The bigger things

I think it’s amazing how when your life seems to be crumbling around you, something happens that snaps everything into a sharp relief where it’s so incredibly easy to see what’s really important.

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Hoot speaks out

Last week, for Valentine’s Day, Zozer’s class had a Teddy Bear Tea Party. Each child in the Bunny Room was instructed to bring a teddy bear for the tea party. M and I got the note from her teachers and eyed each other warily. “Can Hoot go?” Zo, as you know, is not a traditional teddy bear kind of girl. She much prefers owls. “I dunno,” I told M, “I’ll ask tomorrow.” I asked the teachers and they glanced at each other and replied, “Well, we guess so, but it’s really supposed to be teddy bears.” Oh, for the love of Pete.

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Will work for mochas

Sometimes the shit hits the fan, and all you can do is duck and defend yourself. Which is exactly what I did on Friday resulting in yours truly getting shitcanned from her job.

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Update on Express Scripts fiasco

I called Express Scripts back and voiced my complaint, and asked for overnight shipping. The woman was very nice but explained that scripts require 2-3 days to process, PLUS shipping. I replied, “So, because of errors on your company’s part, I have to pay a lot of extra money?” She said, “It appears that you will have to get your prescription through a retail pharmacy.” I went back to it, “Again, I have to pay a lot of money through no fault of my own. Do you understand where I’m coming from, and why I’m upset?” She finally said yes, that I was going to have to pay more money because of their mistakes, and then she said the magic words. “I’m putting a note in your file to give you a courtesy refund because of your inconvenience.” Cha-ching. Thank you!

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