Morning couch.

Got a call from J last night asking if I could come sit with K at 10 instead of 8. Yea...more sleep. She also said she would finish up about 4, so I wouldn't have to stay until 6. Makes up for last week when I was forced to stay the entire time when I was not feeling well. Yes, it means less money, but that happens sometimes. I would have really liked to keep my normal hours as it would let me earn the extra money for my glasses faster, but whatever...I have no control over what hours I am offered. I only have control over whether or not I accept/take the hours I am offered.

Went grocery shopping for the month yesterday. Got all my lunch stuff for work for about $25. That's for 20 days..just a little over a buck a day...not bad. Cheaper than buying school lunch (it's $3 for adults ($1.40 for kids), even though we get the same portion as the kids). Also cheaper than running out for fast food.

Got everything for my lunches (except my juice) at the dollar store. Got my juice at Walmart. Discount/generic food lunches.

Got a few snackie stuff at the dollar store for at home during the month. Got everything else for the month at Sav-A-Lot. We also have an Aldi, but it is hard to get in and out of traffic-wise, so I try to avoid it. Sav-A-Lot is decent...they have some off-brands and some name-brands. I got a can of green beans for 39 cents. A 64-oz bottle of 100% apple juice for $1.29. I spent $50 bucks there for the month's food. Not bad...$75 bucks total for food for the month. It works.

The only things I will have to buy each week are things like milk, since it would spoil before a month's time. Next month will probably be a little more expensive as I will have to buy things like frozen chicken...I just had enough of those left from last month, that I didn't need to buy it this time.

I got a survey in the mail from the CEO/president/whatever of the medical group my doctors belong to asking me to evalutate my ob/gyn. Heh. How can I evaluate him after only seeing him once? I guess they just took a random sample of patients to send the survey to. Some of the questions were "how long have you been seeing this provider?", "in the past 24 months, how many visits have you had to this provider's office?", "thinking of all your visits from this provider in the time you have been a patient, how often were you seen within 15 minutes of your appointment time?".

I didn't like then appointment time question...he was running late the day I saw him, but it was the only time I every saw him, so the bubble I would have to choose would be "never". He could have just been having a bad day (or had lots of emergency appointments that day). If I answered "never" it may make him look bad when he really isn't. I also saw him on a Monday, the first day they reopened after the holidays, so that is bound to be a busy day and easy to fall behind/late. I don't think that is a fair question for a new patient to answer after only seeing a doctor one time.

I don't understand why they would send a survey to a new patient (been a patient less than a month) anyways. How could they fairly evaluate him without having "known" them as a professional for some amount of time. Yes, the survey was optional to fill out, but some of the questions I would be able to answer after one visit, so I attempted to fill the survey out...I just skipped the questions I didn't like/thought would be unfair for me to answer after only one appointment with him. I hope I don't get one on my PCP...but if I do, at least I would have 2 visits to use to evaluate him.

CC, you sound like you don't want to take over the project.

RTS, "hi". Thanks for checking in.

To everyone else...have a wonderful day/afternoon/night (depending where on the Earth you are).