So the hospital called me at 7 AM

They called about that procedure I was supposed to have at 8 AM and canceled. The reason they called me wasn't about my insurance but about the 800$ I would owe for the procedure and how did I want to handle that? Payment plan (as my HSA doesn't have the full amount in it). Then they put me thru to the people who do the scan so I can reschedule. that's when I learn that the original cancellation 2 weeks ago probably WASN'T my insurance as it was scheduled for friday at 1 and the tech is like we NEVER do it at one. We only do it at 8 AM as it takes hours to complete (well that should be fun). I bet it was schedule wrong and instead of admitting it, they put my ultrasound in that one pm time slot (which is where it probably should have been from the beginning) instead of 8 AM the next monday.

Then my insurance called me about my medicare claim and I lost my shit. That's the Dana in TEXAS you fuckwits. I think I scared the hell out of this rep. She promised to fix it. 40 minutes later my insurance calls back to say it's fixed. That medicare plan is off my insurance. Who wants to bet they deactivated MY insurance and not the one in Texas?

Then tonight I get to CVS to find I owe nothing on my meds (which also means I would NOT have owed 800$ if I can that procedure this morning like I was supposed to.) It means I've already spent 3000$ in health care since the first. My life sort of sucks.

I came home and felt too wasted to do anything. And oh, my office at work is trashed because they needed into the access panel for the HVAC for the building which is in my office. Rather than tell me that so I could have moved the stuff out of that corner, they have it shoved everywhere which is where it is staying until a)I know it's over and done with b) mid term grades are due on Wed so I have to finish putting in grades before I fix that mess.

On the way home

I stopped at this rest stop on I-70 to get some 2017 travel guides for OH. As I mentioned another time, I had made an off hand comment to ELD that maybe we'd enjoy living where we do since we're pretty much stuck, if we just accepted it. Not bad advice really but I wasn't doing that either, not really. I tried this last year but it didn't really happen.

I'm sure it won't entirely happen this time out either but I've circled a lot of things to do, both special events and things to see. I did one of them when I went to Ash Cave. I have plenty of more to tackle. Maybe friends would want to come visit if there was something more to tackle other than lounging in my shitty apartment.Maybe I'd hate it here less if I sampled some of the fun things there are to do, and there ARE fun things here, not to mention Columbus is an hour and a half away and Cincinnati 2 & 12 hours. Those are perfectly doable things. If I got out and hiked more for some of these I'd be better off any how.

I have been wanting to go to the Serpent Mound since I moved here. I haven't been since I was in second grade. SECOND GRADE! 40 plus years later.... It's only an hour's drive. I really have no excuse other than laziness. I know I'm returning to the Ohioana book festival and coming back poor.

I will do something. I've wasted enough time fighting it.

I thought this could be fun for Jana but only if I can figure out if you can still sign up. A to Z blogging challenge

I had a strange dream last night but sadly I only remember a tiny bit. I remember finding a secret room in grandma's house and talking with this woman with icy finger only to realize it was Emily Dickinson....