Well, it has been another one of those weeks. Most of our weeks are fairly devoid of appointments. Not this week - or next week. Plus of course the normal things to be done in a week.
This story starts back in June - yes, June. My husband does not like to know when he is going to the doctor and as a result I make the appointments and then tell him at the last minute. When he worked outside the house I would contact his secretary and make sure the appointment times were clear and she would make sure he did not have anything to do on those days. Now it is all up to me. Back in June I had to make appointments for us to go for bloodwork and then, around a week later, for the doctor. June was a busy month - as was July, but I found two dates a week apart in July and called the doctor’s office. I was told that the doctor retired. Now, the doctor was a man in at least his 80s so it makes sense, but I would think that some sort of notice would be sent to his patients so I was surprised. His son has been in practice with him and we have seen his son a couple times when our doctor was not available and husband’s mom used him as a doctor, so I did the natural thing - I made appointments for us with the son. This was the simple part.
While husband is now on Medicare and can see any doctor, I am still on our old ACA medical insurance plan and have a doctor who is in charge of my care and referrals who was our doctor. So I went online to my medical insurance company to change my doctor from him to his son. Only apparently the insurance company had been told that he had retired and instead of doing the logical thing of assigning me to the other doctor in his practice - his son - they assigned me to a strange doctor we had never heard of. I picked his son as my doctor and the insurance company’s software showed that I had done so. I kept checking for him to show as my doctor - but he did not. When it was a week before the bloodwork appointment and he still did not show - I called the doctor’s office and canceled the appointments - apologizing like crazy and explaining the problem. Since husband is always around it is hard to make calls and not have him hear me or ask who I am calling - this had been the easy part. I now had to call the insurance company and fix the problem - which could result in sitting on hold for who knows how long - not something that can be done while hiding in the bathroom and pretending that I am there for other reasons. I finally managed to get husband set up with a scarf to weave so that he would not come up to the office (my other choice would be to call sitting in the car in the commercial garage when I went to a client) and called the insurance company and a very nice young lady changed him to my doctor as of May (I presume that is when he retired and the other change made.) I now could call and make new appointments.
But we were going to go away on a trip in August - sometime in August, for some length of time, to somewhere - how the heck can one make an appointment under these circumstances. I kept hoping the trip would be planned and I would be able to make the appointments, but they were not. Finally I went to refill a prescription of his and was told - not without an appointment. I found two days, a week apart in September to make the appointments and figured I had enough of his pills to last through the bloodwork appointment.
Then we found out that our dentist is also retiring and I have been having weekly visits to him since August to get a new upper partial made and fitted - and I am not done and then I plan to have him add to my old one for a spare.
Throw in I have to go to two clients this month - one to pick up information for his tax return (on extension) and the other for the regular monthly visit - including the work I did not do when I did not go in August (an annual thing to skip August as she is away in July and there is not much to do in August as a result).
We are also involved in our county fair , which serves as same for three counties. We started about 30 years ago entering items in the crafts, needlework and baking categories, then started demonstrating leatherwork and needlework, and finally we started judging the junior crafts and needlework categories. So the fair takes up parts of at least 4 days each year - dropping off entries, judging, demonstrating, and then picking up the entries. In the past we would demonstrate every day of the fair so it took even more time, but now I go on one day with other members of my embroidery chapter and husband either joins us or finds something else to do at the fair.
There is a quilt show in Pennsylvania this coming weekend. We would like to go there for a few days - a day at the quilt show and the rest at our normal things there, but we are driving down for the quilt show and then home.
Our reenactment unit had an event last weekend and a meeting next week.
And there are the 2 major Jewish holidays this month - one is an evening and 2 days and the other is an evening and the following day.
Somehow everything has managed to fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle and then - my dentist called and said that the mockup for fit was not in for last Friday and could I come on Tuesday? I could not as we were going for bloodwork at the same time as I would be going to him - but remember, husband does not know this and does not want to know this. I told them no and we would go with the Friday appointment I had for this week, even though that would push everything back a week. Husband heard part of the call and wanted to know what happened - I lied and told him that they wanted us to come Monday - when we were doing the judging.
Then, the dentist’s office called and actually suggested Monday - and they were open late, so we went to the judging, had lunch and then went to the dentist. After calling the lab they wanted us to come next Tuesday - I told her we couldn’t and it was all being pushed back another week - husband asked me why not in the dentist’s office and I told him I would explain later - he did not ask again. By the time we got home I figured out that if we could go to the dentist in the morning, we could make it to the doctor in the afternoon - so another trip to the bathroom phone booth and that was done.
Now, I am sure I have mentioned that we live on a later schedule than normal people. Due to all this craziness we had to get up three days in a row EARLY, well for us. We had a reenactment on Sunday, the judging on Monday, and the doctor on Tuesday. (So husband now knows that we have an appointment next week and that our doctor is retired and I got his prescription renewed.) So nice to get to sleep to our normal time today.
Tomorrow I am going to the tax client to get his information. We meet at the library near him and due to my crazy bed bug fear, when I go back to the car I change my clothes (I wear a top with straps under my shirt and shorts under my skirt and replace the clothes over them) - but I think it is suppose to rain.
We will go to the quilt show either on Friday or Saturday or there is slight chance we will to the quilt show Friday and stay overnight. I have paid all the bills due this week and transferred money for next week’s bills so that same is done with, even though Friday is our normal banking day.
Monday night is the meeting of our reenactment unit - I will prepare my report to be made either Sunday or Monday. Today while I actually had a bit of free time and was photocopying magazine articles to keep the info and get rid of the magazine, I went through some old records of the unit’s and shredded those past 10 years and boxed the rest to take to the meeting and put in the file there. Also dumped some magazines that started to the unit some years ago in case anyone wanted them - too late now.
Oh, and when I planned to be writing this earlier in the evening, husband needed me as he found out that online sales sites has mostly incorrect shipping costs listed and he needed my help to fix them. So instead of starting this post on Wednesday night just after 11:30 pm, I did not start until 1 am on Thursday.
Tuesday we have the dentist and the doctor. Wednesday night starts the holidays. Next Saturday I/we will be demonstrating at the fair. The day after, Sunday, is pickup day at the fair.
I then have 4 days the last week of the month that are open - but there will be more trips to the dentist to fit in. My mom tonight told me that she needs to go to the doctor and plans to go this month (I told her not next week - the last week of the month is okay and I am not sure they will have an appointment this quickly) so the last week will be as busy - and husband plans to try to, yes go to Pennsylvania for a few days. And that Friday evening and Saturday are the other holiday.
And of course - there is the regular housework and such to be done. Oh and we do have to go to the eye doctor next month...
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK -
There are times when there is lots of nothing to do. Then there are times when what needs to be done if overwhelming. All we can do is what we can and not get sick over what we cannot.
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