Oh. My. I’m lost in paperwork Hell. Who thought it would be a good idea to have open enrollment right as the holidays rolled around? We’ve now had civilian insurance for a full year. I’m still not clear on all the deductibles, claims, reimbursements, cost-share, in-network, PPO, FSA, WTF, etc.
And now I have to either renew & re-enroll, or lose insurance all together, or pick a new plan better suited to my needs, now that I know what those needs are. But I don’t. And, hence, therefore, soforth, I’m buried in paperwork. I’m taking each bill. Figuring out which we paid, which insurance paid, which FSA paid, which are hiding in my pile of bills due. I’m seriously questioning my decision to ever have kids or get married. There are bills in everyone’s name!
In fact, there are bills in the cat & rats names. Did I tell you our last rat died this summer? Our beautiful Shay baby got sick right around the time Dave’s dad got sick. Papa died on Sunday, the following Saturday, right after his wake, Shay died in our friends arms across the planet in Germany. I literally screamed, in Gramma’s tiny kitchen full of people, when Laura called me. I screamed in frustration, anger, sadness. My eyes cry now, I swear I have no control over them anymore, just thinking about poor Shay dying without us there. Without us holding her and telling her we love her one more time. It’s one bill I don’t mind paying.
Now the cat, on the other hand, that lazy beast! I mind paying all her bills. She’s a demanding minx. She’s constantly laying on my keyboard, or my pile of papers, or meowing at me to open the door, feed her, or her latest demand, start a fire. That cat is relentless. She has me trained.
I’m thinking I need to take more of the cats view of life and forget that pile of paperwork staring me in the face.
Una foto di Shay?
Toiny, so sorry to hear about your father-in-law! While I can’t quite imagine keeping rats (yours WERE cute) I can sympathize with your loss and your pain being far away from your baby when she/he (not sure) passed! This is a funny mail for me to open because, even though it’s Saturday, I just got off the phone with this GREAT NEW Medicare Advantage plan TV and telemarketers are bombarding us about. The secret to it’s cheapness: IT’S A PPO!!!!! I live in an AF town of 50,000 with 2 hospitals. NEITHER hospital is on that plan. All my bills would be out-of-network! Then I learned because a surgery was recommended to me, I can’t change plans with that company OR change companies for 1-3 years depending upon the new companies rules. However, I’m pretty happy with the company I have but I do not have military benefits, this is total civillan insurance. It’s expensive but has covered 2 minor heart surgeries! NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU THIS STUFF UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE!!!! Good luck on your search! Hope you have a safe trip home!
Hey Toiny from Australia, you sound like you need a holiday. Sorry to read of all the issues you are dealing with, they do get in life’s way. Oh by the way do you realise cat’s don’t have owner’s they have staff – lol, does puss cat have a cat flap that he/she can come and go as you please. You can get them that are magnet and only your cat can open it as it has to have a small magnet disc attached to it collar to activate it ? might be an idea. Also our country here is on fire literally, so much sadness and loss to lives, homes, wildlife also. We have 2 fires about 7mile from us and the smell of smoke is awful as is the haze. We know where to go if we have to leave..