Today's Shuffle: 01/31/05


I'm staying in all day, feeling slothful...it's for a good reason, but only blogging and music will make it enjoyable.

OK, this story is just going to make me seem odd, but I don't care.

Back when I started Worker Bees I converted to receiving health coverage via my SO's company as a Domestic Partner. When he was laid off, we were still both covered under COBRA. Although ridiculously expensive, it was great to have coverage guaranteed. Last month the SO got a job with the Evil Empire, and I was very disappointed (pissed? shocked?) to discover that their domestic partner coverage is only for same-sex partners...hence I was not eligible!

Well, it was not practical at all to continue to pay for two people via the COBRA, so I set about finding individual coverage. Luckily I was accepted by both insurers with whom I applied. and here's my little gamble:

My new coverage starts tomorrow, Feb. 1st. The COBRA coverage has a 30-day grace period. In other words, your coverage doesn't cease until you've missed your payment by 30 days. So, I simply never paid January's premium, figuring if something happened where I needed to go to the doctor, i'd pay it, but otherwise I'd save myself nearly $1K.

So today is the last day I have to keep myself out of medical trouble, and I somewhat superstitiously decided to stay in the house. [Yes, I know many accidents happen at home.]

But you know how once you feel like you have to do something, it becomes burdensome? There are many days I work at home and end up not going anywhere. (Sad to say, I even work in my sweats all day.) But now because I've decided I should stay in, all of a sudden I want to get out and do something. The gym. A walk. I'm even dreaming of grocery shopping...which I usually hate.

Luckily there is plenty to keep me busy: blogging to do, a SEA program to create, including a custom landing page to design, and, of course, music to keep me company.

The first ten songs to pop up in Shuffle today:

Everything Changes by Matthew Sweet
Anything is Possible by Christine McVie
M.I.A. by Foo Fighters
No Son of Mine by Genesis
Divided by Tara MacLean
Farther by Third Eye Blind
The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) by Kate Bush
Garden of Earthly Delights by XTC
Out in the Cold by Carole King
Burning By by The Freddy Jones Band

Posted: Mon - January 31, 2005 at 01:38 PM       EmailFeedback

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