Friday Night Leftovers

Yeah, yeah. I know. It's Saturday and not Friday. Does it help to know I started this yesterday?

• Did my estrogen recheck on Friday morning. I was most upset about the whole thing. The clinic is 26 miles away from my house, and there was absolutely no traffic. I left my house at 7:15 am but didn't get back home until 9:15. There wasn't a lab slip written up for me when I got there, nor were there any notes about why I needed blood work. They finally had to ask me why I was there. Sigh. Anyway, my estrogen was 36. I got the go ahead to start stims on Monday. Next appointment is on Wednesday.
• The new phlebotomist asked if I fainted at the sight of blood. I wanted to smack her. I've probably had my blood drawn more often than she's ever done it herself. You can't have a five inch medical file (which she had in her hands, mind you) and not be able to make it through a blood test.
• Speaking of file thickness, I am extremely jealous of those women with the nice thin files who are obviously there for pregnancy scans.
• Does that make me a hard core IF'er now?
• Sh.awn ruptured my eardrum this week. He turned his head and hit my chin just left of center. It wasn't even hard, but I immediately felt an intense pain in my left ear. The pain was followed by the feeling that I had water in my ear and this weird whooshing sensation. Freaky. Anyway, the doctor confirmed that my eardrum was ruptured. Now I get some antibiotic drops for my ear to ensure it doesn't get infected.
• Remember how I said that my insurance was changing? Well, the last day of one provider's coverage was the day my eardrum ruptured. I hadn't yet got my new insurance cards, so I had to call to get my member ID# to fill my prescription. After an HOUR and four different phone calls, I found I am not in the new insurance company's system yet. My district office still had the forms I hand delivered to them nearly two weeks ago. My district said (when I asked WTF?) I needed to fill out a form before they could send my enrollment papers to the trust (we contract for insurance with several other districts in our area to save costs. That is all overseen by the trust). They didn't bother to check to see if the trust already had these stupid papers (which they did), they just picked their nose and made my life more challenging.
• I had to pay full price for my prescription and will have to go through the hassle of getting reimbursed once I know that I am officially insured.
• Oh, and the best part was that I found out the district office sent an email about me to the insurance trust and said I was Stephanie. WTF? I've worked for this district for over 12 freaking years as a contracted teacher and 2 additional years as a sub. Shouldn't they know my NAME by now? There are only 12 schools in my district, people.
• Stupidity makes me go insane.

• Sh.awn had his left bottom molar break through. He is still a bear and is hit and miss with his eating, but seeing that little fleck of white sure made me feel better.