Well I talked to Ceridian and basically they sent a letter saying I can get coverage through -- some plan. I don't know what the letter says, no one can tell me, I just have to wait.

I'll still have the same coverage since Federal law says they have to cover it. And supposedly they'll also reimburse me for the prescription I paid out of pocket. But at this point I no longer have an option. I have to chose whatever the alternate plan is and take the coverage for however long it lasts or lose the money I sent in. Because it's been dispursed to my old HMO- which doesn't even have a record of me opting in for COBRA coverage at all.

Monday I'm going to call my former employer, talk to them, and find how I can make sure the check that was sent to the HMO deosn't get lost and I'm just told tough luck.

If this had been correctly explained to me by Ceridian the FIRST time I called them (or the second, or the third, or the fourth). I could have just not sent the check, or put a stop payment on it. But now I can't.

I will have coverage so that's good. I just am not happy with having to make 2 dozen phone calls (appx) and getting different answers almost every single time.

It's like a much worse repeat of the Uhaul sitauation.

Health coverage is such a minefield. I don't know if anyone understands it.

Unrelatedly (SOO unrelatedly), I could browse sex toys forever. I can't believe the things people do for dirty nekkid fun. It never seems to end, and whoah, nellie, some of the prices.

askye, that's totally frustrating. Urgh.

Yay, I have my phone! Thanks, y'all. My friends and co-workers are the grooviest. Now, after a several-hour nap, I realized I haven;t eaten anything yet today, and I walked a mile and a half to work this morning, so I'm ready to eat the world, but too lazy to cook. I think frozen Indian food from TJ's is in my future. Praise TJ's. And the tea I'm drinking right now, because, inexplicably, I'm freezing cold.

Partly this is my fault becuase if I'd gotten my prescription filled the day before all this would have been avoided. But that doesn't change the fact that I was assured several times of things that turned out not to be true.

I'm going to get my prescription refilled and pay out of pocket. As soon as I get this letter detailing my options I'll fill it in and send it back. I do have the direct number of the person I spoke to so I can call her back and get this expedited.

But Will was here while I was on the phone. It cut in with my time with him, but it was nice because he was her to hug me and give me a shoulder to cry on, literally. And he helped me do the dishes.

My day started out really well. It finally stopped raining here and the sun was out. I so I walked to a church rummage sale, didn't find anything. Walked downtown and looked in the shops I hadn't been in yet. There's a seafood restaurant and they have a small shop attached that sells fresh seafood (they get fresh in every morning and whatever doesn't sell that day is used in the restaurant), local cheese, wine, and prepared foods. I also went to down to the used bookstore again and back home. I didn't walk fast but all in all it was about 2 miles round trip.

So far I've spent more time outside in Vermont than I normally would in Florida. It was so pretty today. It looks like there's on rain on the forecast for the next week. Which is good - Lake Champlain is flooding, people have had to evacuate, some rivers are flooding and there have been a few minor mudslides. It could take 60 days for the waters to recede.

Uggh, askye, that is ridic. And fucking annoying.

I just picked up two prescriptions, and I thought they were going to be full price b/c I thought my insurance had run out, but they weren't. So I didn't ask questions. If I have to go back and pay more later, fine, but je suis le tres broke right now.

Clearly with Lake Champlain flooding you need to keep your eyes peeled for Champ.

smonster, take it as a gimme. This is awful, but they'll bill you and you can pay them AFTER you get some movin' done. They got money.

You don't. And you need drugs, dammit. (Wait, that didn't come out right...)

Why is it that no matter how much I know about body image and gender in the US, I still feel like crap when I see the models on TV?

Pix, you've been feeling absolutely shitty all week-- the body image demons see this as primo "Let's kick you when you're down," time.

Kick back. Or if you need, let us kick them. Hard.