Sum uppance

SO..some lose ends from recent posts...

Dave still hasn't heard back about his interview results.  He's hoping it will be this coming week.

I never did get a call from my doctor about my blood test, so I called to request a copy of it.  Three times.  I FINALLY got it, and it turns out that the doctor didn't ORDER the usual test. She just ordered a "basic metabolic," with no test for blood fats or thyroid, the two things that have historically come up abnormal.

What the heck?

That was weird, as well as disappointing.  I had my hopes up that I had cured my own high cholesterol with diet.  But now I am back to having no idea.

I got lots of compliments on my short hair.  I am still not used to it, but it grows fast in the summer, and will soon be more "workable."  Right now I am not able to style it in any way at all, so I just wash and comb.

At least it's easy!

No more really high blood pressure spikes, thankfully, and I have been using the xanax VERY sparingly, 1/4 of a tablet at a time.  I love how it works for me, but I don't want to use too much.  It got me through a very rough couple of weeks, though.

We saved up a little money and were able to get the bricks for one end of the flower bed barrier.  Unfortunately, it rained hard YET AGAIN before we could do that, and there is even less of the top soil I installed left in place.  But we did get the wall at the end where it drains out put in place.

We figure we will have enough money in a couple of weeks for the next set of bricks, and then maybe a few weeks after that for the last of them.  THEN, we will probably wait til fall to load up the dirt again.  Maybe after I cut things back and put the bed to...um...bed.

My last day at Physicians Billing Service was Friday.  People either ignored me or were nice.  It was a pleasant day, actually, and I had enough to do to keep me busy for part of it, at least.

I packed up the last of my personal items, and I managed not to cry when saying good bye to friends until the very last minute.

And then, I am pretty sure those tears were pure relief mixed with anxiety.  It was a RUSH of emotions.  So weird.

But so, so good.

I hated that place.  The management is a cluster fuck, and the rampant favoritism is killing them.  Literally.  Already has killed them.

They don't seem to understand that the foundational reason they are being outsourced is FAILURE to run an efficient department.

The employee satisfaction survey results from last year should have been a little more of a motivation, but I think it was already too late.

In a time when medical billing operations are being drawn IN close to the vest for large and small groups alike, THEY are OUTsourcing?!  Just.  Wow.

Anyway, my new job starts tomorrow, and I have to drive waaaaay up to Edmond for the first  little while.

The storms that brought tornadoes within a half mile of our house, and knocked our power out for 48 hours back on May 24 were a LOT CLOSER to the actual EMSA office building.

So it flooded.  Badly.  And is still being de-molded and repaired.

My first interview there was after they had torn out the drywall and carpet, and that was May 29.  When I went there the subsequent times to take the test and to fill out paperwork, it didn't look ANY better.

My new boss said she HOPED they'd be back "home" by my start date, but, well, they still aren't done, and any amount of my using "wish craft" had not gotten it done in time, either.

As much as I hate driving highways, Dave made some suggestions, and my ex co worker Debbie (the one who can't write a sentence but has a heart of gold) made some suggestions, and I have a route figured out to get me up there without using the highway.

It's about 12 miles one way, so it shouldn't be too bad, and it's only temporary.  At least it's not 20 miles, even though it FEELS like that to me!

When the home office is reopened, I will be working 2 and a half miles or so from home, with an hour long lunch.  Sweet!

And the office is on this strange little triangular plot of land, and is between an ice cream parlor, a mom and pop burger joint, and an Irish pub!  Whee!

The rain we had this past week brought another cool front, and it is only 70 degrees at 9 am on the 28th of July.  HEAVENly.  The windows are open, and it's so nice to have the fresh air and to be able to hear the birds outside.

We have only had one day this summer that was over 100 degrees.  SO much of a relief!!

By this time the past three summers, we were already deep into the count, having started seeing highs over 100 in late May/early June.

Dave tells me that this is more NORMAL than what I have seen for summers since moving here.  BUT, he also says this summer in particular is strangely mild.

But that's okay.  The back of the exceptional drought is broken, and we are well on our way to be out of any kind of drought classification in this part of the state.

The only drawback is the bugs.  Oh. Dear. God.  There was one of those huge spiders in my dining room the other night.  Shudder.  And there are lots of webs when we go outside.

Ew.

Anyway...off to jump in the shower and then a day of thrift store shopping and relaxing lies ahead.