Oh, Hil. Yeah, that's hard.

Walter has been x-rayed and examined by the new vet at our regular place (a nice Jewish boy, I presume because he is Dr. Cohen. He was nice at any rate) after a quick visit to the dog park where he made a valiant effort to run with the younger dogs. It's a nice crowd out there after work, I should make an effort to get over there more often. Anyway, his bloodwork is excellent for a 14-year old, no fractures, no visible arthritis, his hip is not exactly out of joint in the sense that the femur needs to be popped back into place, but the ball is not covered as much by the socket as it normally is. So two weeks of nsaids for inflammation and tramadol for pain and rest (even if he feels good b/c painkillers don't let him run, which I am telling y'all as a reminder to myself) and maybe that'll fix him up.

My team won trivia tonight!! We were in first place after 6 out of 8 rounds, but the video round we only got 3/8 points. Apparently everyone else did worse though, because we still won! First time I've gotten money out of it! Well, bar credit, that is.

Oh man, Hil, that is sad.

Aw, Walter. I hope that does fix him up!

And every time, I remind him that insurance works the way it does because of all the healthy people. AND that insurance companies are making large profits.

Would it be helpful for him to add up all the premiums he's paid over the years when he didn't use a lot of health care?

I keep jacking up my shoulder in my sleep. I swim, it fixes it for 6 hrs, then I go to bed and wake up with it stupid.

I should not have come to work today. I just had one quick meeting, and the only other thing on my schedule is a phone screen for a job I'm applying to, and I don't feel like working! Meh.

Tim is kind of the WORST. He gets a giant case of the guilties for using his insurance. And we've hit the deductible [note to self: see how that affects what I pay the therapist] because of how many lab tests and x-rays and whatnot he's had this year, which made him feel even MORE guilty. He seriously feels bad about using insurance.

I feel him this year, I really do.

Insert rant about how for-profit health insurance is a crock of shit.

I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon to see if I have finger pleurisy.

Finger pleurisy is serious. Hope it's something much more better :)

I'm at the airport. Tempted to volunteer for a different flight and get $400 but usually they make you wait until the end of boarding before they decide if they need you or not, and I don't want to post my good seat on this flight!

Insert rant about how for-profit health insurance is a crock of shit.

The free market breaks down when you have inelastic demand.