giftsAfter reading a post by tattooedjen about the awesome gift she and her brothers got for her mom I got to thinking about this year.
Don't have anything against Mothers Day ..... just this year we are so tight with money its crazy.
I still owe mom a birthday dinner as well. Her birthday was in January. January 1st to be exact.
So with Dave's first retirement check last month I got some bills mostly caught up, and put some money back to hopefully last us till the next month. And then of course things come up that you just don't take into consideration like ..... heartworm pills for the dogs, shots for Lola, Lola's meds, doctor visits, etc. ...... and by the last week of April ..... we were down to bare bones.
Then yesterday Dave decided to let me know that he needed to go to the doctor. He has had a cough for a few weeks now and it has moved into his lungs and sinuses ..... a full blown infection. We have been doing battle with the county over our insurance now for 2 1/2 months. I filed for renewal at the end of February and FINALLY ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THE FIRST TIME TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEN YESTERDAY, after phoning at least once a week to find out what is happening. Well, her (my worker) case load is huge, she has been out with the flu, she has been conducting interviews for the last two days, but I am at the top of her pile since I am one of the oldest cases she is working on. The thing is she hasn't been working on it or I would not be having to pay cash walking into the clinic. Yesterday she told me to get him to the doctor .... I will be reimbursed .... ok, fine. By the time she gets it clicked in (the insurance) it will be up for renewal again. Damn!
Doctor visit $56.00, antibiotics $130.00 ..... Yep, if you remember me saying something about bare bones ..... I told the doctors office to please please bill me (which they agreed to do, hesitantly), but the drugs the insurance would not of covered anyway ..... OUCH ...... oh yeah, that is for 10 (ten) pills. $13.00 a pill. WTF?
Had actually put away $150.00 for moms day and birthday celebration .... gifts and dinner ..... and am now left with $20.00. And praying with all my heart that either Dave's retirement comes in tomorrow or that freaking stimulus money, which according to a published schedule it should. Otherwise, I will be putting off Mothers Day and birthday yet one more week. My poor mom. Good grief.
Worse comes to worse I'll just make a nice home cooked meal (something different, lol, not) to celebrate till we can take her to Medford like she wants.
Oh yeah, guess I better get a card off to Dave's mom too ..... he rarely speaks to her ..... and sometimes I hate to say it but I tend to forget about her. Its horrible but true. I try to send a card at least every year ..... looks like it will be late again.
Hope everyone has better luck at treating their moms than I do. Sucks.
Peace. J.
Don't have anything against Mothers Day ..... just this year we are so tight with money its crazy.
I still owe mom a birthday dinner as well. Her birthday was in January. January 1st to be exact.
So with Dave's first retirement check last month I got some bills mostly caught up, and put some money back to hopefully last us till the next month. And then of course things come up that you just don't take into consideration like ..... heartworm pills for the dogs, shots for Lola, Lola's meds, doctor visits, etc. ...... and by the last week of April ..... we were down to bare bones.
Then yesterday Dave decided to let me know that he needed to go to the doctor. He has had a cough for a few weeks now and it has moved into his lungs and sinuses ..... a full blown infection. We have been doing battle with the county over our insurance now for 2 1/2 months. I filed for renewal at the end of February and FINALLY ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THE FIRST TIME TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEN YESTERDAY, after phoning at least once a week to find out what is happening. Well, her (my worker) case load is huge, she has been out with the flu, she has been conducting interviews for the last two days, but I am at the top of her pile since I am one of the oldest cases she is working on. The thing is she hasn't been working on it or I would not be having to pay cash walking into the clinic. Yesterday she told me to get him to the doctor .... I will be reimbursed .... ok, fine. By the time she gets it clicked in (the insurance) it will be up for renewal again. Damn!
Doctor visit $56.00, antibiotics $130.00 ..... Yep, if you remember me saying something about bare bones ..... I told the doctors office to please please bill me (which they agreed to do, hesitantly), but the drugs the insurance would not of covered anyway ..... OUCH ...... oh yeah, that is for 10 (ten) pills. $13.00 a pill. WTF?
Had actually put away $150.00 for moms day and birthday celebration .... gifts and dinner ..... and am now left with $20.00. And praying with all my heart that either Dave's retirement comes in tomorrow or that freaking stimulus money, which according to a published schedule it should. Otherwise, I will be putting off Mothers Day and birthday yet one more week. My poor mom. Good grief.
Worse comes to worse I'll just make a nice home cooked meal (something different, lol, not) to celebrate till we can take her to Medford like she wants.
Oh yeah, guess I better get a card off to Dave's mom too ..... he rarely speaks to her ..... and sometimes I hate to say it but I tend to forget about her. Its horrible but true. I try to send a card at least every year ..... looks like it will be late again.
Hope everyone has better luck at treating their moms than I do. Sucks.
Peace. J.
