I decided to call the Dentist and made an appointment to get my tooth fixed, just to error on the side of caution. Since selling the practice to a corporate conglomerate things just aren’t the same. I got a robot person when I called to make the appointment who tried to shuffle me off to another doctor. I declined that and they said the soonest my dentist could see me would be Thursday. I scheduled time off work and that was that. Fast forward to Thursday at 11:30 I get a call telling me that they only scheduled enough time for an evaluation and there wasn’t time for repair work to be done. So I could go twice or just come in one time but the appointment would need to be moved. I opted for 1 trip, it’s far better than 2 trips. The appointment was setup for Saturday. Not exactly how I wanted to spend my day but the work got done. Turns out if I would have left this decay would have set in and then things would have gotten much worse. As she was cleaning and drilling, we heard a snap and yet another piece of the tooth broke off. Holy hell I am just falling apart. I had to get numbed up for this and it took 2 shots because the first one was a little off and missed the full quadrant of my mouth. It was about an hour and a half for repair time. My dentist knows me well and so does her staff so that’s why they called ahead of time. I asked today about why Saturday, well turns out Big Brother watches them close during the week but no one is in on Saturday so they can jolly well do what they want. If this would have been a week day they would have scheduled an hour but then Big Brother would whittle that down to 30 minutes. That’s all they allow for a Dental Emergency, they are all about making money and if the dentist is tied up seeing an emergency they aren’t making money. Corporate logic it escapes me but it’s what has happened to the Medical field here in the US and now it’s spreading like cancer to the Dental field. Before this is all said and done I may be looking for a new dentist but for now I am staying put.
The best part of the visit was when it came time to settle up. In times past they would send you a bill but now they want their money up front. First glance the receptionist told me it was covered 100% and then she did some more digging and said nope it’s 90% covered. So they took a small amount of money. I just looked on-line and according to what I see there is no coverage in place for this and I am responsible for the full bill. That will take time to process but probably later this month or first of next month it will be a reality. I go back in January for a checkup and that’s when they will have their paws out for my money. Yet another unplanned expense.
It’s been a crazy week and I am glad it’s over with. However, being on-call it’s not over until Monday morning. My boss will be visiting stupid along with his boss. Not exactly sure what if anything is going to happen there. I find it odd that my boss is traveling because that isn’t something that happens. If your getting fired HR usually tells you and your manager doesn’t really have anything to do with informing you. I had an incident where stupid wrote me asking a question. I provided an answer and that confused him so he called me. I told him the same thing I put in the email and then he suddenly understood. We have these types of incidents all the time, it’s not getting better and try as he might, this is just not the job for him. Ah well I will work with it as long as I have to but it doesn’t mean I like it.
I got some feedback on my holiday letter from a long time family friend. It was put much smoother than I am saying it here. What I heard was we all have problems, your not alone or special, my year was similar to yours but I’m not going into details and then I got this quote from John Lennon. Lovely. I understand people don’t want to read doom and gloom all the time. I tried to put in some humor. I slaved over that letter with many printed copies hitting the shredder and much time spent away from the furry family. Momma was sick to death of me editing the damn thing. Frankly so was I so I got to the point where I thought it was perfect and pulled the trigger.
Last night I had some work that was scheduled so I got that done. Then opted to take care of this crazy ass eye doctor bill. I wrote a very frank and stern letter that said I think your fraudulently trying to get money out of me and you won’t or can’t provide an explanation of how this balance came about, you waited two months to tell me my account was past due when in fact based on interaction with your staff I was under the impression my account was settled. I thought about this long and hard but in the end I gave an ultimatum either forgive the bill and admit that this was your mistake or cough up the itemized bill. I sent it straight to the doctor not sure if it will end up there but I also used Certified Mail and there is a time limit imposed on the ultimatum. There is more than one eye doctor in the area. I have long thought they fuck people over but this gives merit to what was just an opinion before. The chances of me going back are slim, this has put a very bad taste in my mouth. I want to bring about a resolution so I can move on with my life.
There is still the matter of the Emergency Room visit hanging over my head and while I hope my insurance will pay based on my appeal, it’s possible I am going to get stuck with that and that will put a huge damper on things. I want that over with as well but if it’s going to mean I have to pay up, well then this can drag on forever as far as I am concerned. By law they have 60 days and then they have to render a decision so it shouldn’t be much longer.
I have often tried to conform of what I think society or others expect of me in the way of appearance. An example of this is getting my ears pierced it’s something that I have always wanted to do but never have done Today’s radical change was I had the sides and back of my head shaved off, it’s like a bare skin fade. It looks really cool and it’s something that I have always wanted to do. Now granted I picked the wrong time of year because it’s Winter like outside but today it was like summer in the 70’s. Tomorrow were back to 45 degree weather and I will be wearing a hat for sure. This is a great way for me to get sick again but as long as my hat is on, I should be fine. I don’t know if I will ever muster up enough courage for the ear piercing thing. I did manage to scare the shit out of myself. Before I left for my haircut, I turned on the TV to a tech show that I like to watch. The kids enjoy it as well. Well when I came back home I forgot all about that. It was quite and then just as I was half way in the room I hear a voice and jumped out of my skin until I realized what it was. Holy hell almost had a heart attack over that.
It’s been a long day and I am beyond tired, so I guess I will be headed to bed. My jaw is sore. I wonder if this is a side effect that one experiences if they suck cock for a living? I guess I will never know. In any event I am eager to see how I feel tomorrow morning. Even my ear hurts and I can only open my mouth so wide. Insert sucking cock reference again here. Sorry but I have to laugh and that’ my inappropriate sense of humor. Speaking of which I will be getting training on Sexual Harassment. I do hope it’s a how to course but think that it will be quite the opposite of that. That and Diversity & Inclusion are big pushes right now. I got an invite to join a D&I group as did everyone else that I work with. I would kind of like to go but at the same time I want to keep my personal life out of my professional life. My sexuality is my business. I only tell people that I trust, well that or if I am sleeping with you. So as I said I only tell people I trust. I wish I was sleeping with someone it would sure help me out. As the holidays approach so does the depression and being short on cash doesn’t help things. I am hopeful for a bonus as well as a nice raise come the 1st of the year but thus far I have heard nothing more about my supposed promotion.
So how’s life in your neck of the woods? What’s new? What’s old? How’s the weather? I do hope all is well. I shall talk with you all again soon.
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