August 23, 2011

• I Face The Music And Get Things Done

   

  TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

  I'm a procrastinator.  I have no idea why.  I just hate to do some things that really aren't all that difficult.  Like my Medicare Supplemental Insurance.  And the Part D Prescription coverage.  It's a real pain in the ass as far as I am concerned so I dragged my feet (foot) to get enrolled with a plan.  I was a bit surprised to find out that supplemental no longer includes Rx coverage since Obama got involved.  Now you have to purchase it separately.  Figures.

  I finally bit the bullet and started checking out various insurance companies.  I ended up taking advantage of AARP's offering through United Health Care.  The coverage they all offer is standardized and the same price (mostly) but I wanted an insurance company that had a good track record.  I once had UHC for our family insurance and we were very happy with them.  I like their plans and had no problems.  I didn't and don't want surprises.  I also finally got myself enrolled in an Rx plan.  I feel like a million dollars because both of them start on the first of next month.  I wasn't sure if that would be possible but it was, thankfully.  So if something major happens to me, I'm covered now.

  I had also put off calling my best friend.  That was partly because I had left a message for her one day and never heard back from her.  Then I hurt my feet and the Beast started his chemotherapy.  Her husband is a serious diabetic on insulin but he still has incredibly high numbers on his glucose levels.  I mean six or seven times what is normal WITH insulin.  I also know she travels a lot with her family spread all over and she is the only one that isn't working and doesn't have any children.  She will travel in a heart beat and often does.  Time flies when you are occupied with other problems but it had nagged at me for a while.  So, today I called her. 

  It turns out her hubby was in the hospital twice, then in rehab and then she had home health people there all the time, trying to get him back into some form of a workable human being.  The doctors also discovered that he now has a heart problem so there was the time period of adjusting various medications to find the right *mix*.  She was not a happy camper.  We both shared some of our frustrations with how our lives have gotten just because we had the nerve to become old people.  I said it sure wasn't for the faint of heart, was it?

  Since neither one of us made it, our annual get-together with our girlfriends from school wasn't held.  I thought that was kind of dumb but sweet to think without the two of us attending, no one was really in the mood this year.  We both vowed that we wouldn't miss it next year.  We laughed and said we might have to shoot our spouses in order to make it but, hey!  Whatever it takes. 

  I also finally got replacement boxes for the ones that got ruined (don't ask) so I can send out some long overdue things to various sisters.  Actually, it's my *skinny* clothes.  I'm sending some of them to Baby Brat and others to sister Cee.  I even have something to send to Bratfink and to two of my girlfriends.  The Beast looked at it all and just rolled his eyes.  He HATES going to the post office and isn't all that fond of UPS although you never have a line there. 

  I still have more to send out to Sister Cee and Baby Brat but each box is kind of heavy so it will be expensive to send them.  I'll have to do that a little at a time.  I noticed my walk-in closet is looking kind of bare.  I need to switch my *fatter* clothes (not really, just not skinny clothes) from the computer room closet into it.  It's just been convenient for me to hang them in here because I spend so much time in here.  I will try to tape up the replacement boxes today and repack the ones no longer fit to send out.  I need to check them to make sure none of the clothes need recleaning, too.

  I even went through the drawers in my desk, threw things out and reorganized them.  THAT was LONG overdue.  Heck, I had some address labels in one drawer that had the year 2010 on them.    Don't tell anyone but I even found two pages of ones that had 2009 on them.  They are all ones I get sent for free from some charity or other looking for a donation.  I only have a few that I will send anything to but word gets around, I guess and they all figure I am a soft touch.  No way, Jose.  I don't care how nice your address labels are.

  Well, we never got the rain that was predicted.  Big surprise, huh?  So the Beast is outside watering the things he didn't do when it looked like we were actually going to get some rain.  I'm doing wash again and going to change my linens on my bed.  I should strip the guest bed and do that, too, but we aren't expecting anyone.  I am just going to push myself and try to ignore my feet.  My worst fear is that I might actually have to learn to live with my feet feeling like this forever.  I hope not and I'm praying very hard about that.  But I have things to do so I am going to post this now.

  Love you all.  Please don't get lax just because the heat seems to be diminishing somewhat.  Hydrate.  Hydrate.  Take care and drive carefully. 
  

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