I am on break so this has got to be quick.
Weekend was fine. Lance had to work on Saturday but it was only for a few hours. His boss was late. OH! I have to tell you. I went to pick him up on Friday and I got there early so I went over to Dotty's to play some slots. I played Village People, hit a bonus, got a pooper the first three times but was fortunate enough to get a party saver. I cashed out at $120. YAY!
After I picked up on Friday, we stopped at Maddy's on the way home and I came out with $55. He also won some too. All this weekend, when we played slots, we were fortunate enough to break even or come up. I didn't really have to spend any money and the show on Saturday night was okay. Not a lot of people there but then again, there were tons of things going on that night. Beck's birthday show at Pala, Code 9 at the Branx, Country Fair in Salem this weekend. Lots of things going on.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Wanted
Lance is playing a party tomorrow night as a headliner. Great for him.
The party is a fundraiser for a guy who was pulled over in Baker City, OR and is charged with two Class C felonies. Apparently he had some pot on him. I don't know the whole story but the way it seems, there has to be more going on than what is being said. I have no feelings towards this. I don't even know the guy. I don't care if he goes to jail. Whatever.
It's just...I just feel like a lot of people are not getting the real story. It might be a lot shadier than it looks on the surface.
Yesterday we had a very nice dinner with Steve and Heidi. We just sort of dropped in on them but they had some extra steaks and we joined them for dinner. It was nice to visit with them. I had to go all the way into SE Portland to pick up Lance from his work and we stopped over. They bickered over little things and I don't know if this is how they are normally but they seemed really irritated with each other. He argued with her about the steak and...I don't know what brought that on. I hope all is well with them.
Later when Lance and I were coming back home, we talked about it and wondered if we appeared like that to other people. We don't argue like that over little things at home and if we do, we do it in a joking kind of way so...I don't know. I think we're a pretty funny couple and we don't nitpick at each other. At least we try not to do that in public and around our friends. There were a few times were I felt a little uncomfortable but what can you say. You don't want to step into it, I don't even know what it was about. There is some underlying tension.
Well, break time is almost over.
The party is a fundraiser for a guy who was pulled over in Baker City, OR and is charged with two Class C felonies. Apparently he had some pot on him. I don't know the whole story but the way it seems, there has to be more going on than what is being said. I have no feelings towards this. I don't even know the guy. I don't care if he goes to jail. Whatever.
It's just...I just feel like a lot of people are not getting the real story. It might be a lot shadier than it looks on the surface.
Yesterday we had a very nice dinner with Steve and Heidi. We just sort of dropped in on them but they had some extra steaks and we joined them for dinner. It was nice to visit with them. I had to go all the way into SE Portland to pick up Lance from his work and we stopped over. They bickered over little things and I don't know if this is how they are normally but they seemed really irritated with each other. He argued with her about the steak and...I don't know what brought that on. I hope all is well with them.
Later when Lance and I were coming back home, we talked about it and wondered if we appeared like that to other people. We don't argue like that over little things at home and if we do, we do it in a joking kind of way so...I don't know. I think we're a pretty funny couple and we don't nitpick at each other. At least we try not to do that in public and around our friends. There were a few times were I felt a little uncomfortable but what can you say. You don't want to step into it, I don't even know what it was about. There is some underlying tension.
Well, break time is almost over.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Not a good day for customer service
I am pretty good when it comes to customer service but...golly, there are some crazy patients. I had to tell a patient's wife that I was not going to argue with her about what was going on with their insurance. I'm trying to help them cut cost. I don't think they realize just how much an orthovisc injection costs. Not only do you have the cost of the injection, there is also the cost of giving the injection. That is almost $1000, if not more.
Goodness gracious. What a headache! I spoke with them before. The insurance is telling us the same thing in different ways and you know what. If you gotta complain, complain to your insurance because they denied it. Unfortunately, we are limited by what the insurance will allow us to do to you and if you want to pay out of pocket, fine. Just don't expect it to be covered by insurance and don't say I didn't warn you because I did.
I'm just glad that tomorrow is Friday and it is pay day Friday at that.
Goodness gracious. What a headache! I spoke with them before. The insurance is telling us the same thing in different ways and you know what. If you gotta complain, complain to your insurance because they denied it. Unfortunately, we are limited by what the insurance will allow us to do to you and if you want to pay out of pocket, fine. Just don't expect it to be covered by insurance and don't say I didn't warn you because I did.
I'm just glad that tomorrow is Friday and it is pay day Friday at that.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Faith Healing
In recent local news, a couple is standing trial for the death of their daughter who had contracted pneumonia and was not treated for it. The couple said that they did not believe in doctors so didn't believe that treatment was needed. Instead they opted for faith healing and the daughter passed away.
At some point, as a parent, you have to realize that there is modern medicine available to save your child. If this is supposed to be God's choice on whether your child survives an easily treatable illness, we would not have modern medicine. I believe that things are created for a reason. Sometimes it's something that shouldn't be created but I believe that there is a lesson to be learned for when things go bad.
Children don't know what they should believe. The best we can do as parents is to form a foundation for values. Despite the differences in doctrines for each religion, the base value is still the same. You want to be a good person. As to who or what you want to worship in or believe, that should be up to the individual and they should be given that choice.
I grew up in a shamanistic culture and I believe it but I also believe that there are other beliefs and I'm open to it. Some people do not feel the same way. Some people must have faith to endure life. Others swear off faith because they need concrete proof of its existence. That is the basis of belief, you just believe, right? Do you really have to have concrete proof and if so, can you handle that?
At some point, as a parent, you have to realize that there is modern medicine available to save your child. If this is supposed to be God's choice on whether your child survives an easily treatable illness, we would not have modern medicine. I believe that things are created for a reason. Sometimes it's something that shouldn't be created but I believe that there is a lesson to be learned for when things go bad.
Children don't know what they should believe. The best we can do as parents is to form a foundation for values. Despite the differences in doctrines for each religion, the base value is still the same. You want to be a good person. As to who or what you want to worship in or believe, that should be up to the individual and they should be given that choice.
I grew up in a shamanistic culture and I believe it but I also believe that there are other beliefs and I'm open to it. Some people do not feel the same way. Some people must have faith to endure life. Others swear off faith because they need concrete proof of its existence. That is the basis of belief, you just believe, right? Do you really have to have concrete proof and if so, can you handle that?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Pawns
it is quiet today in clinic. the last patient is in the room with the doctor now but it is a nerve conduction test so really, i don't have anything to do for check out. i've been going over my provider's schedules for the next two weeks and there is only so much you can go through before your head starts to hurt and your eyes feel like their crossed.
lance just got the unofficial promotion to manager at a new shop opening up on SE 82nd. how exciting. he hasn't even gotten his first full check yet. well, sure he got a paycheck but it wasn't a full pay period and now he is supposed to be opening this store next week. wowza!
i think this will change his schedule a little bit now that he has to manage a store. i am sure that he will be up to . today they have a meeting at their beaverton location and he is going to meet the main boss. his aunt susan is in town too and she was at their shop yesterday, maybe even today. thanks, aunt susan!
i spent a little more than i thought this paycheck. i paid off the electric bill and part of the phone bill. i don't have enough to pay rent and not overdraw and i'm going to do my very bestest not to do that either. next payday will be on july 10.
this weekend we'll be camping out at afuera.
in the news lately, michael jackson passed away last week due to a heart attack. that was very sudden. there were many sad people. we watched this special on him on 48 hours. Spike Lee said that whatever beef the black people had for him, he's theirs. everything is fine now and now is not a good time to bad mouth Michael Jackson in front of other black people.
in other news, people wonder if he really fathered his children because they don't look mixed. i wonder why anyone would care. he says they are his kids so they are. official documents say so. their biological mother says so. would it be different if it was gay and said the same? perhaps the most it is his implication that they are his biologically because at the time, surrogate mothers were not the in thing. these days, surrogate mothers are not abnormal.
honduras has been overtaken by the military and despite the democratic allusions that this new government makes, history shows that most military governments end in dictatorship. however you mask it, it is a dictatorship when you have to use force of guns to take over a government. the exiled president is not allowed to enter the country without threat of arrest. politically, it would be a wrong move to arrest the president and it would also be a wrong move to move in with foreign forces. i do not think it will resort to that. i think this government will fall eventually and did this man not think that this move of his will only spearhead the movement for another term for the exiled president. it is what started it all.
i think it is interesting now that i am old enough to know and understand what a coup is. we'll see how this develop. it happened yesterday so many things can happen between now and the weekend.
lance just got the unofficial promotion to manager at a new shop opening up on SE 82nd. how exciting. he hasn't even gotten his first full check yet. well, sure he got a paycheck but it wasn't a full pay period and now he is supposed to be opening this store next week. wowza!
i think this will change his schedule a little bit now that he has to manage a store. i am sure that he will be up to . today they have a meeting at their beaverton location and he is going to meet the main boss. his aunt susan is in town too and she was at their shop yesterday, maybe even today. thanks, aunt susan!
i spent a little more than i thought this paycheck. i paid off the electric bill and part of the phone bill. i don't have enough to pay rent and not overdraw and i'm going to do my very bestest not to do that either. next payday will be on july 10.
this weekend we'll be camping out at afuera.
in the news lately, michael jackson passed away last week due to a heart attack. that was very sudden. there were many sad people. we watched this special on him on 48 hours. Spike Lee said that whatever beef the black people had for him, he's theirs. everything is fine now and now is not a good time to bad mouth Michael Jackson in front of other black people.
in other news, people wonder if he really fathered his children because they don't look mixed. i wonder why anyone would care. he says they are his kids so they are. official documents say so. their biological mother says so. would it be different if it was gay and said the same? perhaps the most it is his implication that they are his biologically because at the time, surrogate mothers were not the in thing. these days, surrogate mothers are not abnormal.
honduras has been overtaken by the military and despite the democratic allusions that this new government makes, history shows that most military governments end in dictatorship. however you mask it, it is a dictatorship when you have to use force of guns to take over a government. the exiled president is not allowed to enter the country without threat of arrest. politically, it would be a wrong move to arrest the president and it would also be a wrong move to move in with foreign forces. i do not think it will resort to that. i think this government will fall eventually and did this man not think that this move of his will only spearhead the movement for another term for the exiled president. it is what started it all.
i think it is interesting now that i am old enough to know and understand what a coup is. we'll see how this develop. it happened yesterday so many things can happen between now and the weekend.
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