07.17.08
Midnight movie
LOL - yep, we’re are going to the midnight showing of Batman. I’m looking forward to seeing it, but the crush of people I could do without.
In the meantime, I figured I’d chat about what the week has been like.
Hot, dry (for a change), and full of mid-summer lull.
For Girl (who likes to claim that I always mention her last!) it’s been a slow week with me mostly pushing her to start cleaning up her mess in both her room and the stuff she’s stored in the spare room’s closest. I need her to get the stuff out of the spare room before next weekend because she’s taking off for a week to North Carolina with a friend and Datter will arrive before she gets home.
Yep, 14 and off to spend 9 days with a friend and her mom. In a community on a lake with a pool. My main concern is that she’s going to forget to use suntan lotion the first day and fry. She is very excited about going and has been counting down the days.
And for Boy, it’s been a week of trying to clean up his messy room and start to organize himself for leaving. One part of organizing was needing to get a school physical - no problem - and looking into transferring his medical care to a doctor in San Antonio - big problem.
You see his miracle drug still needs him to visit a hospital every 8 weeks for about 4 hours. Our doctor here can’t set that up in another state, so she suggested that we find a local doctor and through her contacts came up with a few suggestions.
So, I tracked them down and was all ready to call to set up a “first” appointment - hopefully while we are down there dropping Boy off at college. But before I called, I checked with our insurance to make sure we had all the Ts crossed.
WAIT - they don’t have any PPOs in Texas - so going to anyone there is out of network. And….that’s going to cost us from $3000 to $4000 dollars each year. Now I realize for anyone struggling with uninsured health issues, that’s a drop in the bucket, but we have insurance.
So, the new solution is going to be flying Boy back home every 8 or 9 weeks (when it falls on a break) to continue getting treatment with his current doctor. That was a fun afternoon of talking to insurance agents and PPO network people (they are separate).
Next on his list to taking a math placement test (you do it online before you get there), finish reading Three Cups of Tea (all incoming freshman read the same book), settle on which freshman seminar he wants to take (you request 3 or 4 possibilities ahead of time), and getting his first suit (lol - yep, he’s never had one before). It ought to be a busy two weeks before he leaves for his second big 4H trip.
And I spent last weekend trudging through The Book Thief - yes, I hated it. Just couldn’t get into the story - though I did enjoy the view of the “common” Germans during WWII. Blah.
Everyone else in my book group LOVED it, so I guess I’m a weird duck.
Beyond that, I’ve been putting together the biology labs for the fall - I have my notes from when Boy did it 4 years ago, but it still seems like starting from scratch. Except for one thing - when Boy did bio, we didn’t have much in the way of supplies, so I knew I was buying almost everything. This time, I have both what’s left from his bio and the stuff from doing chemistry. Which means before I order anything, I need to survey all my (disorganized at this point) supplies and figure out what I do and don’t need - definitely will keep me busy.
I’ve also been organizing getting catalog samples for my talk next month - which means my floor is covered with catalogs - if you have any favorites, please let me know and I’ll add them to the piles.
and lastly, I’ve been working on a leather mug - like they sell at the Renaissance Fairs. I’ll post a pic when it’s done. Boy has already requested that he can keep the mug when it’s finished.
And I better get my contacts out and get ready to go!
July 18, 2008 at 7:57 am
Suit? What does he need a suit for? He’s a student. He should be wearing jeans and t-shirts or whatever the young people wear these days.
And the medical thing is just one more reason why your privatized system is so nuts. I shake my head. Although health care is provincial here, all provinces have reciprocal arrangements and if you move, the most you’ll have is a 3 month wait before you can sign up to the new province’s scheme (all the while covered by your old…). Whenever I read/hear Americans talking about their healthcare insurance issues, the thing that strikes me the most is the amount of time and energy spent trying to work out what is covered and claiming the fees. Hope it all works out.
Meg said,
July 18, 2008 at 11:47 am
LOL - it’s not that I see any immediate need for a suit - shot, he made it to 18 without having one - but that when he might need one, he’s apt to need it and without a car or experience getting one, it will be a pain.
so, we’ll get him a suit before he leaves. He’ll probably wear it about as often as Hubby wears his - less than once a year.