by flit .
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August 11, 2006

Best & Worst - Tuesday WE

March 04, 2008 03:31 PM EST (Updated: March 04, 2008 03:33 PM EST)
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ok.... so it's not REALLY about writing... it's more about NOT writing today...

the worst thing about today so far is that I have been wracking my poor brain trying to figure out where oh where I could have put the drug receipts that I need to get sent in to the insurance company so that I can get the money back.

There are a lot of drug receipts - and it adds up to a LOT of money back...and listing them and filling out forms and stuff like that is NOT something I excel at so I have been dragging my heels at getting to it and this weekend we had ~words~ about it and he is right and it is a lot of money and it would be much better in our account than in the insurance company's account and that's all well and good but i was on overload then and I said I would get to it on Monday and...

yes, I know it is no longer Monday.

But when I went to actually fill out the form and make the list and - - - I couldn't FIND them!

And then I found that paper that told me about the history paper that I hadn't even considered doing yet that was due the next day so I got that done and then I tried to find the Rx thingies and I couldn't find them ...

I found mine ...but couldn't find his - and I had to go to school and by the time I got home and.... well, you know.... I didn't get them done on Monday.

So then I had to do it today, right? Except that I STILL couldn't find the receipts and I have been through ALL of my stacks and piles and drawers and envelopes in the stacks and piles and the file folders in the file folder thingamajig in my desk drawer and then I went through all everything again and again and I still have lots I want to get done on my ML essay and instead I have been fussing and stressing and pouting and ripping through piles and ....

then - FINALLY - we get to the best part of my day so far....I was getting SO frustrated I was on the verge of tears and I decided to HELL with this quitting smoking crap and I sat down at my desk and lit a smoke and after I finished coughing my guts out and feeling as though I was going to hurl, I put it out again and refreshed Joy's SQOTD (I still don't know what the S stands for, I just realized) and I posted a big ol' whine and then I decided to give up it one last try before I gave it up and at least tried to get some work done on the Margaret Laurence essay I need to get finished and eventually I gave up looking through the piles on the little end table beside my desk and flipping through all the books that are stacked everywhere around me and pulling things out of drawers and folders and boxes and thought that Lynn A. would find that funny and tell me to keep looking and....- why IS the Shakespeare box still sitting here anyway? I am all done with Shakespeare - got an A on my last paper, btw - just waiting for exam mark to come in now - where was I .... oh yeah ... I decided to pick UP the box and take it out to the all done this ~stuff~ pile in the other room and guess what was behind the box under the end of the couch?

$400+ worth of Rx receipts - all neatly stapled together - woo hoo!

So now I have no more reason not to be able to write my essay and hopefully the next best thing  about my day will be the completion of at least one more section of the paper - or possibly even two - we'll see.

One would make me happy - two would require penguins.
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Comments: 16

William Dotani Mar 4, 2008, 3:44pm EST
So glad I'm not in school. I think you might consider a nice warm Epsom salts bath and maybe some relaxing music.
Danielle P. Mar 4, 2008, 3:47pm EST
I'm glad you found them. It is a lot of money and one less thing to worry about.
CC Miranda the artrat (or am i?) Mar 4, 2008, 3:56pm EST
see, got yourself all in a tizzy for nothing.

i will put the penguins back in the freezer for another day.
flit . Mar 4, 2008, 4:06pm EST
gotta do what you're good at, CC Miranda... you paint - I get in tizzies :) Lately anyway
Donna Hammett-Tooker Mar 4, 2008, 4:16pm EST
All things come to those who wait - Social Security, wrinkles, old age, etc. LOL Well, flit, seems you need a file cabinet that has a folder saysing Rx and as you come from the drug store with the receipt it automatically runs for that folder and will not leave until you have enough to send in for reimbursement. It can work, I have had success with it. I know how hard it is to begin a new habit but maybe this one would save you lots of stress, hair-pulling, arguments and life-shortening by going back to smoking.
flit . Mar 4, 2008, 4:19pm EST
file cabinets work way better for hubby than they ever do for me.... he organizes stuff IN them....I tend to stack stuff ON them ... fully intending, of course, to go back and do that filing stuff... but y'know how it is ....
sharon SugarMomma is a wise woman, Mar 4, 2008, 4:21pm EST
Oh hun - edge of a cliff seems to be your modus operandi.

You do well with it.
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Mar 4, 2008, 4:48pm EST
Flit, did you know that you can ask your pharmacy for a complete listing of all the drugs you've purchased in a certain time period? They did it for me for free. It's been years now, but I would think they could still do that. All they have to do is put in your name and it spits everything out, including prices!
flit . Mar 4, 2008, 5:01pm EST
didn't even THINK of getting replacements from the pharmacy until after I had found them and stopped panicking ... for someone that is supposed to be smart I can sure be dumb & disorganized sometimes ... hubby says its cuz I'm getting all practiced up for when I get my Phd.
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Mar 4, 2008, 6:32pm EST
LOL! When you're under stress, you just can't think. Learn to meditate a little bit when you're getting frustrated and it will keep your brain online more often. I have the same problem.
lynn a. Mar 4, 2008, 10:49pm EST
Didn't I tell you within the last week to go do some stacking and jamming? That means stack and jamb and move things and do your routine of hissing and whining and flitting and occasional cussing, and throwing up of hands, etc., etc.. Flit, give it up. You are a STACKER AND A JAMMER and it is part of your ritual, your process, your settling thoughts half thunk trail, your routine to getting to the next phase of your routine. I am laughing. It ain't funny, but I am laughing.

One of these days I'll tell you what my routine is, but this article isn't about me, it is about you, so I stick to the thread.

That money is going to feel a whole lot better in your bank account.

Some people just have to stack and jam, and you, my friend, are one of them.
flit . Mar 4, 2008, 11:02pm EST
hey...I spent all bluddy morning looking for the damn things... you didn't think that I'd have actually done the paperwork after all that did ya lynn?

tomorrow :)
lynn a. Mar 5, 2008, 12:05pm EST
No, I don't think so. But finding them had to feel so wonderful that so what if the paperwork isn't done yet. I'd just revel in the feelings of joy from finding them. Ugh. Did you put them somewhere in particular this time where you know where they are when you do get ready to do the paperwork and send them off?

My sister is a stacker and a jammer and she is without a doubt one of the most productive people I have ever met. Sometimes I see her almost as one of those characters in a cartoon where the hands and arms are flying and you hear whoosh noises as things fly. I will say this, if you need something done and it is impossible, get her involved. I don't know how she manages, but she does, and no matter what she pulls the impossible off. That is her life. Her way. Maybe this suggests that stackers and jammers are highly productive people.
flit . Mar 5, 2008, 12:23pm EST
they are now all in the envelope with the form that has to be filled out and the address that they have to go to - in my book bag.... I should get a sticker, huh?

oh wait...I did! I got a whole bunch of stickers...some of them are even scratch and sniff stickers!
Denise B. Mar 5, 2008, 1:02pm EST
glad you found your reciepts and good luck with the quitting and with your essays
Janet "Jax" B. Mar 5, 2008, 2:35pm EST
Glad you found the receipts...I know how that goes too...lol...I have file folders of file folders at teh moment.

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