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22 March 2010 By Leave a Comment
bury my head in the sand and ignore all thepolitics… too bad that won’t help anyone.
From what I do understand, the bill that passed still doesn’t really help me directly get health care. Correct me if I am wrong – We still can’t afford health care and We still make too much money for public aid/medicaid.
My kids are still covered by Fla Kid Care. Based on our income that costs 20$ a month for all three kids (20$ total, not each), we pay a co-pay for sick visits, but one well visit is included each yea. Generic meds are covered, but Publix and a few other places have a handful of free meds anyway. Maybe there is no co-pay for the primary but there is for specialists? I had a co-pay for D for his eye exam, so maybe. Malachai is enrolled in CMS (Childrens Medical Services) so all of his is covered 100%. We did not qualify for financial aid for him (based on his disability) but that was our income that determined that, not his diagnosis.
Big breath. Now that I vomited that mess up, why? When can I get 20$ a month health care based on my income? When can I go to the doctor because I feel like my lungs are going to explode or I fell and my knee was swollen for a month and still hurts mildly most days? Yep, not holding my breath on that one.
I am waiting to find out that this bill that passed is the one that will fine my husbands employer for not offering health care (not that we can afford it anyway!) and then he’ll go back to my husband being a contractor and it will cost us even more money.
I realize  you can’t please all the people all the time, but when will it be our turn to not be in the neglected middle percent?
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Poster Start Posting!

15 July 2009 By Leave a Comment

Let me start with, we got a new car! We got a silver Mazda5 stick and I fucking love it. It’s the cheap model, but this cheap model has frills my van doesn’t have (although the van some some frills the car doesn’t have, so it’s a toss up). It’s got a black cloth interior, next to no trunk, but it has rear air which is why we got a new family car and not a new Fishie car. I’ve promised him in five years once it is paid off we’ll get him a new car.

I have had something in my right eye for two days. I think it’s an eyelash, but I can’t get it out and it is annoying.

I double paid a bill, so I am broke till the 24th, which sucks. At least I had the money to cover the double payment, but I feel so effing stupid for doing it to begin with.

I have an idea for a new style tattoo needle, Michael is going to bring his soldering gun and needle jig and stuff home so I can test it out. If it works, it will have limited use (like dedicating an entire machine specifically to this needle, so it’s not gonna be the next big thing lol it will be nice if it does what I envision it doing though!) but if it makes things easier, is it worth it? Well, maybe just for me lol

The Orkin man came to take care of the bee nest that was under the kids fort part of their swingset. We need to get out there with gloves tomorrow and pull the planks up and get rid of the actual hive, and then hose it down but good. He said not to touch to powder or let the kids touch it. Joy. We put some stuff in the pool today to keep it clear and algae free. I need to recover it and turn the pump off. I know, not running the pump 24/7 doesn’t help, but I can’t run it 24/7 as the outside socket doesn’t work.

Is there more? I bet there is, but my brain is mush right now.

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Dentist, Part Deux

8 May 2009 By Leave a Comment

So, I called the dentist my brother & sister go to in order to find out how much a visit & cleaning would be. I don’t know if she was full of it or not, but I got a free general check and x-rays today – Mothers Day special. I think she made it up on the spot lol

The tooth I went in for is not a problem. I have some gum erosion because of early gum disease (thank god I didn’t keep that labret, right?) and what I thought was a cavity is “mature plaque.” Yum.

I do have four cavities, small ones. I didn’t even know about them, so they can’t be that bad. They are cutting me a break on it, 150$ a pop instead of they 195$ they charge people who have insurance. I also need a deep cleaning (they Novocain you up for this and scrape under your gums), which is another 105$

Hello Bank of Dad, I need to make a withdraw. I made an appointment for two weeks from today, and he’s going to go with me and charge it and I’ll pay him back. They offer that credit card… thing that is from GE Money Bank, but we used that about three years ago to pay for our glasses and I settled the account with GE for less than we owed. I didn’t expect to get approved for it again, and frankly, at 29% interest, I didn’t want it. Dad is just happy I went in and can get this easy stuff taken care of – my moms mouth cost them over ten grand and that was with a discount, and he footed the bill for Michael’s mouth as well. I think he is happy to not have to pay for more than it came to. If I could put it off till after December we would have it, but I don’t want to wind up with something worse. It’s the first time I’ve been to a dentist in over ten years – last time was when I had my bottom wisdom teeth cut out. I think I was 18.

Then I was asked if I had braces, I said yah, and he was all “you don’t wear your retainer?” I said, ah, I had braces when I was eleven. I am sure I had a WTF? face on too.

Oh! It’s been talk to Jenn about her tattoos & ears week too. I had kids all over my arms & ears at therapy on Thursday, and the dental assistant who did my x-rays asked about them, and the dentist himself was all “I guess it’s a good think you’re used to needles” (fucker) and the counter girl asked about my stretches – it’s been a weird body modification oriented kind of week.

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Fuck VPK, and my monday sucks too

9 March 2009 By 1 Comment

So, a few days before VPK was open for registration we went down and they gave us the packet and told us to come back after Mar 4. So we went back today and we were told we could not register at the main building, we have to go to one of the registration dates.

Most of them are from 12 – 7 and not conveniently located to me. Did I mention they are from 12 – 7? I am available in the mornings before 12. There are some Saturday hours, but Michael works on Saturday too. Fuckers.

There is one date, two weeks from today, relatively close by and from 4 – 8. Michael is going to head down there while I keep the kids home.

VPK saves us 25$ a week for PreK at the place we’re looking to send Shivie next year.

I am just so angry that we were at the fucking building and they couldn’t take ten minutes to take the goddamn paper that was already filled out and hand me the certificate.

Also, Michael was rear ended last week. He took his car in, but the effing insurance sent him to a body shop. We needed a mechanic. His check engine light is blinking on and off (which is a change from it just being on all the damn time) and the engine isn’t firing the right way. Our ins. was useless, and he’s left a message with the other ins. to call him back, he wants to see a mechanic.

We took the van in for an oil change and brake eval. 600$ later, I will have new brake pads, a new serpentine belt (I have been told that the serpentine belt is near impossible to break or wear down – I’ve replaced it in three different cars, methinks someone is lying to me about that fucking belt), brake fluid, and some other gobbledygook. As it turns out, we have the money this time and don’t have to beg, borrow or steal. Yay!

I am so sick of today already.

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So far today…

2 June 2008 By 2 Comments

I woke up, did some quick work, got dressed. Michael phoned a new vets office about Sasha, she has an appointment this afternoon. One of his clients said this office treats demodectic mange with a series of injections (vs the oral med, which we are using but isn’t working), so we’re gonna see if we can’t get her majesty fixed up.

I phoned, and missed the number to press, so then Michael phoned our pediatrician so we could take Dorian in. He has plantar worts on his foot. We successfully treated a single one last year with apple cider vinegar, but this was a little daunting. So the doc froze three of them, and the other three we’ll plaster with some OTC stuff (three were medium sized, the other three he said should clear up quickly with the OTC stuff). Dorian was fantastic for it. We got some lunch, threw out his nasty shoes, picked up some sandals, hit target for new shoes and the OTC stuff and some misc. other stuff, and dropped him off at school.

While at the doctors office I phoned, and rephoned, and rephoned again Florida Kid Care. I finally got through to someone and not hung up on. After explaining what was going on, she tried to tell me the application is only good for 120 days and I have to send in another and a bunch of other shit. I did raise my voice, and she fucking scoffed at me. I handed the phone to Michael because the dumb bitch on the other end was *not* listening to what I had to say or not understanding or something. Out of my beloved mouth came “but 120 days is four months, the date you just gave me was two months ago.” That seemed to be the turning point of this conversation, along with explaining that we faxed the Medicaid denial letters two – three weeks ago becase FKC said it would speed things along. Apparently One of my children was approved two weeks ago, and the other is active as of today. Now I am waiting on the insurance cards. Why the fuck do they waste so much postage and money sending things that don’t need to be sent (you know, like papers saying we have to apply again and another application)? It is so wasteful. Oh, and why I couldn’t get online? The system was down. No shit! That does not explain why I kept getting hung up on by the automated phone system. Bah. So I am waiting on the US mail system now I guess. I am stupidly excited to be able to take my kids to the dentist.

That’s about it. We got home and I was gonna work on a melon that has been ready to go for at least a week now, but the tube I was using was a one piece, so my new grip can’t be put on it. Michael told me I sounded disgusted and he was sorry we didn’t look at it before ordering the grip. The problem wasn’t that. The problem was I had an hour that he could sit me with, we could do this, and something else came up. It’s just frustrating, and I feel like it’s never gonna happen. None of my stuff sold either, so my DSLR probably isn’t gonna happen either. I am not getting it till I get rid of this other stuff, and oh well if it doesn’t happen. I don’t want to deal with ebay. Know anyone who wants a camera, vsmile, serger or embroidery machine? Send em my way!

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