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September 7th, 2010

Sick Of CVS Pharmacy

I’m finally home after running around doing some errands this evening and waiting forever to pickup Ellie’s Zyrtec prescription.  I spent 45 minutes browsing the store looking through all the baby stuff, as seen on tv section, Bluetooth headsets, and everything else under the sun waiting on a refill I called in this morning to be ready for pickup at 8pm.

When she originally got the prescription the doctor called it in at our local CVS.  She used CVS because we live a county over from the doctor, and she picked the one pharmacy that showed up in our zip code.  That was in April, and since Ellie only uses Zyrtec seasonally I haven’t had to refill the prescription until now.

That hasn’t stopped CVS from being a pain, though.  When I picked up the first prescription I flat out told them I did NOT want auto refill.  That’s because after Ellie’s birth I had been on 11 pills a day because of my preeclampsia not going away immediately, and I had a ton of problems with CVS because of it.  I only needed the medication for 1 month, and I came off it after 28 days.  My doctor had prescribed 3 refills in case my blood pressure didn’t straighten out in one month, so I went through months and months of CVS calling me multiple times a day every month to remind me to pick up my prescription they had auto refilled (without my consent) even though I had told them I no longer used it.  They finally stopped calling about that one about 2 months ago…9 months after I stopped taking it.

When I went on my new birth control after having Ellie I dropped the prescription off at CVS one day when I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to run it all the way to Walgreens in the next town over.  A week before I ran out of birth control pills I tried to get the refill, and I was told I couldn’t because it was listed as something that could not be refilled until 30 days had passed since my last fill date.  That would have left me without birth control for at least 1 day, longer if I forgot to refill it.  I decided to switch my prescription to Walgreens, and I yet again had problems.  CVS refused to transfer the prescription because they said it was already refilled via auto refill even though I wasn’t allowed to pick it up for another week!

I argued back and forth with them for a few days, demanded they take it off auto refill since I’d requested not to have it auto refilled in the first place, and picked my prescription up the day they finally released it to me.  I immediately switched my prescription to Walgreens.  Even though I transferred that prescription in January CVS still calls me monthly with a courtesy reminder to refill my prescription.  I guess they never removed it from their computer after the transfer, and they keep calling even though I keep telling them it was transferred to another store and to leave me alone!

So yeah, I wasn’t happy when Ellie’s doctor used CVS to call in her prescription, but it was done before I had a chance to choose another pharmacy.  

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September 6th, 2010

Cleaning And Shopping While The Baby Is Away

My Grandma and Aunt Trenia begged to have the baby for a few hours today, so I’ve been taking advantage of that time and getting some things done around here.  My Labor Day is far from labor free.  I’ve got laundry in progress, dishes are done, kitchen is cleaned, dining room is cleaned, and the furniture my MIL gave me is sitting on the porch cleaned and ready for Hubby to move them inside. 

We had to leave the furniture on the porch when I brought them home last night since they had been stored and were covered in dust and dirt, but now I’ve got a new china cabinet, dining room table, and coffee table ready to be used.  I found a little surprise in the bottom of the china cabinet, too.  There were a few old film posters rolled up and stuffed in there.  One of the movies I’ve never heard of, so I’ll have to look it up on IMDB to see what it’s about.  It looks like a love story.

I’m just taking a short break right now to grab a snack.  I figured while I was snacking I could knock some other things off my list.  I got my online work done, and now I’m doing a little shopping for upcoming birthdays.  Normally I’d be buying some early Christmas presents, too, but I’ve got a lot of birthdays to buy for in the next couple of months.  That’s probably going to wipe out my present money and leave me waiting until the last minute for Christmas presents.

The first birthday on my list is my baby girl’s.  I’m still having a hard time dealing with the fact that she’s going to be one soon, but I’m happily shopping away.  I’m thinking about finding a shop that does custom tshirts for her birthday outfit instead of buying her a birthday dress for her party.  I started thinking about how much she’s going to be running around, playing with other kids, and getting messy eating cake.  Now I’m thinking a tshirt will be a much better idea because I don’t want to ruin a pretty little dress.  Her party is on a Saturday followed by her birthday the following day, so I may put her in a tshirt for the party and buy a cute little birthday dress for her to wear on her actual birthday.

I’ll worry about that later, though.  I’m currently wrapped up in buying her presents and making a wish list of presents for the guests.  I’ve had a lot of people asking me for a wish list, so I figured I better get that done now so they have plenty of time to shop.

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September 1st, 2010

Thursday Thunks: At The Zoo

It’s time for another edition of Thursday Thunks, and I’m giving myself an extra pat on the back for remembering it yet again this week!  Maybe I’m not going crazy after all!

Thursday Thunks: At the Zoo

The TT questions are brought to you by Bud, the color of my neighbor’s wife’s eyes and the number 33,333.

1. Would you rather have a pet hippo or a pet elephant? A hippo because hippos are just way cooler.

2. Why do you think bananas are shaped the way they are? To make us ask questions like this one.

3. In one word (OK, you can go three to four MAX) , what do most people describe you as? loquacious!

4. Choice (stupid but a choice…): Loss of vision, ability to speak or hearing – which do you choose? (you have to choose one….) It’s like a law. But we can’t make you. Hmmm that’s a hard one.  I’m going to choose the ability to speak.  I want to watch my little girl grow up with my own two eyes, and I want to here her the first time she says “Mommy, I love you!”, but I can communicate without words coming out of my mouth.

5. Do you like lemons? Do you use them to clean with or just as a food source? Or are you saving them up for 2012? I eat them, but I don’t clean with them.  I’m not a fan of their scent.

6. When you are feeling icky with that sickness feeling, what is your first choice for feel-better medicine? A hot cup of herbal tea.  It’s my go to cure for almost everything.

7. You are starving. You have not had anything to eat for days. In front of you is poison ivy, a live hissing cockroach, and a rotten stinky piece of some sort of mystery meat to eat. Which would you pick and why?  The cockroach.  It may be icky and hissing, but it’s a great source of protein!  Besides, if I don’t eat the nasty little bugger it’ll live forever.

8. Who was the last person you bought a present for? What was it? Will you buy Berleen one?  I bought the little one a new sippy cup and a pair of PJs today.  She could care less about the PJs as she’d prefer to run around naked, but she got so excited about the sippy cup and refused to put it down until I wrangled it away from her at bedtime.  I’d gladly buy Berleen a sippy cup if she’s into that sort of thing.

9. Name 3 things you want your kids to learn before they grow up. (If you don’t have kids, feel free to explain to the other players why you chose the “no kids“ choice. Yea. I know. (Those who have children will NEVER get it. And no, don‘t explain it…) Wow, this list could go on forever.  I’m living the parenting life day by day, so let’s just stick with the basics.  I want her to learn that she can talk to me about anything, no matter what it is.  I want her to learn to make her own decisions when it comes to her beliefs, and I want her to learn that following the golden rule really does make a difference in your life.

10. What was your favorite toy as a child? What happened to it? I never had one particular favorite toy, but it would be a toss up between my cabbage patch dolls and my rainbow brite doll.  I still have all of them.

11. If you could paint your house ANY color you wanted and your friends, family & neighbors would love the color from the moment they saw it, what would it be?  Clemson Orange!

12. If the Pillsbury Dough Boy got into a fight with Mrs. Butterworth who would win? And would anybody get hurt? And do we seem desperate even asking? Mrs. Butterworth would totally kick Pillsbury Dough Boy’s butt because she’s totally badass.  Dough boy would probably run home crying to his Mommy, but I’m sure Mrs. Butterworth would be too classy to physically harm him.

13. What was the last thing you would guess that Kimber took a picture of? Oh. And consider the meme listed below. Click on it. It rocks.  I’m going to say herself.

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September 1st, 2010

Career Choices

HomeworkToday has been one of those days that has me wishing I were working instead of being a full time stay at home mom. Don’t get me wrong, I love my "job", but I do occasionally have days when I dream of being out of the house. Going to work full time would be a vacation for me, but it’s one I would tire of very quickly. I would miss being home with my little girl, and I’d find myself right back in my SAHM position.

I consider myself very lucky that I get to stay at home with my daughter, but I have been considering going back to school when she gets a little bigger. Right now it’s pretty much impossible for me to do that unless I have a babysitter, and that’s one expense we just can’t afford right now. When she’s older, maybe preschool age, I do want to further my education.

Unfortunately I’ll have to start all over again as most of my college credits "expired" within the last year. That’s not exactly a bad thing, though. 10 years ago when I was starting college I had a great desire to be a doctor. I’ve spent some time looking around healthcare job sites, and even though I’m not interested in becoming a doctor now, I would still consider a career in healthcare. More than likely I wouldn’t choose that, though. For me the ideal career would probably revolve around either something computer related.

It’s definitely something I need to start thinking about. I might be able to go ahead and start taking a few online classes here and there to knock out some of my core classes. If I made myself do it I could find the time for a class or two, but being a full time student just isn’t in the cars right now. Once Elliana is school age, or even preschool age for that matter, it will be much easier for me to do.

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