Friday Randoms

[lavenderblue]

I'm so annoyed because I still haven't been able to start the HRT that my Gyn prescribed me. First prescribed a patch that would have cost me $260/mth. I asked her to send in something different, and the next thing was a combo pill that would've been $230/mth because my insurance wouldn't cover that at all. Now I'm trying to get her to send in separate prescriptions (1 for estrogen and one for progestin) that would only be like $20/mth but I can't get a commitment from my insurance company that they'll cover that either. Insurance is fun. 

[deadwing]

My vet squeezed my older dog in for a last minute appointment this morning. Her allergies are so bad right now. We've got a game plan for things to try to make her feel better. I probably should do a load of dog laundry this weekend as well.

I got to try a local chocolatier's take on the viral Dubai chocolate bar last night. The filling doesn't look appealing at all, but the taste and textures were very good.

I'm pretty sure someone left the side door open at the sketchy house down the street last night. Something definitely looked off about the door, but I don't have a great angle to say for sure that it was open.

[jinkies]

DS was supposed to stay at his friend's vacation house tonight bc they have a bike race nearby tomorrow morning.

When he called the friend last night to nail down details, he found out that they are leaving this morning bc the friend's school is closed today, but ours isn't. DS needed to go to his first two periods today. He offered to leave after second period to meet them, but friend didn't want to wait. I offered to drive DS up myself, but he felt weird about it.

So now we need to leave at 5 am tomorrow to get to the race on time. Fun times.

[circa1978]

I have no one to talk to about the woman on TikTok who found a rug buried in her back yard and cadaver dogs alerted on it last night live. I have been watching since her first video. Is it a scam? What's happening 👀

ETA: Strike this - we now have a thread! Post speculation there promptly.

[countthestars]

Oct 4, 2024 8:37:41 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

I have no one to talk to about the woman on TikTok who found a rug buried in her back yard and cadaver dogs alerted on it last night live. I have been watching since her first video. Is it a scam? What's happening 👀

Tell me her handle and I'll watch it, then you can talk to me about it! 

[circa1978]

Oct 4, 2024 8:38:46 GMT -5 countthestars said:

Oct 4, 2024 8:37:41 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

I have no one to talk to about the woman on TikTok who found a rug buried in her back yard and cadaver dogs alerted on it last night live. I have been watching since her first video. Is it a scam? What's happening 👀

Tell me her handle and I'll watch it, then you can talk to me about it! 

You don't even have to be on TikTok now, it's all over the news. Katy Santry.

www.10tv.com/article/news/crime/columbus-police-investigating-rug-buried-underground-columbus-ohio/530-ed4c3a08-a998-4199-9c10-bfab27793c6e

[Jalapeñomel]

]In case you don’t know, the new Joker movie is a musical.

The media on this is ridiculous

[fluffycookie]

Oct 4, 2024 8:37:41 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

I have no one to talk to about the woman on TikTok who found a rug buried in her back yard and cadaver dogs alerted on it last night live. I have been watching since her first video. Is it a scam? What's happening 👀

My cousin convinced me to watch it last night.  I don't know how it would be a scam or if it was she would be on the hook for the resources she was wasting.  Curious to see how it plays out.  She kind of annoyed me so if anyone wants to let me know what happens so I don't have to watch the video I would appreciate it.

The dog came down before me this morning and as I was coming down I could hear her making weird noises like she was choking. She had a a whole half a bagel in her mouth trying her hardest to eat it.  I removed it and tossed it and now she's giving me the stink eye.

[Jalapeñomel]

Oct 4, 2024 8:38:46 GMT -5 countthestars said:

Oct 4, 2024 8:37:41 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

I have no one to talk to about the woman on TikTok who found a rug buried in her back yard and cadaver dogs alerted on it last night live. I have been watching since her first video. Is it a scam? What's happening 👀

Tell me her handle and I'll watch it, then you can talk to me about it! 

The cops aren’t investigating, it’s buried too deep for her to get out.
That’s the whole story right now, I think.

[rubytue]

Never mind my weirdness. 🤣

[candreco]

Ugh, rumors of reorganization at work are bubbling up, and I think it's going to suck. The changes they're talking about will take awhile to make happen, so hopefully that job at another agency pans out and I can get out of here. Just when I start to rethink whether I want to move, something comes along and reminds me why I was open to it in the first place.

A couple of friends are coming over this evening to hang out, rehash last weekend's handfasting ridiculousness, and celebrate FINALLY getting a start date on one friend's new job. One is bringing pizza, the other is bringing homemade chai macarons.

DH is OOT yet again, kind of indefinitely. He was home the first week of school, a week mid-Sept, and then came home the night before we left for his sister's handfasting the last weekend of Sept and then we dropped him off at the airport on the way home. At this point I don't think he'll be home until maybe the end of this month? I'm tired.

[tacokick]

Oct 4, 2024 8:37:41 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

I have no one to talk to about the woman on TikTok who found a rug buried in her back yard and cadaver dogs alerted on it last night live. I have been watching since her first video. Is it a scam? What's happening 👀

I am also fascinated by this! I was surprised by the alerting.

[midwestmama]

I also posted this is in the aging parents check-in, but MIL is to the point where we need to get her on a waiting list for a memory care facility. She called DH yesterday because she couldn't remember how to get to the high school football stadium to watch DS's football game. It is very concerning, as she has lived in this town pretty much her whole life, and the HS and football stadium are the same building/location as when DH was in HS (and DH did play football, so MIL would have gone to multiple football games). DH and his sister let MIL drag her feet on getting on a waiting list, and now it's going to be too late. DH is going to ask his sister to help make calls to get on waiting lists. MIL also needs to get signed up for the Medicaid waiver, as she cannot afford private pay for MC.

I'm meeting a friend for lunch today and I'm so excited. She moved to AZ last year, and is back in MI for a long weekend to visit family and friends.

Tomorrow we are going to DH's uncle's wedding. It's his dad's side of the family, and we very rarely see them, so this is really just an opportunity to catch up with them and for them to see our kids (and our kids to see/meet family they don't remember because it's been that long). The weather should be perfect - mid 70s and partly sunny.

[mpc]

We were supposed to go on vacation next weekend to one of the beach towns on the west coast of florida. The resort has been closed all this week after the hurricane. I'm kind of thinking our trip will be cancelled but I wish I knew for sure.

[mala]

lavenderblue, insurance denied Little Kid's epipen JR. It was a whole ordeal and they were completely uncommunicative and unhelpful. (Solved it just by her Dr. adjusting the dosage and concentration so she has a non-Jr epipen that's the same dosage.)

[fangoriagurkel]

I draw things in the mirror when the shower is steamed up because I’m a child. I drew a pig face yesterday and it freaked TF out of my partner this morning. This is my ghost because I am dead from laughing. Happy Friday!

[HRH Queen Dick I]

About 2 years ago I was really happy about my egg salad sandwich for lunch.

[starburst604]

My dogs are driving me insane lately. Their wrestling has nearly broken both my coffee table and a brand new end table. The glass came off on both but miraculously didn’t smash. They, or namely Benny the Golden, has destroyed two shoes. One is a total loss and the other I’m taking to a cobbler to see if they can put new leather on the heel.

Last night I got home from taking DD to hockey and my earbuds were on the floor. They snatched the case off the kitchen table, got it open and took the buds out. But they only chewed off the rubber inserts and they still work. Thank God because I might have just combusted. I’m glad to be going away next week for 4 nights and getting a break from them!

[cville]

Oct 4, 2024 8:49:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

]In case you don’t know, the new Joker movie is a musical.

The media on this is ridiculous

What?!?! That is unhinged.

[rubytue]

I just started my reoccurring 11am meeting and sat on it for 10 minutes wondering where everyone was. Oh look Ruby, you moved it to 1pm.

And yes, I have a reoccurring *Friday* meeting. When we moved the time, we had a discussion regarding leaving it on Friday, and the consensus was people liked it on Friday because it gave them a sense of accomplishment. And it also involves a couple lab guys who work from home on Fridays, but most days they are physically testing things. So again, something concrete to do from home.

[circa1978]

Oct 4, 2024 9:59:48 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

About 2 years ago I was really happy about my egg salad sandwich for lunch.

11 years ago, I realized that the students who were entering my university were old enough to be my kids. So that was REALLY uplifting to hear this morning because clearly that situation hasn't improved.

[lavenderblue]

mala, liking for commiseration because insurance is ridiculous.

[fangoriagurkel]

fluffycookie I disliked her as soon as she opened her mouth too! She radiates “Pick me” vibes!

[bex1973]

H and I are going to buy a pallet of items from various retailers to resell. I can't think of a better way to describe it but it's apparently a big thing nationwide and there is a warehouse not too far from us. I'm only doing it because it's a pretty low cost so I feel like we would be able to at least make back the initial cash outlay and test out if it's something we want to do again. Our time is pretty tight so getting a side hustle at a brick & mortar place isn't really feasible so this may be a way to make a little cash to build up our savings. So basically we'll see if this is a hot mess or not LOL

I have a 3 hour meeting this afternoon and I'm not looking forward to it but at least they're giving us lunch...

[glw]

After almost an hour of chat with my health insurance's "healthcare navigation and care coordination company" I have learned that when the claim status = "Complete" it can actually mean "Denied, but requiring you to take action, and we're not going to tell you what action that is", and when it says "Paid on" it can actually mean "processed on" and nothing has been paid, and where is says "Patient responsibility = $0.00" it can actually mean "you will owe a mystery number of dollars at some undetermined point in the future."

I give up.

[lavenderblue]

Oct 4, 2024 8:20:28 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

I'm so annoyed because I still haven't been able to start the HRT that my Gyn prescribed me. First prescribed a patch that would have cost me $260/mth. I asked her to send in something different, and the next thing was a combo pill that would've been $230/mth because my insurance wouldn't cover that at all. Now I'm trying to get her to send in separate prescriptions (1 for estrogen and one for progestin) that would only be like $20/mth but I can't get a commitment from my insurance company that they'll cover that either. Insurance is fun. 

Update: My doctor did call in the new prescription for 2 separate pills instead of a combo pill. It looks like that is going through and will only cost me $6/mth. Like, wth. I can maybe understand that patch being more expensive because it is a whole different delivery method, but why is a combo pill $230/mth when 2 separate pills which are ultimately the exact same dosage only $6. I mean, I'm happy that I'm finally getting what the doctor prescribed, but make it make sense. 

[waverly]

lavenderblue, because it is all a scam. The other scam I've noticed is that ear drops are a million dollars, but when the doctor sends in eye drops which are the exact same item and dosage it is about $20.

[dish2501]

Health insurance is terrible. Mine is sending me increasingly annoyed messages about using their mail order pharmacy for my maintenance meds. The cost via mail order is double what the insurance pays at a retail pharmacy. GTFO with that nonsense. PBMs are a scam. I’ll just fill it at Costco without insurance, thanks.

We are having 2 families over for dinner tomorrow. I’m excited for the food and socializing, but I hope everyone leaves by 9. I need time to wind down!

There is a house in my neighborhood that has had Trump signs up for a while. Their neighbors now have a sign that says “Harris/Walz Obviously”. It makes me smile!

[ssmjlm]

Speaking of doctors I got a call this morning that they needed to change E’s December HPV dose due to office closures at the holidays. I specifically made it during the break because kid shit, but now it’s in January.

We drove to the beach this morning and saw a ton of Harris/Walz signs in what is a typical red area. It gives me hope.

[gretchenindisguise]

We just had 9yos IEP meeting and we tacked on a gender plan meeting as well. I love our school and how utterly supportive they are, and I'm really pissed off that some in our community are trying to take it away.

I know I'm preaching to the choir - but please keep up to date on school board elections. They are so important and so impactful.