Oh no they didn't ... oh yes they did ...
The Brits wonder why we are so (USA) or why some of us were so averse to having the government dictate / control our health care.
I'm on hold right now, with my company insurance company, looking at claims that they rejected. I imagine some bureaucrat in DC telling me they'll get back to me at some future date ... as frustrating as it is to deal with insurance I'm dealing with someone who if they are not nice " Could " lose their jobs ... do I really want to deal with some "entitled" individual who doesn't give a hoot about me ...
Back to the Brits, I worked with someone who came from England, and he said they never had to pay taxes, the 44% taxes were taken off the top by the government, you never had to file income taxes .... but that was over 20 years ago ... 44% taxes?
Do you really want to give the government that much control over your money? OK, so now it's been 1/2 hour ... working with the HSA/FSA people, then our HR person, then this is the second, oops now going back through the insurance phone loop ... Now repeated all that info, and going to the next member service representative ... now on hold, but at least the musac is better ... more calming ... oh yes, let the government do this
I'm walking in 9 minutes ... maybe that will alleviate some stress ....
OK, so many of you asked how I've been. I appreciate the concern, but overall I've been good. Every once in a while the reality of losing Mom will grab me. I usually follow that up with a call to Dad. He's having a tough time, but loves that all of us are checking in. Lizzie went to visit him last week when she was in NH visiting her beau. He was thrilled! They went to eat at the Dairy Bar, and he insisted on paying ... she felt bad, as her intent was to take him out ... but Pepere wouldn't let her. He was just so happy to see her.
I had a dream the week before Mom died, one of my off-the-wall dreams that Lucie just shakes her head at ... what would Freud say? After Mom passed, I did have one evening that the reality just snuck up on me (past tense of sneak?)It left me with a real ache, like the kind I felt saying goodbye at her deathbed. Part of the grieving process, but still surprises you how hard the emotion can hit you out of nowhere. Mom would want us all to focus on positive things in our life. She tried to impart joy and we joked how she would sing to us in the morning ... "It's a lovely day today" or "Good Morning, good morning" ...(put out your best Doris Day / Debbie Reynolds voices) ...
I've noticed a change in my daughters too. I think they realized how fickle / fragile life can be ... don't get me wrong, 85 years with the majority of them healthy is nothing to snicker at, but somehow it seems that there's more consideration from them. More checking in with us, and more "grace" for our quirks than usual. Change is inevitable, now Rachel is driving ... Bek has yet to decide which college she will choose, Liz has a beau, Lucie's job is going gangbusters and I've got a new boss ... nothing stays the same "Everything's been changed ..."
Lyrics | 5th Dimension lyrics - Everything's Been Changed lyrics
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