Mondays are my day off. Today was the first day I ventured out, other than to work, since the storm. While most roads are fine, a school bus got stuck in a snow bank this morning a block from my house and had to wait for a plow to come clear the bank away. I went to the post office to mail a package to my oldest with something her husband left here at Christmas, as well as a birthday card to my youngest who is studying abroad in Rome. She turns 21 in two weeks.
Speaking of D20, she Facetimed me this morning to tell me about her weekend trip to Malta where she recounted a harrowing excursion to a small uninhabited, scenic island off the coast. A storm popped up that almost stranded them as the boat coming to pick them up could not get to the dock due to rough seas. 45 mins later, they were led down a path to other side of the island where they had to climb over a wall to get to another dock and slightly calmer seas. Needless to say, I would rather not have heard this story! At least they were smart enough to ask where the life jackets were once onboard! This is only the beginning of her travels…
Rest of my day entailed scheduling long overdue doctor appointments, cleaning, and reading.
I got up earlier than usual because the dog was whining. Washed three sweaters in the machine and layed them flat to dry.
Went to Costco and bought some meat and, I guess, a lot of other things, since I spent nearly $400. Came home, wrapped the meat for the freezer, and put everything else away.
Took at 20-minute nap. Went to the gym. Took the dog to the woods and, for the first time since our huge snow storm, walked our usual 2.5 mile route. Enjoyed my new crampons and felt very secure on the snow.
Made dinner. Ate dinner. Cleaned up dinner. Came here.
My boring life–checked my CollegeConfidential, drove carefully (due to power outage) to shopping center where I had hoped to buy some ingredients for soup but the bank and grocery store were closed due to them also having power outage. Drove on to shopping center where H was having dental cleaning and he said they were also doing imaging so he could get a new mouthguard (he never used the old one and grinds his teeth). Hopefully he will use THIS one!
I then drove him to Elks Club, where he saw some of his old HS classmates emerging from their lunch. We had lunch. I took him back to his car and then bought the ingredients I had tried to buy earlier for the soup. (Power was back.)
After we got home, was able to call the bank and be reminded that I CANNOT make a payment by phone for a BUSINESS credit card, which I had been trying to do and also find out the balance on H’s checking account so we will know how much we have and can make appropriate payments on that checking account. H got very frustrated trying to talk to the bank and decided to take a nap but I had to get him up because it’s HIS and his brother’s account and he had to talk with them.
My life is equally boring! I went to the gym at oh dark thirty. Monday H opens and I can go in with him 30 min before it officially opens. At 4:30… and I may run 15 min outside before he gets there cause I’m weird and don’t like warming up on a treadmill…
Then I went to work. The guys were not in the office since they worked the 7-7 night shift all weekend. But 8” of powdery snow clears up much faster than the 2-3” of ice crap we had the week before - and still is on the ground and some side streets. So they will be back in the office tomorrow.
So now for my confession… I’ll have to wear real pants to work tomorrow. I may have worn the same sweats to the office Monday-Wednesday and a second set Thursday-Friday. And today’s sweatpants may have been the same ones I wore to bed last night and tonight. With so few people in my office there, who cares?
If you are on medicare, the manufacturer can’t cover it at a lower (no) cost as that’s like them giving you a coupon. I spent hours and hours on those calls when I couldn’t afford a drug. They can just give it to you, but in my case giving me the med wouldn’t help as the doctor needed to inject it so if I got the drug I couldn’t have the appointment/surgery billed to medicare.
I consulted with a grief therapist today. The world is , my only sibling died unexpectedly on Friday and so my world is spinning in complete shock. He was 60.
I thought I’d be okay, but I’m not. So I found a therapist and can’t wait to dump all my feelings out soon in a safe place, and let someone else help me process it all.
My BIL, and husband for that matter, had a consult with a Medicare plan finder (? I don’t know the technical term) before they went on Medicare. BIL is on a very pricey blood thinner and H is on several meds. The consultant was able to give them options for drug plans that cover their prescriptions and then the pharmacy prices for each.
I think BIL met with her again this past fall to review price and availability.
I do believe Medicare insurance agents do not charge customers—they are paid by the companies they steer customers to. They’re supposed to be helpful and helping folks find the best plan that will cover their needs (that will also pay a commission).
Things have changed a bit in that some part D (which are drugs) providers are not paying commission to brokers. Which means the brokers are not as helpful as they were in the past.
Our part D provider changes us nothing per month as of this year.
The issue is that we have to be very proactive finding a plan that accepts the drug that my husband takes. As we found out yesterday, they are also very picky about exactly which generic is prescribed. Or they will default to the name brand that isn’t covered.
This is a change from when we had BCBS, where the doctor could prescribe the name brand and the pharmacy would give him the generic they contracted with.
We are lucky that there is a cap on drugs now and that there is a generic version also. When he actually gets his drugs after all of this delay and incompetence, I will be much happier.
My husband has to use a broker, he gets a stipend from his former employer to pay for his Medicare provided he uses this broker. We have found that we have to be very proactive and insistent that we need traditional Medicare and not an advantage plan. I personally put a lot of work into getting a plan that works best for my husband’s complicated situation
Please don’t. There is nothing in the title of this thread that requires any level of daily excitement to post. Let’s not make this a competition.
Most of my days are almost exactly the same and don’t require me to leave my house. I don’t have a pet or an exercise routine, but my days aren’t boring (or I’d change them).
What’s interesting about this thread is reading what everyone else’s days look like, a bit of CC voyeurism.
We had some fun a while back on the Describe Your Day Using Emojis thread where I was looking for a “flatline” or a “can’t remember” emoji.
, my only sibling died unexpectedly on Friday and so my world is spinning in complete shock. He was 60.
