its Thursday, Whats New and exciting 05 22 08
Late, I know, but just finding time to check in. Work overload! Barely had time for lunch. Hugs and prayers for all those in need! Our temps are mild today 'cause of clouds and brief intermitent rains. Gas - OMG from yesterday morning on my way to work till drive home it jumped from $3.65 to $3.75, and that's at the cheap station (not WalMart which is usually cheaper - I don't pass there on my drive). While "talking" about prices - good Lord! George mentioned Oreo cookies recently. Last time I bought them, the large packs were on sale 2 for $5.00 ($3 something regular price). Since they don't call my name when they're in the house, I priced them - $4.19 a pack. George doesn't need them either! We had to have his suit altered so he could wear it tonight to graduation. The community college where he works is having grad ceremony tonight. I'm invited, but don't feel like dressing up in dress, slip, girdle, heels... today is a jeans, t-shirt, and tennis shoes sort of day, as are most of my days. Speaking of tennis shoes - after my doc. appt yesterday I went to Academy and swore I wasn't leaving until I found tennis shoes that were comfortable. Well, after trying on at least 18 pair in almost 2 hours, I walked out with a pair of the most awful looking New Balance shoes made - BUT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE! I need comfortable shoes for Disney World in July! They're gray, purple, and pink, and cost $79.99 on sale! Hell, while I was at it, I treated myself to some new socks too - 3 pair for $9.00! The podiatrist told me Monday she didn't know how I wasn't in pain. Seems my left great toe is so riddled with arthritis that the bones are fusing together. Treatment - surgery! No way, no how! If it don't hurt, it's staying like it is until it does hurt! Visit with the new PCP went well - like her. The nurse took my BP 136/80. I about freaked out. It hasn't been that high in over three years. The doc took it again 102/64, that's more like it! More blood work scheduled. I go back in four months! Hoping to read a few more posts during break! Debbie
Hi Carla and everyone: Will someone just kill me now? This is how my week has been going ... it has been one bad one to say the least and today is the capper (or maybe I shouldn't say that, because the week isn't over). Won't go into big details, but had a major meltdown in my bank account at the end of last week into this week and it left me with just $126 left from my measly half paycheck (that I get after bankruptcy trustee takes half). That didn't give me much for groceries, gas, cat supplies, but I thought I would manage it. I only had enough for $20 worth of gas, but that brought the tank up to 3/4 full ... I think that should be enough (barely) to get me to next Thursday (I hope). Well, I get home and in the mailbox is a cancellation notice on my auto insurance. I thought I had settled this with them last month; I paid them the past due and I figured they'd send me a notice of the rest; instead, they just canceled me and sent me a check. So I called and they said come back in with the check and we'll reinstate you. So I did that, but then they said they needed the $162.50 right then. That's something I didn't have. Well, the woman said she needed it by at least June 1 ... that I could do (I hope). The financial blues are getting me really down. I spent part of the afternoon rolling coins to put in my checking account because I miscalculated and would have been $2 short after getting gas, so I had to put something into my account, and all I had left was the coins. So I had enough to put in about $14. That gave me enough to get my case of AchievOne that I had ordered plus one generic prescription that will cost me less than $1. So I go to pick up the generic prescription and it's not available until tomorrow ... insurance won't cover it until then. So ridiculous! Why does the doctor give me a 28-pill supply for a month? It doesn't cover a month. I'm going to have to talk to him about that because it costs too much for me to drive to Walgreens to pick up a prescription that I can't get because insurance won't cover it that day and I'm down to my last pill. Then I go to pick up my AchievOnes ... they always were $29.99 for the case. The new guy running the store, well, first of all, the door is locked and there's a sign on it "Be Back in 3 minutes." So there I stand outside, with all the pollen blowing in the breeze, my eyes watering already from the tears and now from the pollen, my nose running, my throat filling up with mucus. Finally, he comes to the door and lets me in. He asks me what I need, I tell him and he says, "Oh, Eileen, I didn't recognize you, did you do something different with your hair?" Nope, it's getting too long, I really need a hair cut, but I can't afford it because of all this problems, I tell him. Anyway, he tells me the stuff is now $38 something and I start to freak out because I don't have that much. I have figured out this budget to the last penny, and I have a $5 coupon and will have enough for $23, that's it. I'm about to start blubbering again when he cuts me a break and gives me the price Jeff, the old guy who used to run the store, gives me. Then we start comparing sob stories. Seems he lost his home to foreclosure, had his phone turned off, his electricity turned off ... his story is worse than mine. I saved my home, yes, the phone was turned off but I got it turned back on, the electricity wasn't turned off (but it was close). I guess some people have it worse than me. And to top it off ... I was almost hit by a big bus getting on the interstate. Really, I don't want to die! I just want to curl up in a ball and make all my troubles go away. I just don't want to face the world for awhile. I don't want to have to deal with these problems anymore. I don't know how much longer I can handle it. I'm turning into a blubbering mess here at work again. The only good thing ... if you can call this good ... is that I only paid $3.99 a gallon for gas this morning and it went up to $4.20 at some stations this afternoon. I haven't seen that price, but we're running a story in the paper tomorrow that says that. I don't know how I can handle that. I can't handle it on what I get in the bankruptcy check I get now, and even in what I may get when they increase it (if they increase it). I'm barely getting by now. Sorry, this is long. I should see if there's any work for me to do. Luckily, we have no reviews tonight. Maybe I can get to sleep early and get a little better rest. I'm not getting much as it is.
