wrod. this is why I get headaches. I want and need to write a commentary for the Disability Nation blog today, but as it gets closer, I'm losing my nerve. How does KO do that all the time?

Going to get large glass of water now. Thanks for the help!

Ok, so I just found out it only takes 20 minutes (don't tell Daniel, or I'll lose my week's pass from doing the dishes) to mow the front lawn, even if it looks completely unkept as though no one had ever mown it in the history of ever despite having been mowed just a week ago. Which is great, really, on the lawn care front. But by way of a time killer while waiting to pick Sammie up from the vet's (teeth cleaning, and got microchipped while they were at it), it is crap.

GC, my favorite headache remedy is a dab of peppermint essential oil to each temple. You probably don't have any lying about, but it may be worth laying in a stock of it for the future.

I used to rub Tiger Balm on my temples for headaches until I found out that headache cure was a myth. Now they've taken Airborne away from me for colds. Stop messing with my placebos, people!

GC, my favorite headache remedy is a dab of peppermint essential oil to each temple. You probably don't have any lying about, but it may be worth laying in a stock of it for the future

I wonder if this is why I swear by putting Ben Gay on my temples for a headache.

Ugh, I think I'm getting sick. I feel like I may have a fever and just generally feel like crap. And today is my long ass day (work 8:30-3:30 > school 5-8). Pity me.

Poor GC. It's crappy to have to work and go to class when you feel like crap.

I'm done getting Sammie, and also dealing with the accident she had in her carrier.

Hivemind medical insurance question: New plan being offered for Daniel, through the same insurance company as the current plan. It is one of those high-deductible dealies together with a Health Savings Account, that comes out of pre-tax pay, modest matching by the employer ($1000 from employee, $200 from employer). Monthly premium savings is $40 compared to the current plan. Preventative care (read: annual physical, and immunizations) covered at 100%. Everything else, including labs and prescriptions is at 80/20. Current plan, prescriptions are covered at 50% to yearly maximum of $1000, labs are covered at 100%. This far along in the year, Daniel has gotten most of the way to that prescription cap, but all that progress would be lost if he joins the new plan. They would start counting the deductible all over again. And 20% of the lab work for a diabetic is definitely something to consider, also.

At first glance, that new plan seems like it might have advantages over the current one, but then we started to wonder if losing the money in the prescription deductible and having higher co-pays for lab work might make it a losing proposition.

Any thoughts on this? Please and thank you.

I dunno, what's the current coverage for the doctor visits and such, WindSparrow? Sounds like that 80/20 stuff would start getting expensive quick. Because the lab work doesn't come out of nowhere, right? Even if it's just a five minute visit where the doc says "yep, we're gonna need to check your labs", suddenly there's a $150 bill that you have to pay 20% of.