treyvana

Oh, life. You have been BUSY.

Between birthdays, and work, my life has been crazy busy. I've either completed my 40 hours early and had the time off, or worked overtime for the last month. Wee, lots of extra money!

I also found out my raise- 6%, which is pretty decent, though a little less than I was hoping for.

I'm getting more used to the ADD meds, and we've upped the dosage ('we' being my psychiatrist and I) a couple of times, and it's getting closer.

Rob has a job now! He's waitstaff for a catering temp agency (that my mom works for part time). His first gig is Friday, so he'll have money soonish! yay!

My reflux has been acting up more lately- which is sad. I'm going to really have to work on the losing weight thing to make it better. I think the new meds (ADD and otherwise) might be aggravating the reflux, which sucks.

I saw a dermatologist a while back. I decided that I was really fed up with the thin hair (alopecia is the medical term). She said that it is decidedly hormonal, since it affected all of my siblings as well, and, as far as I recall, started shortly after puberty. She wants me to change BC, since the one I'm on doesn't help my condition, but the others she suggested really don't agree with me (I'm on a progestin-based BC now. The estrogen-based BCs she recommended caused massive mood swings, and physical ickiness as well). She did prescribe a med to help with the hair loss though (apparently it was originally marketed as a diuretic (sp?), but that didn't work, so it's marketed as a BP med..but is also prescribed for a bunch of other reasons (such as hair loss). It can cause potassium issues though, so I have to get my blood checked every couple of months to make sure I'm doing ok.

umm...other than that life is good. I've been working on my 'resolutions' to stay better hydrated (which waxes and wanes), and be happier in general. Oh, and I'm trying to get better about sending thankyou cards! You wouldn't believe how many thank-yous I've gotten for the thank-yous I've sent! :-p

apparently, I can post from my phone. sweet.

Unfortunately, spelling and grammar are a bit difficult.

My reflux is really acting up. Im in Springfield. The weekend was pretty awesome. Birthday celebrations and MS walk and all.

Now you are up to date on life.

My family is once again participating in the CT walk for MS (Multiple Sclerosis) this Sunday.

I have both family, and family of friends affected by this disease. It can be very debilitating, and has no cure.

I'm keeping this short and sweet, but any amount helps. You can use the links below to support me, my team, or learn more about MS.

You can use a credit card to donate online, mail a donation to the address found on the webpage, or give them to me (cash or check) to hand in.

Family page: Dupree Clan

My fundraising page for the MS Walk in Woodstock, CT: my page


-End of money-begging time-

In other exciting news, I went to see a psychiatrist this morning.

She prescribed meds for my ADD.

I was very excited, until I got to the pharmacy and was told that my insurance doesn't cover it for people over 23 years of age.

Now I have to wait to get my meds until my doctor gets my insurance to understand that ADD affects adults too.

*sigh*

I finally figured out why the checkbook discrepancy was bouncing between 389 and 475.

I kept forgetting that my $86 insurance automatic payment hasn't gone through yet (I already wrote it in my checkbook, but it doesn't come out of my account until today or Monday)

Now I just have to figure out where the hell the 389 came from...

I know identify theft is a big problem.

I know fraud protection is a big deal right now.

BUT FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS LOVED
STOP telling people to write 'CID' "ID REQUIRED" etc. on the back of the credit cards.

SERIOUSLY.

The credit card must by signed. If it is not signed then it is invalid. No, really. Thats what the back of the card says.

(Sorry for the rant, I am really sick of hearing this. When I was a cashier, I was taught to check the ID, hand them the card, and tell them that in the future we would be unable to accept the card, since technically it was invalid.)

This is one of my pet peeves.

Dear boss-man

I know that I'm light on work. Really, I do.

HOWEVER, that does not, under any circumstances, make it ok to sign me up for being on-call without any warning, or even asking me.

No, I can't be on call this weekend. During the week? Sure, why not, its something to put on my timesheet, and I generally don't make any big plans for weeknights anyways. But, you see, you pompous jackass, I have PLANS this weekend. I plan my weekends, sometimes weeks, even months in advance. And no, I am not going to cancel my plans so I can wait for the phone to ring. Furthermore, I have no intention of going to an emergency response if it happens during one of my planned events. I plan my weekends according to the on-call schedule, which was organized two months ago. Stop dumping it on me just because I'm light on work. I have a life, thanks.

No Love,
me

Thankfully, a coworker actually WANTED to be on call this weekend so he could build up hours and use less vacation time. I get a couple hours, he gets a couple hours, everyone is relatively happy.

Bein stealthy and sneaky is HARD.

Also, waiting is unpleasant.

DEAR SALLIE MAE

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, STOP FUCKING UP MY LOANS!

How hard is it to apply the loans like I've asked you to do?
-pay the amount due on the fed. loan
-pay the amount due on the private loan
- put any excess payment to the principal of the private loan.

IT IS NOT THAT HARD. PLEASE STOP FUCKING IT UP EVERY 3 MONTHS. PLEASE STOP HARASSING ME FOR MORE MONEY AND PAST-DUE FEES. YOU FUCKED UP. FIX IT AND STFU!

GAH!

My taxes are filed. I gets money!

In celebration of the money-getting, I have decided that my tax present this year will be DDR. Two metal DDR pads, and 4 DDR games, to be exact. The rest of my tax refund goes to debt- paying off the mattress, and catching up on payments to mom


Also, I won first place in the pie cook-off at work. Apple pie ALWAYS wins. And I make a mean apple pie. And mine was the only apple pie entered this year. I win!