arranging for an appeal. I have a phone conference Thursday morning before I go to work. I hope they will involve me a little more in the process going forward. I felt like I was playing catch-up figuring out what's what and where and divining if there's anything I missed anytime I called them.

At least an appeal is coming.

Rest of the day has been pretty lazy. A little cleaning, but, for the most part, I just sat around streaming some TV shows and listening to a biography (in audiobook form) of Marie Colvin. She was a war correspondent in the vein of Martha Gellhorn who covered conflicts from the mid-80s to her death in 2012. The bio, In Extremis, was written (and read), by her friend Lindsey Hilsum. Reading Colvin's stories and dispatches and listening to her biography make me wish I knew her.

MRI tomorrow. Should be fine. I just have to wake up on time to get there.