Cassi Creek:
The urge to
hurl the phone at someone or something is strong today. It is only 1030. At least an hour has been consumed this
morning checking VA websites and downloading physician notes. The American Legion service officer I spoke
with Monday and today, tells me that the fast-track application should have
been handled in 2-3 months at most. The
whole point of the fast-track plan was to simplify and accelerate handling of
those agent orange related claims that carry proof of service in VietNam, service
in areas where agent orange was used, and one or more of the deemed
disorders/diseases. He intends to dig as
deeply as he can. The next step, if
nothing positive surfaces, may well be me being forced to contact the office of
a Congressman whom I really detest.
The pool
heater remains undelivered and will likely be undelivered for some time. We are currently hoping to find someone with
a pickup to help us move the heater from Greeneville to Chuckey.
Then there is
the matter of an ophthalmology visit billed incorrectly to insurance, resulting
in an erroneous charge for Gloria’s annual retinopathy exam and the subsequent
misapplication of the co-pay for a follow-on visit. The billing clerk Gloria spoke to was
sufficiently unhelpful that Gloria hung up in mid conversation and chose to
call her Medicare provider. If you’ve
dealt with an insurer lately, you know what the frustration levels are.
That’s three of our four cordless phones that narrowly
escaped injury today. Fortunately, the
cell phones are secondary systems while we are at home.
Yesterday’s
promise of rain gave way to a major storm that followed us by about 90 minutes. By 1700, widespread flood and thunderstorm
warnings were posted for nearly every place around us. Some of the localities received over 5 inches
of rain in about 2-3 hours. We clocked
about 0.25 inches of rain, little wind, but lots of lightning. I put dinner together during a long episode of
power sags and dropouts. I expected that
we would lose power – many localities did – but we escaped that problem. Today promises more of the same weather. Friday, Saturday, & Sunday promise even
warmer temperatures with increased probability of thunderstorms. Hope we have enough phones to throw.
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