It's not a real problem, but very annoying. Finally got some snow out our way. That's fine-I can live with that. But what gets me is a car problem-with the design of the car (all cars I've had). If there's snow all over the car and I open the driver's side door, the snow around the door is sucked into the car and ends up all over the driver's seat and steering wheel. It's like a vaccuum in the car drawing any snow in the area into the car. Why are cars designed to suck snow into the car? With all of the technological advances, you'd think this should be a no-brainer to figure out. I guess the car designers assume everyone has a garage and nobody ever parks outside-even at malls or work. Idiots.
Oh, Beachbum. I'm sorry. That sucks!
Jen M.
(01-05-2010 08:07 PM)Dog Holliday Wrote: [ -> ]the snow around the door is sucked into the car and ends up all over the driver's seat and steering wheel.
Ugh, I know the feeling. What I've found works is to just take your hand and just basically sweep the snow off the crack where your door opens from your side mirror all the way to where the door opens the widest. It's not a great solution but it beats sitting in meltwater when driving.
Another idea is keep your snow/ice scraper in the trunk so the snow falls in there where it doesn't matter.
"Meltwater." Funny word. I like it!
My PAM: Kaiser Permanente is a cluster-fuck! I went over there yesterday and wasted an hour of sick leave--which I cannot afford--only to find out that nothing was ready for me (testing, rx.) Today, I went back, and somehow between one window and the other window, just 50 feet away, the idiot in the pharmacy LOST my hardcopy RX from my doctor, which I had to go back for today! I was so pissed, but they got it straightened out, and I have the pain meds. Plus, as nice as the girl was who finally got me straightened out, she smelled like weed. Now, I have no issue with weed or with people who smoke it, but I DO have an issue with people who smoke weed at work, ESPECIALLY people who are, oh... I don't know...putting poisonous substances into bottles for folks to take to get well?
(The pain meds are for after my surgery. Since it's percocet, I had to have a hard copy rx from my doctor. She sent it to the pharmacy last week, but...they lost it. *eye roll* )
I SO wish I could afford one of the other plans at work!
Jen M.
Bittercat, that totally sucks that they managed to lose the Rx! That is totally ridiculous.
As soon as I saw Kaiser Permanente I knew it would be bad.
Oh, and here's the best part: My doctor called me last night to make sure of what date and time I have for my surgery. When I told her, she told me she had the same information but there's "a bit of a discrepancy," which means Kaiser's admin team fucked up. *eye roll* She's supposed to try and straighten it out and get back to me. I'm going to call her back tomorrow if she does not get back to me today. If I have to do my FMLA paperwork all over again because of these morons, I'm going to be really pissed.
I can't afford the other plans at work, and Kaiser is the only one we have that has domestic partner. (Medicaid would cost D 4 times what I pay to cover him under my Kaiser plan. Useless!)
Jen M.
Sorry Bittercat.
The medical BS that goes on in this country is unbelievable.
Ya, Kaiser sucks for sure.
Praline (my guinea piggie) died yesterday.
She had a fit of seizures over the weekend (I actually thought she was dead when I saw her in her cage, but she seized and my brother and I watched over her for a while), and while she went back to her normal self, I knew she didn't have long because piggies tend to get "second winds" like that when they're close to death. I keep passing her cage and going to fill the water bottle/reach in and pet her/get some carrots while I'm at the fridge/etc. I don't have any pets now. I can't remember the last time I didn't have any pets.
She was almost 7 years old, but still, it was unexpected (well, before the first round of seizures, anyway).
I've been looking at piggies to adopt and keep beating myself up for looking so soon. But it's lonely without piggies.
Nadleeh, I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your piggie, Praline (((hugs)))
Don't beat yourself up for looking at another to adopt so soon. Praline would be happy that you are giving another piggie a chance to have a great home!
My condolences, Nadleeh. May Praline rest in peace.
ITA that adopting another would be wonderful.
Nadleeh, we all adopt on our own schedules. If you want to do it now, that means you should. Another Piggy needs you! And you need that piggy, too. I know just how you feel. I can never wait, myself.
Nadleeh, sorry to hear about your sweet piggy, I know they are adorable pets. Like Eslbee says, you do what feels best for you, don't beat yourself up. In one of James Herriot's "All Creatures..." books, he said that when someone lost their pet his advice was always to get another right away, from his experience as a vet he felt that was his best advice and it worked well for many grieving pet parents he knew. I'm sure there's truth in it.
Nadleeh, I'm really sorry about Praline. I know how much you love your piggies. (They are so cute!)
Don't beat yourself up for looking. You're a caring piggie person, and I know that when you find the right one, you'll give him/her just as much love as you did Praline.
*hugs*
Jen M.
(01-07-2010 08:04 PM)Nadleeh Wrote: [ -> ]Praline (my guinea piggie) died yesterday. She had a fit of seizures over the weekend (I actually thought she was dead when I saw her in her cage, but she seized and my brother and I watched over her for a while), and while she went back to her normal self, I knew she didn't have long because piggies tend to get "second winds" like that when they're close to death. I keep passing her cage and going to fill the water bottle/reach in and pet her/get some carrots while I'm at the fridge/etc. I don't have any pets now. I can't remember the last time I didn't have any pets.
She was almost 7 years old, but still, it was unexpected (well, before the first round of seizures, anyway).
I've been looking at piggies to adopt and keep beating myself up for looking so soon. But it's lonely without piggies.
Nadleeh, I'm sorry to hear about your piggy. If you want to adopt now just go for it. There no rules saying that you must wait a certain before getting a pet after you lose one. Just go with the way that you feel.
Nadleeh, I'm sorry for you loss. I want to echo what the others have said. If you want another piggie, go for it. There are plenty of animals who want a good home and have so much love to give.
Thanks, everyone. I have my eye on a momma/baby pair in Philly right now. The baby has the biggest ears! She's so cute! There aren't a lot of adoptable (for me, since I want a pair, and males tend to fight and have medical problems as they get older) piggies around here - even the ones "around here" are in Jersey. I mean, Jersey is fine because it's not like I have anything else to do all day, but I don't want to drive to the ends of the earth, you know?
I might need to build a bigger cage for them, too. I haven't adopted in a long time - my last several piggies have been ones that have just fallen in my lap, so to say - "refugees" from the school that didn't take care of them, sick pigs that other people didn't know how to care for, and Praline was found outside in a housing development. The procedures are a lot different now, and the standards are a lot higher. They spend a lot of time out of their cages, whether it be for floor time or "chest time," but the adoption places have a lot more requirements than they used to have. I know I'm just paranoid and I'll be fine, but still. I guess I just know that there's more to having piggies than a C&C cage.
Anyway, my PAM for today is that I'm a total dumbass and I need to cut up my debit card and go back to strictly using cash. My bank is weird - they take up to two weeks to post transactions to my account, and I keep forgetting about some of them and end up overdrawing my account all the time. It pisses me off, even though I know it's my fault for not keeping better records. It's just so inconvenient to get cash all the time.
That's really bad, Nadleeh. Can you switch banks?
Good luck with your adoption. I'm sure they'll cut you some slack if you make it clear you know what needs to be done for the piggies and that you're going to take care of it.
Jen M.
Good luck with your search for new piggies, Nadleeh!
My PAM: This past weekend DH and I were at the movie theater watching Avatar. It was DH"s 2nd time watching it. Someone shot a gun in the middle of the movie. I heard a loud pop go off, but thought it was part of the movie. A few seconds later, three people exited the theater and soon after many people starting leaving. That is when DH said, "That was a gun that went off and that's why people are leaving." I agreed and we decided we should leave too. It was still dark, the movie was still playing, and my cell phone dropped on the ground. I searched for it and found it when the movie stopped and the lights came on. People were being very quiet about the whole thing. Finally, someone called out loud for a doctor or nurse to help b/c someone had been shot.
So DH and I are moving out into the lobby and there I see people crying and yelling. It startled me more than what happened in the theater. I stopped walking and stared like a deer in headlights at all the chaos going on.
HERE IS MY BEEF: My DH didn't turn around once to make sure I was still with him. He left me standing there all alone. I watched him hightail it out of there so fast. He was at the door when I yelled his name and he stopped. I asked if he was concerned that I wasn't with him. He tried to fudge his way out of it but the bottom line is that no, he didn't give a damn about anyone but himself. HMMMPPPPhh...some protection my DH is - zero to the left.
Ah well...it just means that I am truly on my own when it comes to scary situations. I am learning more and more every day what kind of relationship I have with my husband. Now that I've vented...I am a big girl and can handle it.
Oh, wow. I'm sorry all of that happened, Opilillies. The shooting was bad enough. I hope your DH was just in shock and not thinking because of that.
My PAM: Kaiser is fucking around again. Today, they called me and told me my time has been moved back to 9:00am. I don't know if they meant my arrival time or my surgery time. I have to call them tomorrow and browbeat them until I can get a straight answer. My mom needs to know what time to be at the hospital. Fucking mouth-breathers!
Jen M.