Sunday ramblings

Yesterday was an exhausting day. Frankly, dh was just a plain *@%hole all day. At least he kept busy doing his annual maintenance on the 2 tankless water heaters we have. You have to run vinegar through them to flush them out. He also changed the furnace filters. He got out one of our small fans and I put in in my office window ledge facing out with the window cracked some. He thought that might help draw out smells to the outside from this room. He didn't complain any last night at least.

As usual, when I came up to my office this morning I cleaned the poop out of the tray and took it to the outside garbage. I really don't think I like this pellet system and I think today I will switch back to try the regular (unscented litter) I had bought. One of my nice commentors suggested a Dr. Elsey's cat litter. I see that they offer a $20 rebate on your first purchase and a 40lb bag through Petco is $19.99, so might as well buy some and try it, since it would be free. Also, when I went back downstairs for a bit to get some breakfast I opened the dining room window a little, hoping if there is by chance any smell downstairs it would go out.

I also started kitty on different food yesterday. Probably not much different than the cheaper kitten chow, but it was a more expensive food, so we'll see. But, when I cleaned out this morning there were 2 very large poops. Hard to imagine a little kitty could poop those out overnight. I will be calling the vet tomorrow morning to set up an appointment for shots and a check up. He probably does have parasites that need treating, as I read that is common in kittens. I would have made the appt for last week (the week before) but I honestly thought dh's surgeon referral would have gotten done and he might have his appt last week (instead its now next Friday). I really should have made an appt last week when I had Thurs and Fri off. Our vet is open part of the day on Saturdays, so I'm hoping I can get him in next Saturday and not have to take time off work.

I did make another "funfetti" cake yesterday, as dh really liked the one I had made the week or so before. Plus, then the house smelled like cake for awhile, haha.

Today is the 5th anniversary of when we moved out of our hellhole old neighborhood/state and to this town. As I always say, it was the best decision. 

I chopped a few inches or more off my hair yesterday. Now, I still need to work on getting some layers back in, as the chopping off got rid of the layers that had grown out. I just wasn't in the mood to mess with layers yesterday, but at least that length is all gone and back to the top of my shoulders.

I still haven't received any billing from all the doctors dh saw while in the hospital, nor for his follow up appt with one of those doctors at the clinic. Seems strange that they got me the hospital bill fairly quickly, but still nothing on the doctors. I see the claims were processed by the insurance quite some time ago. There is also the billing from a radiologist office that they said the insurance denied as not eligible for the dates. Well, if they processed it and denied it, don't you think there would be a claim showing on dh's insurance claims for this? There is nothing. The lady said she would resubmit the claim to his insurance, but still I'm not seeing that his insurance has recorded it yet. That bill was $765. I'm sure there will be some small adjustment off amount, but the most I should owe on this is about $300. I see there is a small $3.80 owed to some lab service, but they have not mailed a bill yet, either.

Plus, still will be getting billing (from new insurance) on his urologist visit and the endoscopy with the GI and hospital. I already paid his initial GI dr visit (that was under old insurance). They sent that one out quickly.

My uncle called me again last night. It was almost 8pm my time. I was exhausted from the crappy day and just let it go to voicemail. Figured it it was something real important he could either leave a message or text me, which he didn't. I was just not in the mood to talk to anyone.

The other thing on my "to do list" today is to order that Hero medication system for my mom. Need to try it out and see if that helps her remember to take the meds every day. I just can't tell with her pill box. I think she sees part of the week empty, as she's taking and then fills it up, but I'm not sure. Or if she knows I am coming, like last Friday, she fills it up, so other than counting pills (and I didn't do that this time) I can't tell. This system should just take care of all that.