Dad had to go out of town so I came over to babysit Mom. Please don't tell her I said that. Also to work on a report for company #1. Lots of reading. Lots of research. Not getting that done, actually.

I seem to have stopped applying for jobs. Which I need to go back to doing. I hate it so...the tedious search, the mind-numbing forms, the shooting ( Read more... )

Still deep in the weeds re parental insurance. My second take is that Employer sub'bed out Medicare supplemental insurance (with Medicare as primary) with a Medicare Advantage plan (Part C with D as well so prescriptions are still covered.) My Dad knew about this but didn't bother to tell anyone. (!) Of course it was the only 'choice' he was ( Read more... )

I called Medicare this morning to see if Idiot Durable Medical Equipment Company has re-submitted bills from last year yet. Found out a) they haven't and b) Medicare denied latest bill cause parents are disenrolled from Medicare as of 1/1/15 ( Read more... )

 It's a sunny day in the border state, but a messy ice and snow storm is apparently on its way. I'm sitting at home burning through comp time waiting for a call from the school counselor. #1 son is in a bit of a mess academically and getting at his counselor is like trying to corner a drop of quicksilver. Phone calls, emails, requests for meetings ( Read more... )

I left work early with a splitting 'monitor stare' headache thinking I would work on stuff from home. The commute was awful and I had to stop at the store, not my normal one so it took forever to find everything and I got home about the usual time anyway. Unfortunately I got a new computer at work some weeks ago and they must have changed its name ( Read more... )

And it's not even a holiday. I'm at my parents with #2, taking a break from the unremittingly horror that is work (I am beginning to write the monologue the off-screen villain will recite as he feeds me into the meat-grinder of potential unemployment) to consult with my parents over house sales, mortgages, moving expenses (U-Haul is such a viable ( Read more... )

More like Frodo on his return than Bilbo on his. Eight hour drive straight to an hour meeting at the school to picking up #1 from martial arts to picking up dinner. Tired ( Read more... )

For those of you following along, Mom has chosen to dump Surgeon and go with small-regional-wound-clinic-in-rural-hospital. The home nursing service has obligingly shifted with her. New blood vessels are colonizing the wound area. Elevation and (slight) compression is being used to reduce the swelling in foot and ankle below and now under the wound ( Read more... )

I have taken to turning off the radio and clicking away from any news that has the word 'website' in the first sentence I hear/read. The Affordable Care Act is an ungodly mess and a kludge but no one seems to have a better solution. There's a good chance it'll fail or be repealed and we'll be back to the status quo which is an ungodly mess and a ( Read more... )

There are two more weekends for the CSA, then the Delivery of the Turkey on the 23rd (estimate). I will be roasting Bob the Turkey (named by my mother) here, disassembling him, then carting him to WV for leisurely consumption of what's left. Last night I bought the episode of Haven from Amazon Prime that the DVR missed (Countdown) so that I can go ( Read more... )