Wednesday’s Almost Toast

So as you can tell it’s close to quitting time, actually like 45 minutes away but closer than we were this morning. 

What a day.  I’ve been all over the place and feel worn out.  The biggest pain today was Blackberry.  One of the bosses got a new device and I had to add email accounts to it.  Had to call Blackberry which took a while but they finally got me squared away.

I was shocked this morning when I looked at my phone.  There was a text message about one girl taking her bosses job, it was something that clearly wasn’t meant to be sent to me.  I hate all of the office politics.  I mentioned it innocently to another co-worker and the next thing you know I was being talked to because she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.  Yeah, trust no one, say nothing to no one and then you have nothing to worry about. 

I’m venting here and don’t mean to offend but have you heard of the three forms of communication?  Telegraph, Telephone and Tell a woman. 

A fire here, a fire there a fire everywhere.  I went to lunch late.  I took my food out and by the time I went to eat it the soda was warm and so was my cold sandwich.  Ew, but I ate it.  More like scarfed it down along with a bag of chips.  Saved my yogurt and grapes for tomorrow.

Fish Wedges are for supper.  We are out of Ketchup and I don’t think we have Tarter Sauce.  I know Carrots will be fixed but I’m not sure what else.  The Mr. talked about Mashed Potatoes but we use instant and I have grown tired of them.  Even the Betty Crocker good stuff tastes like dirt now.

I enjoyed Tosh.O last night and I watched an old Lewis Black in concert, until he lulled me to sleep and then I turned the TV off.  No jumper last night, he was mad at me because I gave him his medicine.  Silly boy.  His brother was my alarm clock.  I was actually up at 3 and then I think at 5 and every few minutes there after. 

My body still has yet to adjust to the time change.  I am hopeful that a little extra sleep this weekend will take care of that, but I am not holding my breath. 

Speaking of which I am expecting a call so I am going to close this out and prepare for that.  Not exactly sure what tonight has in store for me but hopefully it includes R&R.  Thank goodness tomorrow is Thursday, 1 more day after that.  Wow – what a week.  Talk with you peeps later.

Blast from the past

Fun to listen to “old” tunes.  Hope you enjoy them!

Wicked Day

So I am back in the office.  I walked into a storm.  3 people hit me with issues and 1 of them was my boss.  My boss told me all about his problem and he was angry, I think he just hates technology problems.  So he tells me his problem, then says he wants it fixed, wants to know why it’s happening and he doesn’t have time to give me his machine now.  Okay, so when exactly did you want me to fix your problem?  I mean I think he wants me to do it tonight after he has left or some how preform magic, but that’s not going to happen.  I’m going to wait until later in the week once he leaves the office for the weekend and then I will tackle it.  It’s one of those thins that if something goes wrong you really want to be next to the machine.  It also doesn’t help that his machine isn’t rebooted on a regular basis and Windows Updates are not applied on a regular basis.  His machine downloads them and them prompts him to install, but he never does.  I was asked to set it up that way because he had problems getting into his machine remotely.

I wasn’t here but 15 minutes and I was ready to go back home.  It was difficult to get myself out of the house.  Now that the afternoon is here, I am glad I came in and got back to “normal”. 

Projects, deadlines, people quitting and all sorts of stuff is flying my way.  Then I find out that our building is turning the power off in May for a part of a weekend.  There goes that weekend.  I will have to power everything off and then come back over and power it all back on.  Hope like hell everything works and there are no problems.  But that is a couple months away, thank God!

I’m just itching to get the hell out of here today.  Thankfully we are closer now than we were this morning at 6:20 when I rolled out of bed.  Jumper and Big Boy are great Alarm Clocks.  They come with a snooze button, you just say not now and they stop.  Unless it’s urgent then either you listen or you get to clean up the mess. 

Well back to it my inbox is over flowing.  Take care and I will talk with you peeps later.

Wanting More

This morning the time change was quite a shock to my system.  I thought about my PTO bank and how I had to burn days.  I had my breakfast and then decided that I would take a day, today.  I called in sick, I just didn’t tell them I was sick of work.  I needed a holiday for me and this was nice. 

The partner called me about the time I should be leaving for work and I told him I wasn’t going.  We were held hostage by my Blackberry for the day, so no chance to get away.  I was quite busy for a stay at home Monday.  People getting fired, people quitting and new people starting.  That is what kept me busy all day long. 

I got word a while ago that we are having e-mail trouble.  Thankfully our e-mail is hosted so it’s not us but our provider.  Still it will cause me a good deal of grief if enough people figure it out, because everyone will spaz out.  My hands are tied and there is nothing I can do but wait.  I’ve passed along my cell phone number and am waiting for it to ring.  Hopefully within the next hour that will happen, so I can try to get a good nights rest and not worry about listening for a damn phone in the middle of the night.  Wow the Gods are smiling, I didn’t get a phone call but some test e-mail I sent just flowed through, so I presume we are fixed but I won’t announce that until I get the official word.

The good news is that I finished up House of Cards.  There are actually two versions.  I am watching the American version which is only available streaming through Netflix.  I sure hope they get Season 2 published it will be interesting to see how it turns out.  Sex, Murder, Control of the Media it’s just amazing what goes on in politics.  I am sure 1/2 of what I saw is only a small dot on what actually happens in politics and I’m happy to steer clear of it.

I saw a Nat Geo special about how they make regular SUV’s and Trucks Armored and safe for delegates, high profile business people, etc.  It was eye opening.  They even put in flashing lights and a siren, just enough to cause a distraction.  Hell if I had that I’d use it every day on the way to and from work.  Imagine what my commute time would be, that is until I got caught by the police and thrown in jail.  I really, really want an electronic air horn in my car.  The kind that comes from a siren.  I think it’s cool and it causes people to move.

My guy took another crack at making a chicken and again it was raw.  I told him you have to empty out the oven and then kick it up a little bit to give it time to cook.  It took an extra 1/2 hour and it was editable.  That was our lunch.

For supper we ventured out to Sonic.  A hamburger and a shake was my supper with a few tatter tots thrown in.  We got the mail.  Oh, the doctor that I sent the letter to, they called today and want me to call them back with why I was moving on and if I would consider seeing another doctor in their practice.  Yeah, uh you wouldn’t sign for a certified letter that speaks volumes that there are serious issues there.  I’m going my way and not looking back, nor do I plan on calling.  If they don’t see what is broken, then why should I waste my time and point out the obvious?  I mean wake up and smell the coffee.

I’ve been bombarded with e-mails from Amazon telling me that my order has shipped.  Wow, I get it already.  So I told my guy to keep an eye out for a package or two on Wednesday.

As for tomorrow I don’t want to go back.  Either way I will be pestered so might as well go in and see what I can accomplish.  I am no longer buried but I do have enough work to keep me busy, provided I do it. 

The evening is getting away from me and I think I want to enjoy some more TV before I call it a day.  So good night to you and I will talk with you peeps later.

TOTO–Hold The Line

Love this song, hope you enjoy it too! :)

 

 

1 Hour Less

So it’s official now, we have 1 hour less in our lives.  That is unless you live in AZ.  I woke up 3 times this morning.  1st by Big Boy, 2nd by his Brother and 3rd by my bladder.  I got out of bed around 10:15.  Fed the kids, shaved, showered and my partner got going as well.  We ventured out a little after 11 and got a bite to eat.  Then went to the grocery store in the rain.  Spent way too much money.  We have our Corned Beef & Cabbage for next Sunday.  The house is going to smell.  If it’s fixed right I will eat Corned Beef as a sandwich, but it’s got to be moist, fresh and I have to be in the mood.  I gassed up the car.  Came home unloaded the groceries, continued laundry and watched a couple episodes of House of Cards.  I was tired and dozed off a couple times.  It’s getting good!

I left the house to mail some letters and stopped off to get us some ice cream.  Then back home.  More House of Cards and laundry.  Then I got the trash prepped to carry out tomorrow.  Fed the kids and here I am blogging away. 

We talked about taxes and it sounds like we are going to seek counsel from a tax preparer to find out about filing our state taxes.  I’ve got everything in an envelope in my room ready to go.  So not excited about this.

Now I am finding myself engrossed in House of Cards and I’m passing on all of my other TV shows.  My DVR is full to the brim and is starting to delete stuff because I haven’t watched it.  However, once I start something I like to see it through and this series is like a good book, I just don’t want to put it down.  Must finish!  At least I am getting benefit from my Netflix subscription.  Tonight I have to see Shameless, that is like a MUST for Sunday but I’m not sure that I will watch anything else but that and House of Cards. 

I was a bad boy and went on-line shopping at Amazon again.  Got to make the most of my prime membership.  It started innocently enough with a pro biotic for the cats and then I was buying soap, hair care, underwear and jeans.  I really need a pair of jeans.  Most of my jeans are 5 years or older and starting to sprout holes in all the wrong places.  Not something you want to be seen wearing to work.  At least I will be happy to open packages when they arrive.  Shy Girl will be happy about the pro biotic, she loves that stuff.  I found it on line cheaper than getting it from the vet, plus with Prime I get free shipping.  So it was a no brainer.  When I start digging around Amazon I usually wind up with a big shopping cart full of stuff.

I’ve made my way through the house setting all of the clocks that didn’t set themselves.  I haven’t taken care of my partners truck, but will tell him so he doesn’t freak out.  I know that would seriously mess with me come tomorrow morning if I got in the car and saw the wrong time.  Thankfully I can always look at one of my cell phones to find the correct time.  I’m dragging and by bedtime I will probably be fully awake.  That’s just my luck.

Oh yeah, if I didn’t mention it remember my Certified Letter to the crazy Dr. I saw a few weeks back?  Yeah, they haven’t signed for it yet.  I think they just tell the mail person skip it today.  That tells me that he is probably expecting legal action of some sort, I mean why would a Dr. shy away from signing for a letter?  So I mailed a copy of the letter by 1st class mail, it will be delivered on Monday.  Perhaps that will prompt them to claim the Certified Letter, since they will know it’s only a letter from me and not an attorney.  See this only reinforces me to believe that I made the right call.

I really want to write the crazy female doctor I saw as well, not by certified mail but I figure we had no follow up appointment scheduled.  She asked me to get some blood work done.  When the blood work doesn’t come, she doesn’t get my medical records, she will soon realize that I decided to move on.  Besides that she was only going to be at that place for another month anyway, so chances are pretty good that I will be lost in the shuffle or so I hope.

Never really though I would say this, but I sure miss my Debit Card.  Not that I have much money to spend but it would have made me feel better to pay cash for things like Gas, Ice Cream – you know little things.  I hope the new card arrives next week.

This past week I noticed a theme, it was chill.  I mean super relaxed.  I had moments of stress but for the most part over all speaking each day was pretty relaxed.  I sure hope that continues for the foreseeable future.  I would also really like it if the boss man left me alone.  I’ve got plenty to keep me busy.  One of the questions I was asked in a previous post is when am I due for a review and raise.  That would be in May.  I am sure it will not happen on time, everything there is late and well in sorts this would be a bill and I’ve told you they pay everything super late.  I hope it will happen by June but my gut says August.  Only time will tell.

So back to tending to the laundry, getting ready for Monday and TV time tonight. Sunday was a little better than Saturday and at least there was no arguments.  I just realized I forgot to take my evening pills, got to go do that.  Not sure why but lately my stomach has been all screwed up, I guess too much chill makes my stomach freak out.  I just hope it’s not the calm before the storm.

Here’s to having a great week, better traffic and quicker/faster moving days.  Talk with you peeps later!

Taxes = Anger

As you can probably gather, we worked on our taxes today.  Our Civil Union has caused us a small nightmare in taxes.  We use Turbo Tax.  They want you to create a fake joint Federal Return, which you DO NOT file.  This is so that we can file our State return.  You file a Single Return for Federal since Civil Unions aren’t recognized by the Federal Government.  This whole thing started an argument not only between us but at the system.  It’s just a confusing mess.  I said if I would have known this would happen I wouldn’t have gone through with the Civil Union.  However, it’s water under the bridge now.

The next surprise came when I figured out why Turbo Tax was so cheap this year.  Basically I paid for software that you can get on-line for free.  However, it didn’t include the states, as it normally does.  So I had to purchase 2 of them at $42.49 each.  DAMN. 

Then we still have the dilemma of what to file and what I actually owe.  I get a very small refund from the feds but have to pay my state plus the state I work in a small fortune.  I wish we would just do away with taxes they are such a pain in the ass.

We are probably going to have to seek counsel from a Tax Professional, which means spending even more money.  Why do simple things have to be so complicated?  If the Feds would just allow gay marriage all of this bullshit would go away.  However, it’s just another way they can screw us.  For all I know there is probably some extra tax for people in a Civil Union or at least I am sure more paperwork.  Which if you pay a tax pro by the page can get expensive. 

Right now the best thing we both can do, is walk away from it.  Let it rest and then we can come back and visit it with clearer minds.  I still feel like I am treated like a 2nd class citizen by our government. 

Last night we went to Captain D’s for supper.  It was pretty good.  Plus this nice fresh farm boy walked in.  Measurements 34 waist and 34 leg.  Wearing a 569 pair of Levi’s.  Too bad it’s wasn’t 269 because I would have asked him if he wanted to.  My partner didn’t really like him but I thought he was fine.  It was a good meal indeed.

Then I started watching House of Cards on Netflix.  Damn that is one addictive series.  I’ve got a couple others that I want to get into, but 1 at a time.  This is all about how corrupt Washington is and it is very well written.  Not sure how much of what I see is true and how much is pure BS but it makes for interesting TV.  I didn’t want to go to bed, but eventually I just gave up.

Not much was accomplished today.  I’m going to start laundry, dishes and try to clean up a little bit before I go to bed.  Because we loose a whole hour tonight.  I hate Spring forward but it will mean more daylight driving, which I like – saves the headlights.  Plus spring will bring way to the rain, a fresh new summer and more money for Lawn Boy.  Yup most everything is about money.

I so need a vacation from everything – home, work and life in general.  However, that will never happen.  So I will just find a way to make the best of it. 

I did figure out a cool thing with my iPhone.  If you have one look at Settings – General – Accessibility – go to the Hearing section at the bottom.  Turn on LED Flash for Alerts.  Then go back to the home screen.  Hit the power button to turn your screen off.  Then either send yourself an e-mail message or call your phone.  You will notice that your flash blinks when you get anything that generates an alert – which would be a phone call, text, etc.  I think it’s cool.  If you can’t hear then it can be especially helpful.  I turned it on for my partner and hope that it helps him out a lot.

I got my long term prescription for my sleeping pills in the mail.  I also got some additional medicines that I have been asking for a while.  Mailing off the prescription on Monday and it will take about 2 to 3 weeks before it shows up.  Wow, so much red tape for a silly piece of paper. 

Except for supper the other night and the iPhone tip, this is a pretty depressing post.  I think I should get with the program and start chores.  Plus I really need a shave.  Haven’t had one since last Sunday and man I’ve got a beard going.  You can see white or grey on my face and I really don’t like that.  I see it in my hair as well but it’s more subtle there.  Hopefully my color doesn’t turn on me.  I don’t want to be a white/grey haired person no matter what my age.  Besides that I’m told I am still very young.  :)

Hope your prepared for time change and that your weekend is going better than mine.  Take care and I will talk with you peeps later.

Hacked

So I just got a call from my bank, my debit card has been hacked.  Thankfully they caught it early and it’s only one charge of $46.00, which won’t break me.  I’ve got a new card on the way but until it arrives I am sunk.  Thankfully I have credit cards so there shouldn’t be an issue. 

Twinkle,Twinkle little star I will run you over with my car.  That’s what I’d love to say to the person who got my debit card #.  I don’t use it very often but when I do, it’s all local business nothing on-line.  I feel violated and not in a good way. 

The boss has left the office early today.  I made plans with a friend to grab lunch, good thing the bank called ahead of time because I might have used my debit card to pay.  I am ready to party.

I hear they are installing a buzzer on the front door because they are afraid the guy who they fired is going to come back with a gun.  I guess they shouldn’t have fired him.  Besides that do you think a buzzer will stop a crazy man with a gun.  The doors are all glass so if he is determined he will just break the glass and walk right in, no buzzing needed.  They are going to start locking all the doors, which means we are going to have to carry our keys with us.  I leave mine in my desk, so I am going to try to get an extra key, I don’t think I will have much luck but you never know.

I was browsing the local news to find out the temperature outside and my partners son was on the front page of the webpage.  They showed him doing his job as an EMT taking some dude to the hospital after an explosion.  I haven’t seen him in years but outside of getting bigger – bulking up he hasn’t changed much.  Wish he would repair the relationship with his father before it’s too late.  I have no idea why they don’t talk but we suspect that it’s over our sexuality.  I guess he’d have a small cow if he found out we were “married'”. 

I got bothered last night for something trivial but the person who called me after hours made it sound like a major big deal.  Then they told me how much of a good job I do and that they appreciated me.  Yeah, if only that were true.  I am talking about the appreciation part, I already knew I did a good job.  Not full of my self at all.  I always strive to put my best foot forward, who wouldn’t?  This is the same person who loves to ask me to do things and after I bust my ass they take all of the credit.  I fucking hate that.  I mean I know it’s dog eat dog, but they couldn’t do half of the shit I do and then to have the balls to take credit for it. 

I am interested to know how much of a raise I am going to get and what kind of review I will receive.  I know I deserve a hell of a lot more than I am making but I am just thankful to have a job.  No matter where you work, you will always think you are under paid and want more money, that is just a part of being human. 

This week has been so chill that I could easily get used to this.  I actually looked forward to coming to work this morning.  I will look forward to it again tomorrow as well because the grand pubah won’t be here.  I am waiting on a couple people to get back to me and then I will have plenty of work to do. 

Well it’s almost time to leave for lunch, so I guess I should wrap this up.  Talk with you peeps later.  Guard your jewels or someone might just steal them!

Accomplished

So I got my medicine last night.  I didn’t see the cute guy worker that I like.  We have one of those walk in clinics and there was a guy (looked to be a teenager) with his mom.  He was still fine looking.  The thoughts of what I could have done with him in the exam room.  Oh, the horror!

Today I accomplished a lot at work.  I’m starting to feel like I can breathe again.  I just hate having a task where you have to work with multiple people.  Everyone has a different schedule and you think you will be done in a day but it can easily take two or three days. 

I’ve got a lady at a facility that has a rats nets for wiring.  There is no talking with her on the phone to figure it out.  So I am sending a local contractor out to look at it and fix it.  I just don’t get it.  A simple issue and if you concentrate and follow my instructions we could probably work it out.  However, she wants to talk to everyone else but me and can’t follow instructions to save her life.  File her under PITA or Pain In The Ass and I don’t mean in a good way either. 

I found out that I busted my ass to make something happen because I was asked to.  While I did all the work some other bitch took full credit for it.  Not much I can do about it but suck it up.  These people around here are ruthless. 

We ate at the local bar last night, it was good food but noisy.  We got there in plenty of time to grab up one of the last tables.  I told some people they could have our table if they would pay our bill, we would happily leave right away.  Strangely enough I had no takers. 

It was too cold to stop for mail, so I just went to the pharmacy and then home.  I listen to Lance Bass on Sirius XM Out Q 108 on the way home.  His show Dirty Pop is on.  Every time he says Dirty Pop it makes me so horny.  Not sure why.  I looked him up on-line and yeah, he’s fine. 

I’ve been able to relax at home for the past two nights, which is a good thing.  I hope that we can keep this up for a while longer.  My head has stopped itching so much, I think it was the hat I wear.  It was just time to wash it.

Those Antibiotics that I got over the weekend, I decided to put them on a shelf for when I needed them.  I felt like crap this morning.  It was like my body was telling me that I was getting sick.  I got so busy at work I forgot about it.  Now that I am bored and ready to go my nose has started running.  I’m debating about breaking them out and taking them.

Tonight’s supper is left over Meatloaf.  Oh boy there is a meal I wish I could replace.  Mexican, Italian or Chinese anything but left over meatloaf.  The good news is tomorrow night I am having frozen pizza.  At least there is something to look forward to. 

I got so sleepy last night I dozed off in the middle of Tosh.O, which never happens.  I’ve got a huge crush on Daniel Tosh, just wish he would confirm his sexuality.  I suppose it’s all about keeping people guessing. 

No guessing for me, I’m going home now.  Talk with you peeps later.

Tuesday

Monday was a work day, I got a lot accomplished but I left with so much weight on my shoulders.  I was thinking about tomorrow but that soon cleared up.  I had dinner, took out the trash, got ready for today and watched a movie via Amazon.  It was called Eating Out – The Open Weekend.  It was a gay movie about a guy seeing his ex-boyfriend.  The ex was in a new relationship and his new boyfriend convinced him for the weekend to try their relationship as open.  Wow they were in gay man heaven.  Like all of the other Eating Out movies it was a hit.  There was plenty of simulated sex and it was hot for what it was.

I began my day early this morning being woken up by Jumper and then a few hours later by his brother.  No sleep for me.  I so didn’t want to get moving this morning, but I did.

Shy girl was sick last night, she threw up blood.  Hubby wanted to panic and rush her to the vet.  I said your just going to get her worked up and spend money you don’t need to.  Let’s wait until tomorrow and if she isn’t eating and still throwing up, we can go to the vet.  Sure enough this morning, I put some Forti-Flora on her food, she saw me and did her happy dance.  She loves that stuff.  She chowed down.  I called at lunch time and she was eating lunch.  No problems.  You just have to know your cat and how to re-act.  If you jump every time there is an issue you will soon find yourself with no money and a pissed off cat. 

Today I got finished with two machines.  One was new and the other was used and very, very old.  I played around with LoJack for Laptops today.  I installed it on a new machine.  Then went on-line and told it to lock the machine.  I made the machine make a test call to speed up the process.  It was slow but it did exactly what it said it would do.  The machine instantly became a paperweight.  I even powered off and powered back on, still the same result.  You think it’s going to start windows but soon your surprised with the locked out message.  Okay so I was ready to give it to the new owner and had to unlock it.  I didn’t realize it would take another 15 minutes before the machine would unlock it’s self.  Wow.  That just told me only use that feature if you have to.  You can also remote wipe the machine.  You can uninstall part of the software but the agent, which is the critical piece can not be uninstalled w/o your consent.  I put this on all new laptops just in case we ever have a problem.  If I didn’t and something happened it would probably be my job.

Speaking of which I talked about Vacation time or time off in my last post.  No matter where I go I have to have my phone.  If I am in an area where there is no cell service, at least once a day I would have to make it to a place where there was cell phone service.  It’s like the mob, there is just no escaping this place.  One of the people I work with goes on purpose to a place every year with their family and there is no cell phone service.  They were told to make it to a place where there is coverage at least once per day.  That’s a serious drive each day for them but they do it.  I want to get on a boat for a cruise and accidentally on purpose drop my phone in the ocean.  Oh, shit I guess I will have peace and quiet after all.  Fuckers!

So I am spending the last hour of my day blogging away.  It’s my way to relax and pay myself back for a hard days work.  I’ve got plenty more ahead of me tomorrow.  Which is a good thing.  Just staying on top of everything is a job in it’s self.  You can easily loose track when you have a million things going at once.  I am also pleased as punch that I get to throw away some of the boxes in my office.  I have plenty of equipment to work on for my spare time, it’s not urgent.  I have a feeling that equipment will be around for a while.  Because there is no such thing as spare time. 

I just called my guy and we are going to try Taco Tuesday at the bar again.  We went last week but they were packed, no where to sit.  So I am having him meet me there and hopefully we will be able to get a seat and have a couple tacos.  It beats left over meatloaf which is what will be for supper on Wednesday. 

Oh the best part, I got a call from my doc today.  He called in my medicine and is mailing me a script for the mail order pharmacy.  Thank you Jesus!  $11 and I should be able to sleep at night.  I hope the cute guy is working tonight.  I will be headed there after the bar and post office. 

Folks are starting to wrap things up here, so I guess I will join them.  Below are a couple photos I found on the web yesterday.  Get a load of the elevator with a shuffle button.  That would be a fun ride if you didn’t have a particular destination in mind. 

Talk with you peeps later.

March

So here we are in March, where does the time go?  As you can see I made changes to the site.  Props to you if you can tell me the guys name in the header.  I already know who he is, because I’ve had a crush on him ever since I saw him.  I’ve never seen him nude but wanted to.  What I am really dying for is a picture of his bum, so if you have one I’d love to have it, just saying!

In preparing the letter to tell the 1st doctor that I was moving on, I managed to get a paper cut.  I call it a Government Issue Paper Cut because it was on the green card that I put on the back of the letter.  It’s not that type of Green Card.  It’s a receipt for Certified Mail, so the recipient signs and dates it, then it’s mailed back to you.  So you have proof your letter was delivered.  This thing itches and burns at the same time.  I go crazy.  Normally a little antibiotic ointment and a bandage and I’m as good as new, but that hasn’t worked so far.  I will try it again tonight so hopefully it works.

The other thing that has started in the past couple days is my head itches.  I’m not talking like a little bit or an occasional scratch.  This is full blow itching all over and it happens at random.  I’ve tried shampooing twice to strip my hair but that hasn’t worked.  Tomorrow it will be back to Tea Tree and I will try a scalp treatment.  Hopefully this goes away soon.  The last thing I need is to see another doctor (i.e. dermatologist). 

So I figured out that I will be able to pay off one credit card in a few days when pay day hits.  The bad news is that I haven’t done my taxes, so there will be more money lost and soon it will be time to pay Lawn Boy.  I’ve decided no matter what that I am paying myself a minimum of $50 from each check.  I have to start somewhere and this seems like a logical first step. 

I had to buy Cat Litter yesterday and today we went out to Outback Steakhouse.  So I am already running up a new tab, but hopefully when those charges come in next month I will be able to pay them off.  That is the only way to use a credit card, unless you have 0% interest.  Which at the moment I do but that will soon wear off and I don’t want to be caught by surprise.  As that will be an expensive lesson.

This morning we both woke up around the same time.  I was feeling a little frisky and had plenty of energy.  We had breakfast.  Then we had some fun together.  Pretty soon we both passed out and it was tough to get up and get going.  However, come noon I said we needed to move.  So we did. 

I had plenty to do but most of that is done.  I still have to make my lunch, put away my laundry, clip my nails, brush my teeth and figure out what I am wearing tomorrow.  Oh and the most important thing get ready for the morning, which means getting out some cat food.  Otherwise it’s a huge hassle. 

The best part of Sunday is Shameless is on.  I noticed that the series was recently added to Netflix, so if you are curious you can go watch.  Once you start you will be hooked.  It’s a great show in my opinion.  Can’t wait to see Ian – love him. 

I have applied for a few jobs, just to see if I can get any nibbles.  I figure if it is meant to be, it will happen.  I like my job but since I never can tell what my boss is thinking I have to keep my options open.  There are perks to this job that I like.  There are also plenty of things that I don’t like.  If I don’t look out for me, who will?  I mean this shouldn’t cause any harm.  It’s not like I will be talking about it to anyone at work. 

Those people (at work) are beneath me.  I’m not saying that because I feel superior to them but they are what I would call white trash.  I wouldn’t see myself associating with the majority of them outside of work.  You can’t trust anyone.  They all talk about everyone behind their back.  If they want you gone, they collaborate on how to set you up, so it’s like a master plan.  Management well there isn’t any real managers, they are all just figure heads.  They only care about their wallets and not the good of the company or how their decisions will affect others.  Long story short it takes care of my bills but it’s not the ideal job for me.  I would much rather leave on my own accord than get thrown out.  I don’t suspect that I will get fired anytime soon, but then again I don’t know that for certain.

Speaking of work, I will be facing a problem that I haven’t had before.  That is vacation time accrued but I haven’t used it.  They won’t let you carry over any time so it all has to be used by your anniversary.  I believe I have something like 3 weeks left.  I have to check on that.  They also won’t pay you for the time.  So I will have to schedule time off.  The problem is that it won’t be time off, it will be time to work from home.  Now that sucks.  I need a job where I have an off switch and am not on call 24 x 7.  A job where I can say hey I’m on vacation and no one bothers you.  Instead of having to work like a dog being beaten.  That’s one of the many reason why I pray for enough snow to come our way to shut things down for at least a day or two.  I don’t think I will be getting my wish, but then again it didn’t cost me anything.

Okay I have sensed that I am just droning on, so I will bring this post to a close.  It is going to be a busy week, I am buried and the thought of going into all that work doesn’t exactly excite me, but it’s what I am getting paid for.  I mention the work just in case circumstances don’t allow me to post for a few days.  I know when I get home all I really want to do is eat and watch TV.  Let’s hope that this is a week where I get to leave on time, if not early each day and get plenty of time to relax. 

Have a good week and I will talk with you peeps later!

All Quacked Up

So I woke up early and made it to the new doctor, again a 1/2 hour early.  That was a good thing because it gave me time to fill out paperwork.  That 1/2 hour passed by very quickly.

I was called in and the nurse did the normal weight, blood pressure and temperature.  I haven’t been feeling up to par the past few days.  She got a 101.5 reading and she took it a second time.  Then she got 99.8 and said that was better.  Yeah, I figured I was getting sick, so while I was waiting for the doctor to come in, I made a call to my Allergist and told him my symptoms and he called something in for me.

The doctor comes in, she is a Chinese woman.  She yelled at me for coming in on a Saturday because they are reserved for emergencies only.  She told me I was the 5th new patient of the day and today was again for emergencies.  Yeah, well the hospital referred me to you.  She said oh, they did a good job there but shouldn’t have scheduled you for a Saturday.  I said oh, that was your staff that did that.  Then she tells me that she is leaving this practice in about a month but that I could see the other doctor there.  Yeah, uh I’m looking for a new physician and not wanting to hop around.

Then she is interrupted because a patient needs to go to the hospital.  Ok.  Then she comes back in about 5 minutes and picks up where she left off, only to be interrupted again.  Then she tells me how unprofessional that is.  Bitch, I didn’t interrupt you!

Okay so she is looking at my med list and then tells me that I probably have something called Serotonin Syndrome and that people die from that.  Yeah, uh okay.  Then she balks at my sleeping medicine.  Then she told me that I was on too much medication and most of it is wrong and that we need to add stuff for my Diabetes.  She wants me to get blood work and said that she would call a 1 month supply of all of my medicine in to my local pharmacy.  I need to get my medical records transferred and I need to see a Physiatrist. 

So basically I am dying and crazy.  Yeah, this one didn’t work out either.  I’m never going back!  She is the crazy one.  She a flip her noodle.  :)

As I’ve mentioned to you before I have to pay out of pocket for all of my office visits.  The first office visit to establish yourself as a patient at all doctors is typically billed at a higher rate.  I have no idea how much I have racked up in charges from the past two visits but I am stopping and cutting my losses now.

I think it’s far better to stay with the Dr. I have and see if he will work with me on the sleeping medication or if he won’t look on line to see if I can get it elsewhere w/o a prescription.  I know that can be dangerous but it kind of all depends on who your buying it from.

The hysterical thing about all of this is the Chinese woman called in every prescription except the sleeping medicine that I need.   I wasn’t happy when I found that out but what could I do?  I told the hot guy at the pharmacy the medicine that I needed and he said it wasn’t there.  I took what my allergist called in for me and that was it.  At least I got to see a hot guy, I mean damn I deserve something for all of the frustration that I have been through.

I am happy that I didn’t fire off a letter to my present physician telling him to go screw himself.  I kept my temper and for once it paid off.  I’m still not happy with him but until I get the bills for these visits and can put that behind me I am just calling it quits.  At some point in the future I will try my luck at this again and hopefully the results will be much better.

Thankfully I have a good allergist who has Saturday hours, so if push comes to shove I can see him in a pinch and plus once you have gone in for a visit, he will do most things for you over the phone.  Like calling in a prescription or two.  That’s really nice and they work damn fast, which is unheard of.  My doc drags his feet.

The Serotonin Syndrome I spoke of before is a result of me taking Wellbutrin and Effexor, both of which are antidepressants.  I have been on them since 2001 when my partner was diagnosed with cancer.  It was pretty much thought that he was going to die, but no doctor would tell me that.  I heard things like it doesn’t look good but we will do our best.  Okay, so he survived even though I didn’t expect him to make it off the table.  I had what was called Reactionary Depression.  Depression runs in my family and I just went to my PCP at the time and said hey I need something to deal with this.  These are both powerful drugs and if you just stop taking them you will get very sick.  I know because I was warned and didn’t listen.  The dosages had to be adjusted.  Too much Effexor and I became impotent and that wasn’t good.  About 6 months after being on this therapy I developed tremors, where I couldn’t hold my hands still.  They just shake uncontrollably and it was embarrassing to say the least.  Not to mention it doesn’t look real good when you get pulled over.   So I was put on a low dose of Blood Pressure Medicine.  The dosage of that has been increased and I think the only thing it’s working on is my blood pressure.  I still get tremors from time to time.  However, unless I want to go see a Neurologist there really isn’t much my present PCP will do about it.  So I have learned to just live with it. 

The quack I saw today said that it was uncommon to prescribe these two medications together and that she could loose her license if she prescribed them for me.  Funny thing is she called in a 1 month supply of each of them.  Come on, I did my research and turns out this is a very common combination of drugs for depression. 

Just because a person has a little depression is no reason to throw them in the nut farm or send them to see a shrink.  The medication that I am on might not be common but it’s worked for me for years and since it isn’t broken I see no reason to fix it.  As for the Diabetes treatment I think I probably need to move on to another drug but we will see how things turn out after my next blood draw, when ever that is.  I’m not pushing it because it will cost me.

The moral of the story is a good doctor is hard to find.  I had a good doctor but I became a burden to him so I cussed him out when I was trying to get some medication for a sinus infection that I had been dealing with for over a month.  He gave me medicine and then terminated me as a patient.  So I found the guy that I Have now and you know the rest.  I really wish I would have been a bit calmer but I was pissed off, felt like crap and just went off because I was always told the squeaky wheel gets the grease.  Lord help me!

I think my current course of action in keeping the doc that I have is probably best for now.  I never thought a good doctor would be so hard to find.  Doctors are a dime a dozen like Attorneys but the good ones are rare finds. 

Talk with you peeps later.

Stress

So I had a facility loose internet connectivity.  Turns out everyone said no one made any kind of changes but some fool hooked up a DLINK wireless router and that shut the whole facility down.  I had to find a local vendor to go out and pay them pretty well to discover this.  I wasn’t happy but I am happy that the problem is behind me.  It’s been two long days.  Plus my boss was jumping down my back about it.

I made it to the new doctors office and I was a half hour early.  The fucker was running late.  I had to answer medical history questions 3 times for 3 different people, despite having filled out all of their paperwork and coming in with my medical history and medications listed.  The doctor has no after hours exchange.  He passes out his cell phone number (which I didn’t get) he told me you just got to keep calling because I don’t do voice mail.  Then he sees my sleeping medication and tells me that he can only write a 30 days supply and that I would have to come in every month to see him.  I told him that I have to use a mail order pharmacy and they require a 90 day supply.  He didn’t want to put refills on it.  I got it, he is in this for the insurance money.  He of course told me that the DEA was looking hard at our area and controlled substances like sleeping pills are widely abused.  Yeah, okay but I told him I have been on the medication for 5 plus years and never had a physician balk like he did.  Then he told me that he wanted to see me every month for 2 months and then we would move out to 3 months. 

I just saw too many red flags and it started with no after hours exchange.  This guy is a pill doctor who need insurance money.  Problem is my insurance doesn’t pay for office visits.  So I am out what ever he charges.

I did leave with a prescrption for every medication that I take, but he didn’t put his phone number on the prescrption.  Now what doctor do you know that won’t list his phone number? 

So like I was saying too many red flags.  I’m dumping him as quick as I found him.  I’ve got an appointment with another doctor tomorrow morning, yup a Saturday.  It’s a female doctor, not too happy about that but she is with a reputable hospital like the guy I originally saw.  So I feel a bit better.  Plus she has Saturday hours, you don’t find that often.  I just hope she doesn’t charge a million dollars.

Okay so I am buried at work and before I drown I need to get back to it.  Talk with you peeps later.