Friday Musings

My pouting took exactly 24 hours.  Before I went to bed I responded to the email thanking them for their time in consideration of me for the position, said that I did read in the paper that they chose another candidate and wished them the best.  I declined working with the committee further (they have a lot of 2-3 hour meetings and I don't want to waste time with rude people - I did not state that) and said I would be working with my Indivisible group instead. Then I went  to bed. 

The deer missed my lettuce patch, it is now safe inside the stockade.

I woke up relieved that I can now be my normal outraged self. I had cleaned my social media accounts and was restraining myself publicly for the past few weeks.  I put up my pride flag and am planning my protest poster for the next event. 

But I am still still in a bad mood and angry - this is because of this video!!!! This dang deer came up to my tomato plants - put the tomatoes in it's MOUTH, pulled them off the vines and dropped them on the ground.  (I didn't even want to wash them.) The pots in front are lettuce and I guess it didn't spot them.  

We have taken another break from the truck repair that is holding up the bathroom remodel and are constructing a large plastic fence enclosure to keep the deer out of the garden.  My middle son had the supplies in his storage shed so this is temporary to see how it works.  

Now I am planning my outfit for my outing for the museum and dinner.  I am very excited to visit the art museum again. 

I am hoping to make what used to be a monthly trip to Trader Joe's with my glass class girls this coming Tuesday. One of the girls has a hereditary marker for blood clots and has been on blood thinners for most of her life. She has been on a specific prescription for years which has worked wonderfully.  And this month the cost for her copay went from $32 to $374.  She can't afford this so is working with her doctor to substitute a different blood thinner. The first one has resulted in her cell count of 7 last week, one point away from a transfusion.  So they adjusted the dosage and our trip will depend on her test on Monday.  

In other medical news, we have a nice smaller hospital in our town. There is a bigger hospital in the city down the road where they send the next level medical and trauma cases.  The bigger hospital is no longer accepting our supplemental policy as of last Friday. They are in some argument with the insurance company.  The hospital wants those with this company to call and make them accept the hospital's terms.  So at this point we are concentrating on not having a stroke or heart attack or breaking a hip or getting cancer so that we don't have to deal with it. Someone said we can't even switch our supplemental to another company until November.  And - we like this company. They paid over 95% of my medical expenses when I broke my arm. 

Sirloin Steak Dinner Salad Tonight! 

And I am very excited because I froze the rest of the ten pound ham for future sandwiches and we are not having ham for dinner tonight.