and the rest of the day.
Today has been a truly amazing awesome wonderful day. I'm still a bit giddy. Every now and then I feel the urge to shout "Vacation time!" or "401k!" (Currently I have no savings for retirement; I cashed in my last 401k when I was fired so we could, you know, survive the last year and a half).
In celebration of today, I bought a winter coat because I needed one, and Morgan and I went out to dinner and had red meat (we went to Outback), and now I am having hot chocolate and hanging out on the web.
I also left the very awesome Dr. R's office a message on their prescription refill line, which went something like this:
"Hi, I'm becc, my birthday is X, and I'm a patient of Dr. R's. I have a question about a refill--the last dose he prescribed for me, for the 3/day, my insurance wouldn't cover without a preauthorization, but because that can take some time to process, I was worried about running out of meds, so he called in a new scrip for a supply of 60, written as 2/day for 30 days. I'm just taking 3/day for 20 days. The problem is I'm going out of town on 11/23 and will not be back until 12/3 and as things stand I'll run out of meds before I come back. What do I need to do? Please call me and let me know what my options are."
I did call the pharmacy yesterday, but they told me that they can't tell if the preauth has gone through or not because insurance is denying the scrip because they say it's too soon to refill.
Hopefully Dr. R's office will continue to be awesome and call me back tomorrow with a solution.
Morgan and I were talking over dinner about how things work out or don't, and we agreed that although the last year and a half has been difficult, we've learned a lot from it and we think there are reasons for it. My being out of work for so long taught us how to manage on next to no money, which is definitely useful. And it gave me time to go back east and be with my parents when they needed me; I couldn't have done any of that if I'd been employed, and as it is I feel like I'm not there enough. I can't think about what it would have been like if I'd been stuck out here.
I"ve finally gotten my headaches under control, and there have been times when I didn't want to go back to work because they were so impacting my life that I thought I couldn't keep a full-time job. Now, thanks to Dr. R and new meds, I'm not worried about it.
And let's face it, FTE is always better than contractor or vendor work, and while I had been resigned to the reality of doing contractor work, I was always holding out hope for an FTE position.
This is like the best possible outcome, and while I do wish I could have gotten started like a year ago, I'm thrilled to have gotten this job, at this time. This isn't just a job I'm taking because it's A Job and I need A Job, it's a Job I Want, that fits in my skill set perfectly, that I know I can do and do well.
Part of me feels a bit guilty or sheepish for being so excited and so giddy, part "Where's the shoe falling on my head?" and part "But so many people have crap luck and no jobs or jobs without benefits or..." but you know? I haven't been employed, aside from the independent contractor work and a 2-week thing, since March 2010.
I think I've earned a bit of excitement.
This weekend, pending check from independent contracting gig, Morgan and I are going phone shopping. I know the BlackBerry I want, I just have to make sure it'll work with ActiveSync for things like my work email and work calendar. I don't see why it wouldn't, but you never know - when I interviewed, one of the guys said they disabled ActiveSync for Droid phones, which doesn't really surprise me. So that's off my list. I'd consider getting a Win7 phone, but I'm on Verizon and the only Win7 phone they have is touchscreen only, no physical keyboard. If I wanted a touchscreen only phone, I'd get an iPhone. So BlackBerry it will be. Morgan is also debating upgrading to a smartphone when we go shopping, so we'll see what happens.
You guys, I can't even begin to tell you how relieved and grateful and happy I am that this has all gone through. It's just...seriously, Morgan and I were both wondering how we were going to manage because I was running out of benefits, and he's a state employee at a college that's facing massive budget cuts and it was getting pretty scary, and now suddenly there's a light in the tunnel and it's not an oncoming train.
I love everyone right now. *hugs the world*
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In celebration of today, I bought a winter coat because I needed one, and Morgan and I went out to dinner and had red meat (we went to Outback), and now I am having hot chocolate and hanging out on the web.
I also left the very awesome Dr. R's office a message on their prescription refill line, which went something like this:
"Hi, I'm becc, my birthday is X, and I'm a patient of Dr. R's. I have a question about a refill--the last dose he prescribed for me, for the 3/day, my insurance wouldn't cover without a preauthorization, but because that can take some time to process, I was worried about running out of meds, so he called in a new scrip for a supply of 60, written as 2/day for 30 days. I'm just taking 3/day for 20 days. The problem is I'm going out of town on 11/23 and will not be back until 12/3 and as things stand I'll run out of meds before I come back. What do I need to do? Please call me and let me know what my options are."
I did call the pharmacy yesterday, but they told me that they can't tell if the preauth has gone through or not because insurance is denying the scrip because they say it's too soon to refill.
Hopefully Dr. R's office will continue to be awesome and call me back tomorrow with a solution.
Morgan and I were talking over dinner about how things work out or don't, and we agreed that although the last year and a half has been difficult, we've learned a lot from it and we think there are reasons for it. My being out of work for so long taught us how to manage on next to no money, which is definitely useful. And it gave me time to go back east and be with my parents when they needed me; I couldn't have done any of that if I'd been employed, and as it is I feel like I'm not there enough. I can't think about what it would have been like if I'd been stuck out here.
I"ve finally gotten my headaches under control, and there have been times when I didn't want to go back to work because they were so impacting my life that I thought I couldn't keep a full-time job. Now, thanks to Dr. R and new meds, I'm not worried about it.
And let's face it, FTE is always better than contractor or vendor work, and while I had been resigned to the reality of doing contractor work, I was always holding out hope for an FTE position.
This is like the best possible outcome, and while I do wish I could have gotten started like a year ago, I'm thrilled to have gotten this job, at this time. This isn't just a job I'm taking because it's A Job and I need A Job, it's a Job I Want, that fits in my skill set perfectly, that I know I can do and do well.
Part of me feels a bit guilty or sheepish for being so excited and so giddy, part "Where's the shoe falling on my head?" and part "But so many people have crap luck and no jobs or jobs without benefits or..." but you know? I haven't been employed, aside from the independent contractor work and a 2-week thing, since March 2010.
I think I've earned a bit of excitement.
This weekend, pending check from independent contracting gig, Morgan and I are going phone shopping. I know the BlackBerry I want, I just have to make sure it'll work with ActiveSync for things like my work email and work calendar. I don't see why it wouldn't, but you never know - when I interviewed, one of the guys said they disabled ActiveSync for Droid phones, which doesn't really surprise me. So that's off my list. I'd consider getting a Win7 phone, but I'm on Verizon and the only Win7 phone they have is touchscreen only, no physical keyboard. If I wanted a touchscreen only phone, I'd get an iPhone. So BlackBerry it will be. Morgan is also debating upgrading to a smartphone when we go shopping, so we'll see what happens.
You guys, I can't even begin to tell you how relieved and grateful and happy I am that this has all gone through. It's just...seriously, Morgan and I were both wondering how we were going to manage because I was running out of benefits, and he's a state employee at a college that's facing massive budget cuts and it was getting pretty scary, and now suddenly there's a light in the tunnel and it's not an oncoming train.
I love everyone right now. *hugs the world*
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