Evening all!
Jane, I know how proud you both must be of your son. Way to go Mom & Dad! Good job of raising them right!
Jrand, I think you are right about my need to change my dress but what does one wear for Labor Day? Speaking of Labor, good job vibes to you!
I like the square watermelon but the are easy to make. Have you ever seen the pumpkins they grow for Halloween now? It’s just a matter of having a mold of the face you want to make/grow, then plant the seed so the pumpkin simply grows into it.
Fruit! I love it! Apple and/or blackberry turnovers are a favorite of mine. Yum! Watermelon, blueberries (Fresh only), mangos, peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, apples, Japanese plums to name just a few others.
The only fruit I can’t eat is the Honeydew melon. I don’t know why but it burns my throat when I eat it. And coconut. I can eat it in chunks but I can’t eat it shredded. It balls up in my throat and chokes me every time. Strange but true.
I’m so sorry for you guys with kidney stones. I feel for you. And as bad as they are for me (not very to be sure as they are for some people) I’m equally glad that I’m not a guy with kidney stones. I don’t know ‘nuttin ‘bout birthing no kidney stones. I don’t WANT to know ‘nuttin ‘bout birthing no kidney stones either.
Good healing err birthing vibes!
In case you didn’t notice, I was a wee bit cranky last night. You didn’t know it but I have had my third medical problem and since things tend to happen in threes (my tooth, the kidney stones and now my ear) I pray I have had my last for quite some time to come. I’ve had an ear infection since Friday. Four days of this and the accompanying headache is enough to make anyone sour.
I had called the doctor yesterday at 8:30 AM to let her assistant know I had an ear infection and I needed the milky white ear drops (I didn’t know the name) phoned into the pharmacy for me. I never got a return call and when I stopped off at the pharmacy after work, they had no record of anything being phoned in.
Promptly at 8:30 AM today I called the doctors office back and gave THEM an earful of how unhappy I was that I had not received the courtesy of either a return call or the requested prescription. The girl promised to put my case at the top of the stack and would call me back ASAP.
During this exchange I happened to rub my left eye and my contract flew out. Despite my best efforts, I was unable to find it. It’s a good thing I always carry a spare set with me.
Back to the doctors office. At 11:30 I get a return call that the doctor would not call in the prescription because it could be serious and needed to be looked at. I’ve had enough of these things that I know what is what. What was serious and needed to be looked at was a missed office visit fee. Still, I was in so much pain I would have done anything to get those darn drops.
I was told if I could make it to the office no later than 4:15 PM, the doctor would “make room” to see me.
I had to use my Guaranteed Ride Home card get to my van and then I drove over to the doctors office. I was told it would be a 5-15 minute wait for the cab but it was well over 30. The cab fee, by the way, was $29.75. Glad I didn’t have to pay it but I did give the guy a $5.00 tip.
I made it to the doctors office at 4:13 and had to wait until almost 5:00 to see him. My visit took all of five minutes. He looked in my right ear and said, “Oh yeah, it’s infected.” Duh. Brilliant diagnosis.
This was backed with, “I’m going to have to write you a prescription for some ear drops.” At that point I couldn’t control myself. I said, “Let me guess. A milky white fluid that you put in your ear 3 or 4 times a day.” He looked up and said, “Your right.” Duh, number 2.
Let us add up the bill for this brilliant diagnosis. An hour and half of my sick time that was wasted. Approx $21.00. A cab fee of $29.75 that someone will have to pay. A $5.00 tip. $15.00 co-pay and last but not least, the $10.00 co-pay for the drops I already knew I needed.
I come up with $80.75 and that doesn’t included my gas. This versus the $10.00 co-pay for the drops I already knew I needed, had the doctor simply phoned in the prescription as I request yesterday. Gee, I come up with a $70.75 dollar plus savings. And you wonder about health care costs. All that for a little 10 mi bottle that I don’t even get a refill on!
I will say he was somewhat kind as to reason I may have come down with this.
It had started last Thursday night when I came home so very tired that I went to be at 6:30 and slept the entire night away. I sleep on my right side and woke in the very same position with the start of the ear ache. He (the doctor said) that by not moving, my ear may have sweated and caused me to have a form of “swimmers ear”. Much nicer, I’ll grant, than my theory.
Jane, don’t you
dare say
ONE word.
