Good things
Jun. 24th, 2011 05:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
averygoodun42- Friends.
- A perfect cup of Bengal Spice tea this afternoon.
- I survived today's kid invasion with minimal interaction needed and only one minor referee job. My sense of humor was uninjured throughout. And now my kid has invaded someone else's house!
- Bribery is working. (Letting Page play one hour of Plants vs. Zombies a day = a picked up bedroom, a picked up living room and three days of (effectively) hassle-free errands.)
- Slept in again this morning. Hip didn't start hurting for hours!
- C is for Cinnamon! And Cloves! And Cardamom and Coriander! And the ever important Cayenne! (Cumin was also added, though I'd leave it out of that dish in the future.)
- It's cold. Yes, that's a good thing in my books, even if I do refuse to turn the furnace on. After all, I can always bake and roast to heat up the house!!! And make sooooouuuuuuup! Also, it being chilly makes me want tea, and that necessitates me clearing up the counter to get at the kettle, which leads to a cleaner kitchen which leads to a happier me. So cold for the win, ya'll!
Of mixed blessings, the school does have medical (and accident) insurance, though it's pretty paltry. It only covers $5000 per one sickness or accident, unless it's sports injury, then it's $1000. So, if I were hospitalized, I'd be screwed. And it's a cost sharing thing, where they pay 80% up to that $5000 for most things, with me paying the rest.
However... it's inexpensive enough ($900/year) that added to our current insurance (if the rates stay the same), it would cover the deductible...
However, I don't actually expect us to be getting anywhere close to fulfilling our deductible next year! I will remain out of the hospital, as will Page! And Geoff!
What I really need to do is talk to a State social services person (do they even have those here?) and find out what I need to know about State-offered services. I'm not ready to apply for Federal Disability, but getting Page into HealthyKids and me into the high-risk pool might cut our insurance expenses dramatically. Might. (Looks like it would by enough to make the paperwork worth it.) Downside to that plan is Page would have to be uninsured for 6 months...
Life is still stressful but is getting more manageable as I become saner and more proactive. For those that expressed interest (bless you!), I will gather good photos of my available artwork and post that this weekend.
- A perfect cup of Bengal Spice tea this afternoon.
- I survived today's kid invasion with minimal interaction needed and only one minor referee job. My sense of humor was uninjured throughout. And now my kid has invaded someone else's house!
- Bribery is working. (Letting Page play one hour of Plants vs. Zombies a day = a picked up bedroom, a picked up living room and three days of (effectively) hassle-free errands.)
- Slept in again this morning. Hip didn't start hurting for hours!
- C is for Cinnamon! And Cloves! And Cardamom and Coriander! And the ever important Cayenne! (Cumin was also added, though I'd leave it out of that dish in the future.)
- It's cold. Yes, that's a good thing in my books, even if I do refuse to turn the furnace on. After all, I can always bake and roast to heat up the house!!! And make sooooouuuuuuup! Also, it being chilly makes me want tea, and that necessitates me clearing up the counter to get at the kettle, which leads to a cleaner kitchen which leads to a happier me. So cold for the win, ya'll!
Of mixed blessings, the school does have medical (and accident) insurance, though it's pretty paltry. It only covers $5000 per one sickness or accident, unless it's sports injury, then it's $1000. So, if I were hospitalized, I'd be screwed. And it's a cost sharing thing, where they pay 80% up to that $5000 for most things, with me paying the rest.
However... it's inexpensive enough ($900/year) that added to our current insurance (if the rates stay the same), it would cover the deductible...
However, I don't actually expect us to be getting anywhere close to fulfilling our deductible next year! I will remain out of the hospital, as will Page! And Geoff!
What I really need to do is talk to a State social services person (do they even have those here?) and find out what I need to know about State-offered services. I'm not ready to apply for Federal Disability, but getting Page into HealthyKids and me into the high-risk pool might cut our insurance expenses dramatically. Might. (Looks like it would by enough to make the paperwork worth it.) Downside to that plan is Page would have to be uninsured for 6 months...
Life is still stressful but is getting more manageable as I become saner and more proactive. For those that expressed interest (bless you!), I will gather good photos of my available artwork and post that this weekend.
