It's Thursday ladies - just in case you're like me and can't remember what day it is
Nina is a stinky gas bomb right now which is to be expected because we are switching her food over to the new prescription stuff (which she doesn't like BIG SURPRISE). I told her what Mom told me - when you get hungry enough, you'll eat it
although I do feel a bit sorry for her. I'm just glad I can open the windows and air the place out. Her sister won't come anywhere near her. I talked to Mom for a while last night. She is really living in her own little world more and more. She is all up in arms as she insisted on having a bone density test (she had the last one 3 years ago) and now she's smug because the doctor wants to discuss the results with her. She said "MY DAUGHTERS both told me I didn't need one and now the doctor wants to talk to me SO THERE.
Sis and I are like
I said well Mom what do you think he is going to say - that a miracle has happened and you have the bone mass of a neandrathal cave man now???? Of course he's going to say your bones are weaker - you are 86 soon to be 87 next month. Now you will just fret about your bones being weaker. I asked her if she spoke to the doctor about her hip hurting her. She was complaining about that for months and that's what precipitated the burning need to have another bone density test. She said no she didn't because it only started bothering her 2 days before she saw the doctor and she didn't see any need to mention it. When I said she's been complaining about the pain since she was here visiting in June she said I was confused and that she was talking about her knees instead
I also talked with my sister yesterday and we both decided there really is no point to us getting all wound up over something we can't do anything about. So we'll just monitor her to make sure she doesn't become a danger to herself.
My sister recommended a book she just finished reading called
Coming Clean. It's a memoir about a girl whose father was a compulsive hoarder. I was able to borrow the book for free on my Kindle using my Prime Membership so I started reading it last night. It's an interesting book - but wow does it make you want to just dig in and clean up your own clutter
I also realized that reading via the Kindle I don't have the typical squinting I've been having trying to read a paper book with my glasses.
Ceejay - good luck with the file clean up at work. You get more accomplished when you're in the mood to toss things. Have a nice long weekend - any special plans?
Shad - sounds like you were tuckered out a good one there. Hope you got some much needed rest and woke up ready to take on the world one more day!
Michelle - glad to hear that you are in a good place in your life. Just a pity that sometimes we have to go through some dark places to get to the sunshine and rainbows but I guess it also makes us appreciate the good times even more.
Annie - I know a lot of people are up in arms about Obamacare and I was HOPING against hope that it was going to save us some money but I think DH's former employer has found yet another way to screw the retirees. Doesn't look like we will be able to qualify for subsidized health care but I will know more when the open enrollment materials come in a couple of weeks. However I totally agree with everyone who is complaining that Congress enacted a bill that they themselves are exempted from. The perks and benefits that the lawmakers get are totally out of line with with the rest of us have to live with. And that's just wrong, wrong, wrong but I don't see how that's ever going to change even if we the voting public swore to vote the incumbants out unless they changed things. That was nice of you to make C what he wanted for dinner. Sometimes it's like that - use it as an opportunity to have what you might like and he doesn't for your selection.
Laura - thanks for the comments on the movie. The other one I am interested in is Gravity with Sandra Bullock and that man hoe George Clooney
I'd even be willing to travel to Duluth to see that at an Imax theater. Congrats on the weight loss this week - good idea to substitute a lower calorie dinner to balance out the at work lunch you can't control. As for the mail order prescription plan - we had Medco for about 25 years since DH's company first introduced and then forced us to mail order and I have to say were were very happy with the pricing, information and customer service we had with them. I guess Medco got bought out by someone else who raised the prices and now we use Caremark. I only get one prescription by mail order so I don't have too much to say but DH has been totally frustrated with them. He said the have frequently sent him auto renewals of prescription he did not sign up for (as they were checking out various dosages and types of meds to stabilize his condition). We were stuck paying for stuff they sent us more than once and sometimes he didn't get the new prescription he sent in because they refused it saying it was a conflict of an existing prescription. I used to dread when he'd go to the doctor because he'd get all cranky when they'd refuse to fill a prescription for him and he'd be yelling on the phone as they don't have very good customer service either - probably based in some hut in a 3rd world country like that phone commercial where the guy in Siberia answers the phone "this is Peggy, how can I not help you redeem your rewards points".
The most we got out of them was someone who was honest enough to say that like health insurance, the drug plans also have gold, silver, bronze and dirt plans - depending on how much your employer wants to underwrite, that depends on the level of service you get with the drug plan. So 2 people could use Caremark and have totally different experiences with it.
This is the new normal.
I did stop at Walmart yesterday - the shopping isn't so bad but geez o Louise the checkout is just freaking insane. Not sure who's worse - the shoppers or the check out people. Most of them are really really slow - and DH was sitting in the car waiting for me so I was trying to hurry. I got into a line where I know the checker is really good and fast and wouldn't you know it, just before it was my turn to check out another person came to relieve her. I was in the checkout line for 40 minutes. However I did get some stuff so I could bake up / cook up the recipes to use up this abundance of tomatoes I have that are rapidly ripening. I still have some fresh produce to pick up which I prefer to get at the regular grocery store so I'll stop in town and see if my buddy rearranged my nice display at the thrift store just because I don't have enough drama in my life
I will say hi to my buddy who is working this morning so at least I'll enjoy my visit.
Have a good Thursday everyone.