Much ado...

About some things…more than others that is of importance. Take today; let me digress to last week, actually Friday when I called the utility company to tell them how our city water was not washing off shampoo or soap as it should or even as it used to. Previously, this was a problem that turned out be something that needed the lines to be flushed out. It seems to happen whenever the neighborhood population is lower due to snowbirds leaving or just uninhabited homes. And again this is why we need permanent residents that live here year-round. Tomorrow, we get a free-for-all with water use since the gentleman that was here today will be shutting down our water meter for the day to flush out the system. He has told Hubby to use as much water as he wants to and Hubby was quite excited, since he has wanted to flush out the algae in the fish pond and now this is the perfect opportunity to clean and utilized that pond water for the new sod. The pond is 1100 gallons and thanks to this freebie we will not be charged for the use of cleansing our fishy friends’ home. Water is such a precious commodity and sadly we all seem to waste more than we use, but the rain barrels we do use, although, the total gallons are just 110 of nature’s moisture, rain water are usually enough to water our gardens. Moving on… Oh, about, two or three weeks ago I received an offer for a contest to win one of those adjustable beds and since it had free postage I foolishly sent it in. Today, I heard from the company saying that I was a finalist and they wanted me to have a $500 gift certificate good for one of their beds. And here's the rub they want to come to our home to tell us more about it. But me being the honest gal that I am I told them we can't afford their thousands of dollars of bed and so they should know that up front but if they still want to come and show us on their disk and pamphlets they could. Now they'll be here tomorrow around three, first they made it for six but when they call back to confirm I said can't you make it earlier I write a blog after all, after dinner that is; then they suggested 2 PM I said that’s the time I watch my last and only of my soap operas, General Hospital, she said how about 3 PM and I said that'll be fine. In all of life we must negotiate and if we do it properly it always seems to work out in our favor. Any-who, my prescriptions have been filled and picked up by Hubby. It was not easy since I did call the pharmacy this morning and again was told no one called them in from the health department. And so again I called over there and spoke to a lovely person, Kathleen, in administration who told me their new Dr. in charge would be back in 15 min. would I like to leave him a message? I said no, the first fax for the prescriptions went out last week, on Monday and again a few days after with no response and later that week I spoke with the new director and we resolved the bill issue and he assured me that my favorite Dr. was ethical and most definitely would fill my prescription. I called again Friday morning and spoke to a very dear friend of mine, Sonja, who I have known for many years and she told me she was going to put the request right on the doctor’s desk and I know she did because that's the type of person she is and so that was why I was surprised that he never took care of it Friday or this morning. Hours passed and I was getting to the point of trying to figure out what to do when the phone rang, it was Pinki, my pharmacist, with good news she received the order for a three month supply for both of my prescriptions. It's not like they were for heavy duty pain medicine or narcotics, which I don't take any way. The prescriptions were for my cholesterol and blood pressure medicine, that's all. Oh the best news, today we received the denial for insurance enabling me to proceed with the pre-existing federal health insurance, which I did on the telephone. The only thing is that the denial notice is already in the mail on its way there but by snail mail. The gentleman I spoke to, by the name of Lee who was in the Midwest told me once all the information I gave them was verified I will have my insurance most likely by November 1. Now I had made a doctor's appointment the middle of next month I guess I have to think perhaps to change it or pay what I have been paying. All this tells me that even though most of it was quite aggravating to go through I did live through it all and succeeded once again in fighting for me and what I need and when I need it; relief for now…Ahhh... For being disabled some things that challenge us are more than what others can see. Sometimes I feel like the heroines in those old-fashioned books that are trying to fight for what they truly believed in and know in their hearts that although the road is bumpy what is at the end makes the journey that much more worthwhile. Introspectively speaking, we all know that what's inside us keeps us going in life, not unlike a person on the verge of drowning on occasion but somehow gasps that breath and brings them self to the surface. That line that so many quote, “what doesn't kill us makes us stronger”, often comes to mind with so many daily trials and tribulations not unlike yours... for that I am more than sure. I leave you tonight with perhaps my reasoning of why sometimes being stubborn to have the outcome that is necessary to survive and is the proper one not a compromise but the one that is right and true and honest. There are people out there who give up on many things, but one should never give up on what they feel in their hearts that they need to have the best quality of life at the time of their life whenever the call for arises to take action. Allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you all kindly to count all your blessings and share all your overages and we will too! And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!