Couch 241: Twin primes!

I texted my T earlier. We'll see if she responds. She was going to try to talk to me yesterday but that fell through. I guess her heater is broken and her house was 32 degrees plus she had a skunk. Sounded bad. Still, I didn't really need to know all this stuff. Just Y or N if she was going to have time to talk with me.

I should undecorate my office at work but it will wait until New Years.

So frustrated... D's new p-doc prescribed her Focalin, a stimulant (ADHD med). She prescribed it at 5 mg, but did the prescription so that we could go up to 10 if it's OK the first week. CVS didn't fill it, so I called them. They said that our insurance doesn't allow prescriptions in the way she wrote it, with twice a day. That we needed a preauthorizatin of some sort for that. So now we probably have to wait until Tuesday (with weekend and holiday) for them to talk to the doctor. When we wanted to try it out this weekend before she goes back to school.

I asked if we could just pay out of pocket, and they quoted us $400! I checked online, and that's the price for the brand-name, where the generic should be $20-$75 (we'd be willing to pay $75 and bill for reimbursement). So now I'm confused as to whether they're trying to give us the brand name. Especially because when I google the drug (I think it's the XR version), the price quoted for CVS is about the same as what they told me. It's just so frustrating...Might call in the morning and check on brand-name vs. generic (it is available as generic).

Just really frustrated, as I was hoping we could start on this soon. Don't know if it will help, but if it doesn't, then we could move to something else sooner... She'd said an option, if this doesn't help with aggression, is to add a low dose of clonidine. But to get there, I guess we have to first try this at the original dose, then go up a week later. Just worried about her at school....

Hugs, LT. I hope it gets sorted out quickly.

I finished my son's scarf and hat set, and have now started on one for his gf. Hers is using a variegated yarn of white/gray/turquoise and so far it looks really pretty. I'll post a pic once I get the scarf farther along.

I just love how I kinda lose myself/my problems in my crocheting, it really keeps me in this interesting combination of the now, feeling the soft yarn as it glides through my fingers and watching the rows build upon each other, and at the same time takes me back to happy memories of sitting side by side with my grandma at her house while we crocheted together.

We're going to watch in in my house. My son played Mr. Wormwood in the musical last spring so he wants to see the netflix version.

I don't think you are, Art. Expecting some support and decency from another person is not the same as making a better-than comparison. What he said was pretty rude.

I'm sorry your T seems to have such an um, interesting life and that she kinda overshares about it. Hope you get to talk with her soon and that it's helpful.

Thanks, WFS. I appreciate that.

I think out loud all the time. I sometimes find myself saying to other people, "Oh nothing, just talking to myself," and they just nod and seem to totally get it. Heh.

Thanks. And y'know I just realized why I reacted like I did... because it was about my appearance (although a little disguised perhaps) and it brought to mind that comment he made about my weight when we were out to dinner with friends a couple years ago. I can't remember the exact thing he said back then anymore but I do recall that it was really hurtful and this stuff this morning brought back those same feelings. He's been in bed all day watching football and basketball trying to get over his cold so at least I haven't had to deal with him.

I have to take down my outside christmas lights this weekend, boo, if it were up to me I'd leave them up all of January but our HOA insists we take christmas decorations down by new years day. At least they let us put them up on December 1, so we can enjoy them for a full month.

If/when I ever move again, I'm moving to a city where it's easier to find a house that doesn't have an HOA.....

I just right now decided something. Tomorrow I am going to go buy a shorter strand of pretty twinkling lights while they're on after-christmas sales and hang them up in my office where I will keep them up through January!

Is there some sort of end-of-year celebrity death curse that's been activated recently?

Apparently. I just heard about Barbara Walters.

Here's the start of son's gf's scarf:

I’m back from overseas. In Heathrow this morning I did consider getting a bottle of Irn-Bru, but my sense of taste (literal and figurative) prevailed.

The animals have deigned to recognize me.

I also checked my work email. Some of you may remember that just before I left someone reported the ableist incident with my chair and my colleague to my school’s anti-discrimination office, and I spoke with them. That was an informal intake. They’ve now decided it does fall under their purview and are launching a formal investigation.

This feels both EEK and validating at the same time. They didn’t dismiss it as a personal cat fight, as my chair did.

I'm glad to hear the animals are not snubbing you for leaving! And am wishing you all the best with the formal investigation and you get the outcome you want.

Well h's work called and woke us both up this morning, so he's already on his way to Las Vegas to deliver a one-pound airplane part. It's a good-paying job so he took it, even though he's not quite over the cold yet. Usually when he gets a delivery to there, he'll stay a couple nights to play cards but he won't be doing that this time; there won't be an affordable room in sight tonite! I heard they're expecting something like 400,000 people on the strip tonight for NY eve; can't even imagine. It's about a 12-hour round trip driving, so by the time he gets home tonight I'll likely be asleep since I've managed to catch his cold boo (woke up with it this morning). So, that means we won't be talking about yesterday's argument yet. Probably just as well.

Gotta go run a couple errands (cat litter and a couple things I forgot at the grocery store yesterday) then I'll be working on son's gf's scarf/hat the rest of the day.

Happy Saturday, couch. Hugs and head nods as appropriate.

Yeah t@, you even SOUND more grounded describing the situation.

It took me most of the day, but I just finished the scarf/hat for son's gf. H decided to get a room for the night in Kingman, so I'm celebrating new years eve alone. And y'know, I'm good with that.

I signed up for a "Meditative Painting to Heal Your Life" course on DailyOm today. Waiting for my new paintbrushes to get here to start it, cuz I never found the ones I know are in this house somewhere.....

I've had just enough wine that I'd better stop now and go to bed. Night, couchies.

Let me know how that course is--I've considered taking it before!

Will do. My paintbrushes are supposed to come tomorrow so assuming they do, I'll be starting it then!