Crummy day #2...
...it's rare for me to have two yucky days
back to back, but sometimes life just works out that
way.....
Because of a legal
issue I'm attempting to resolve, I need a copy of my medical records from a doc
I haven't seen in six years. He's a shrink in private practice who has changed
offices twice since I was a patient, so he was hard to find....also, he doesn't
have an answering service, so his phone often just rings and rings. I finally
was able to leave a message and got one back saying I had to request my files in
writing and provide the addy of the doc they were to send it to. I typed up a
letter and specified I needed the copies released to me. I went to a print shop
and had them fax the letter almost two weeks ago. When I got no response, I
tried calling the doc's office again today and couldn't get through. I checked
my receipt from the print shop and discovered they had faxed the wrong number!
Ack! So I went back to the print shop and had them re-send it. I would just go
over to this doc's office, except I looked up the addy and couldn't find it on a
map. Sigh.
I'm also in the
midst of settling a problem with an insurance company (they're settling out of
court to avoid a fraud conviction). They are making it extremely difficult to
obtain the refund we are due and in fact have attached so many fees to the
amount that it is only about six percent of what they ripped us off for. Then
they told Dan today that he must write a letter specifying the terms of the
settlement and fill out a form which states just the opposite of what we had
agreed to. We have only a week left to get this taken care of or the settlement
is void. Yikes.
Did go to the
bookstore today, but this other stuff took so long and the traffic was so bad
that we only had a few minutes to look around before we had to go to work. They
were sold out of the book I wanted, but I found three others (I almost never
have trouble finding books I like). Went to ring them up, and for some reason
the register wouldn't accept my check (yes, I had money in the account). So I
paid with cash, and the cashier accidentally rang it up twice. By the time the
manager figured out how to void the purchases and start over, we left for work
about 15 minutes later than planned. Made it there with seconds to
spare.
Then tonight at work, I
got up from my chair, and my right hip popped rather painfully (I think my
joints pop due to dryness). Felt like I had a dagger in there, and I could not
get it to stop. Looks like it's the moist heat pack for me before
bed.
Well, I know tomorrow's
going to be better. The odds of three poopy days in a row are pretty small.
Anyway, it can't be that bad because I'll probably be home all day. I'd wanted
to run some errands with Dan, but he wants to do several all over town, and I
told him I could only do maybe two. He doesn't feel like driving me all the way
back home after only an hour or
two.
Pain level:
8
Fatigue level:
7
Rave
of the Day: Here's a good tee hee from
Ducky....
HOW
TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY IN THE
WORKPLACE
Page yourself
over the intercom. Don't disguise your
voice.
Find out where
your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after your
boss does. This is especially effective if your boss is of a different gender
than you.
Make up
nicknames for all your coworkers and refer to them only by these names. "That's
a good point, Sparky." "No, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with
you there,
Cha-cha."
Send e-mail to
the rest of the company telling them exactly what you're doing. For example: "If
anyone needs me, I'll be in the
bathroom."
Hi-Lite your
shoes. Tell people you haven't lost them as much since you did
this.
While sitting at
your desk, soak your fingers in Palmolive liquid. Call everyone
Madge.
Hang mosquito
netting around your cubicle. When you emerge to get coffee or a printout or
whatever, slap yourself randomly the whole
way.
Put a chair
facing a printer. Sit there all day and tell people you're waiting for your
document.
Every time
someone asks you to do something, anything, ask him or her if they want fries
with that.
Send e-mail back
and forth to yourself engaging yourself in an intellectual debate. Forward the
mail to a co-worker and ask her to settle the
disagreement.
Encourage your
colleagues to join you in a little synchronized
chair-dancing.
Put your trash
can on your desk. Label it
"IN."
Feign an
unnatural and hysterical fear of
staplers.
Send e-mail
messages saying there's free pizza or donuts or cake in the lunchroom. When
people drift back to work complaining that they found none, lean back, pat your
stomach and say, "Oh you've got to be faster than
that."
Put decaf in the
coffee maker for three weeks. Once everyone has withdrawn from caffeine
addiction, switch to espresso.
Posted: Sat
- January 10, 2004 at 02:48 AM