i hate technology and mowing and having no money
My ISP is farking around with the webmail and it won't load. :P Last night when I logged in, it showed I had four messages from June in my inbox.
I have over 2000 messages in my inbox.
I freaked for a minute before I went back to the main page where it shows the most recent messages in a list and they were there. They were also on my phone. I'm still getting email on phone. Ergo...they're farking around with the webmail. grrrrr
I actually need to respond to a couple people dammit!
As predicted, except for the American, Talansky, barely making it and losing like thirty minutes due to a sore back, Le Tour was pretty dull yesterday. I can't remember if today is another basically flat stage or if there is an HC (out of category aka fucking high) mountain at the end today. Can't check because might be spoiled.
For some reason comics didn't come in yesterday, not that I'm up-to-date at all. I really need to stop reading fanfic and start reading comics while watching sports. I'm like half a year behind on Marvel and more on others. I'm only halfway through Buffy Season 9 and now we're in 10.
I did mow. Exciting. Didn't actually get really sweaty until I came inside where the AC wasn't running due to it being too cool already so it was stuffy.
Oh, I did hear back from tree guy and it's going to be about $5K. urk But part of that is clearcutting the way to the trees which is part of what dad would be hiring the yard dude to do. He probably can't get to it until September but nothing's in danger of doing more than falling in the stupid mess of a yard anyway. And I knew I'd had a referral from someone--he's worked on my neighbors' trees over the years.
I also got my 'not a bill' from the insurance company concerning the hospital. I'd already gotten one for the doctor that was highish in that it was the rest of my $1000 deductible. The hospital was $6800. Insurance started by writing off $5000 of that and then paying half, leaving me with half as a copay of some kind except I'm pretty sure I don't have copay. I do not understand health insurance at all. I'm taking them to my dad to decipher. So it looks like I'll owe about $1700. :P How can people afford this?????? For a procedure that took 45 minutes.
Jesus.
And while I do understand sort of the reason the costs are so high and then insurance just wipes out huge amounts, it's stupid. My hope? (Vain, I know) When everyone in the US has insurance, the doctors and hospitals actually charge the amount the insurance and your copays are whatever will cover. So my hospital bill would have been $1800, not $6800. Reality, people!
Of course, I was shaking like a leaf opening the not a bill because I have no idea what my insurance covers and doesn't except it doesn't cover doctor's visits which also irks me.
I did not watch 24 because I discovered that the ep I taped last Friday that I thought was the penultimate ep was actually the one from before. The penultimate ep airs tomorrow night so I'm just going to tape it rather than try to watch it at fox.com I caught up on Under the Dome, Crossbones and Dominion (my one issue with Dominion? I don't find the lead at all attractive. I know that's shallow... Michael, on the other hand...Plus ASH is looking GOOD!)
Baseball returns tomorrow night. It's mom's birthday so we're going out for dinner so I'll tape it. I'm planning to see Planet of the Apes on Saturday. I really liked the first one (was never a fan of the originals). The only other movies I have any interest in seeing this summer are, of course, Guardians of the Galaxy, and that big storm one.
The Sidewalk Sale was going strong for about three hours already by the time I got to work. Lovely weather for it (high of 78 today when it's usually around 98) but I avoid it. I turn off the main downtown shopping street right as you hit downtown so I avoided most of the traffic though there were a lot of shoppers out (the first "block" is really only about six shops on one side and the courthouse on the other and then I turn to go to work). We do have a vibrant downtown, but today is the day to avoid it.
I cut down to 25mg of steroids today, yay. I actually slept through the night without having to go to the bathroom in the first time in....I dunno, years? Amazing.
Well, since boss is taking tomorrow morning off, I'm going to do tomorrow's work today so I can write tomorrow morning. :) Yes, bad me.
I have over 2000 messages in my inbox.
I freaked for a minute before I went back to the main page where it shows the most recent messages in a list and they were there. They were also on my phone. I'm still getting email on phone. Ergo...they're farking around with the webmail. grrrrr
I actually need to respond to a couple people dammit!
As predicted, except for the American, Talansky, barely making it and losing like thirty minutes due to a sore back, Le Tour was pretty dull yesterday. I can't remember if today is another basically flat stage or if there is an HC (out of category aka fucking high) mountain at the end today. Can't check because might be spoiled.
For some reason comics didn't come in yesterday, not that I'm up-to-date at all. I really need to stop reading fanfic and start reading comics while watching sports. I'm like half a year behind on Marvel and more on others. I'm only halfway through Buffy Season 9 and now we're in 10.
I did mow. Exciting. Didn't actually get really sweaty until I came inside where the AC wasn't running due to it being too cool already so it was stuffy.
Oh, I did hear back from tree guy and it's going to be about $5K. urk But part of that is clearcutting the way to the trees which is part of what dad would be hiring the yard dude to do. He probably can't get to it until September but nothing's in danger of doing more than falling in the stupid mess of a yard anyway. And I knew I'd had a referral from someone--he's worked on my neighbors' trees over the years.
I also got my 'not a bill' from the insurance company concerning the hospital. I'd already gotten one for the doctor that was highish in that it was the rest of my $1000 deductible. The hospital was $6800. Insurance started by writing off $5000 of that and then paying half, leaving me with half as a copay of some kind except I'm pretty sure I don't have copay. I do not understand health insurance at all. I'm taking them to my dad to decipher. So it looks like I'll owe about $1700. :P How can people afford this?????? For a procedure that took 45 minutes.
Jesus.
And while I do understand sort of the reason the costs are so high and then insurance just wipes out huge amounts, it's stupid. My hope? (Vain, I know) When everyone in the US has insurance, the doctors and hospitals actually charge the amount the insurance and your copays are whatever will cover. So my hospital bill would have been $1800, not $6800. Reality, people!
Of course, I was shaking like a leaf opening the not a bill because I have no idea what my insurance covers and doesn't except it doesn't cover doctor's visits which also irks me.
I did not watch 24 because I discovered that the ep I taped last Friday that I thought was the penultimate ep was actually the one from before. The penultimate ep airs tomorrow night so I'm just going to tape it rather than try to watch it at fox.com I caught up on Under the Dome, Crossbones and Dominion (my one issue with Dominion? I don't find the lead at all attractive. I know that's shallow... Michael, on the other hand...Plus ASH is looking GOOD!)
Baseball returns tomorrow night. It's mom's birthday so we're going out for dinner so I'll tape it. I'm planning to see Planet of the Apes on Saturday. I really liked the first one (was never a fan of the originals). The only other movies I have any interest in seeing this summer are, of course, Guardians of the Galaxy, and that big storm one.
The Sidewalk Sale was going strong for about three hours already by the time I got to work. Lovely weather for it (high of 78 today when it's usually around 98) but I avoid it. I turn off the main downtown shopping street right as you hit downtown so I avoided most of the traffic though there were a lot of shoppers out (the first "block" is really only about six shops on one side and the courthouse on the other and then I turn to go to work). We do have a vibrant downtown, but today is the day to avoid it.
I cut down to 25mg of steroids today, yay. I actually slept through the night without having to go to the bathroom in the first time in....I dunno, years? Amazing.
Well, since boss is taking tomorrow morning off, I'm going to do tomorrow's work today so I can write tomorrow morning. :) Yes, bad me.