Grrrr. Called my health insurer. I called last week to see if they were going to cover the general anesthesia for Owen's oral surgery this Friday. It was referred to the manager. WHO'S ON VACATION. She's supposed to be back tomorrow but I wasn't promised an answer right away. If I don't find out before Friday, I have to pay $3,200 on top of the $1,600 we've already paid. WTF? If someone goes on vacation, shouldn't they have people covering for these kinds of decision?
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Apr 27, 2009 5:56:40 am PDT #16894 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Trudy Booth - Apr 27, 2009 5:56:47 am PDT #16895 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So we may be getting a dog. Ack.
Dana, if you do get the dog you should totally name him "Ack."
sumi - Apr 27, 2009 6:09:36 am PDT #16896 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
beth b - Apr 27, 2009 6:15:34 am PDT #16897 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am hearing to much panic form this flu. The CDC is doing what it is supposed to do , preparing for the worse case senerio, but for everyone else -- just do what you should normally do. Wash you hands more. take more vitamin C ( immune boosting ) get enough sleep, etc. If you are more susceptible to getting serious cases of the flu -- take all illness just a bit more seriously.
If I understand it correctly -- 20 people in the US have had it and it has been much milder here.
Steph L. - Apr 27, 2009 6:17:24 am PDT #16898 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's a sad testament to how extremely tired I've been for the past week or so that I kind of wish I'd get the swine flu so that I could be off work and get some goddamn sleep.
beth b - Apr 27, 2009 6:19:05 am PDT #16899 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
3 days on the couch sounds good to me , but that is asthma talking.
I also have major grumps -- getting blood drawn at 930. no food. starving now.
Sue - Apr 27, 2009 6:20:16 am PDT #16900 of 30000
hip deep in pie
There are four reported cases in NS stemming from a school trip to Mexico. Today they are reporting that there are likely more previously undetected cases spreading out from the friends and family of people at the school, and they expect it to spread to the rest of NS.
If I have to stay home for a week, I will gladly do it!
msbelle - Apr 27, 2009 6:46:19 am PDT #16901 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
swine flu is the punch line for a million things today.
The freak out seems bizarre to me, as noted, lots of people die from the flu every year.
Also, anti-bacterial stuff kinda freaks me out.
Gudanov - Apr 27, 2009 6:49:32 am PDT #16902 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
My wife asked me how much vacation I have and it turns out it's 27 days. That's a lot of vacation.
beth b - Apr 27, 2009 6:57:41 am PDT #16903 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Also, anti-bacterial stuff kinda freaks me out.
for me it is hand sanitizers. most of them are alcohol based. Which drys my hands. and cause cracks , where germs can get in....
I occasionally use them , but mostly in places where there is no place to wash hands or when people give you a library book that has an unknown substance on it.