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Wedding Woes
CharmedPam
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Tuesday Blues
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I’m not sure why, but feeling blah as of yesterday. When I’m with people, I’m FINE but when I’m alone, loneliness has set in and I just don’t want to do anything. Very gloomy mindset lately. Maybe I’ll go back to diamond painting and true crime today to lift my spirits? Doesn’t that sound weird… true crime podcasts to get me back in the swing of things. It’s the hosts of morbid. They’re fun and awesome to listen to.
I have a suitcase coming from amazon today (for my trip tomorrow lol) and it gave me a code to tell the driver. I’m usually only home for like 30% of my deliveries but should be home for this one, thank goodness. I never have been given a code from them and have had far more expensive & heavier items delivered. Is this new for them?
Re: Tuesday Blues
SSDD here. Running errands at lunch and maybe stopping at the thrift store?
Have a cleaning person coming out tomorrow afternoon for an estimate, so hoping to get that locked in soon.
Having dinner with friends on Saturday night and looking forward to it!
Hope the cleaning person is a good fit and good price, @Casadena. I know I love having someone come in monthly to clean. But it can be a big pain when it doesn't work out and you have to find someone else.
Work is nuts lately. A co-worker was out ill yesterday and today and I am covering the Orientation she usually facilitates. I also have a class I'm teaching today so I'm on camera for 6+ hours today. OOF.
I need to go vote in the local primary after work. I do have a nail fill tonight so that will be a little time away. Still working on getting crap cleared out of my home office in prep for a new desk and layout late next week. So much stuff!
I am beat for some reason today. I've been sleeping well, but I don't feel like it's enough. I'm trying to just pay attention to what's going on and see ifI can identify a pattern. If this keeps up for another month though, I'll have to go see my primary. It's also raining very hard here, so I'm just chilling at home, working away and listening to a podcast. Have to cook my favorite veggie lasagna tonight and work out. Otherwise, SSDD.
The kiddo met one on one with the lawyer today. I'm curious to hear how it went and what he thinks the best path forward is.
My younger sis got two tats yesterday, one for mom and one for foster nephew. I want the one she got for my mom (it's 'Love, Mom' in her handwriting). I need to see if older sis wants to make a plan to go together. I understand why younger sis did it on her own.
Dad has Covid again.
Anyway, SSDD otherwise. Tuesday is definitely the most blah day.
Kiddos start school in two weeks and next week kicks off all the things. Chiquita starts HS and soccer starts next week when she'll be at a camp. I looked at the schedule for HS soccer and hoo boy she is in for a major time commitment that I don't think she realized. I'm so grateful that we live 5 minutes from it and glad she's not going to one of the regional high schools that she had the opportunity to attend for the logistics reason alone. Our HS is very well rated and I think exactly what she needs for her skill set. If I thought she had a far more technical mind and was going to be someone looking into a mechanical trade or agricultural field I'd go different - but the well rated one down the street is a decent fit.
I hope your dad recovers quickly @mrsconn23
How did you like Deadpool? @CharmedPam I hope your funk ends soon.
Back at work today and it feels like the day will never end. At 9:30 am I thought, "surely it must be almost noon." And nope. Also the EHR did a dumb update and now I'm having issues placing orders because of course I am. Otherwise H and I started decorating for fall last night and I don't care that it's early. I'm ready for it.
How the the heck are you?!
sorry for the struggles @charlotte989875, but sometimes a raise can be more stressful work wise and only you know what’s best
edit; @levioosa, I found out the show that fit my time was 3D and I didn’t feel like that annoyance to my eyes lol. My friend and I are probably going to see it next week and I may see “it ends with us” alone tonight.
Good to "see" you! And what a cutie!
@VarunaTT, I usually let coworkers know if I can't do something they requested for whatever reason that sounds the best. But that's usually because it might not get done if I don't say something and look like a miscommunication. However, if she sees you aren't doing steps 7-8 while she goes through the process and you never agreed to do them either, then your course of action also makes sense.
@CharmedPam, I hope you start feeling better. I've been down in the dumps lately also for a lot of reasons. It's starting to affect my work because I have no motivation, though not so much that anyone would notice...at least not yet. I need to snap myself out of it.
One of my worries is there is a big kerfluffle going on in the medical industry that started last month over tirzepatide (active ingredient in Mounjaro/Zepbound).
Buckle up to learn more than you would ever want to about pharmaceutical companies, their patents, and FDA shortages, lol.
Mounjaro is sold by Eli Lilly. They hold the patent on both the name, medication formula, and unfortunately...the active ingredient tirzepatide. If they charged $100/month for it, it would pay for all their current/past expenses and research on future drugs. PLUS a 100% profit, as in doubling the return on their investment. But they don't. They charge $1200/month for a medication that has changed many people's lives and health for the better (including mine).
They have also had significant shortages over the last 1-2 years. When a pharmaceutical company has a shortage, that opens the door for competitors and/or compound pharmacies to produce the same/similar medication and not be in violation of that patent as long as the shortage is going on.
Tons of people including me have been buying tirzepatide at a substantial savings from companies that use compound pharmacies to produce these vials.
Eli Lilly informed the FDA last month that there is no longer a shortage. But they don't get to make that call. The FDA does. Though this will prompt the FDA to investigate it.
Oh, but no. That's not good enough and will take too long for Eli Lilly's taste. They have already sent cease and desist letters to all the companies and compound pharmacies selling the tirzepatide medication. All sales are supposed to stop (according to them) this Friday.
It's been panic and chaos across tirz and peptide forums. I feel bad for everyone and for myself. Though I do have some other avenues and have not totally lost hope yet.
At this point in time, Eli Lilly is 100% in the wrong. They know that. The companies they threatened know that. But they are the giant AH with the financial resources to spend 6 and 7-figures on each fruitless case (for them!) against every company that does not comply with their demands.
I've only heard of one company that might be hanging in there. I'm not sure about the company I use. I did successfully get a 3-month order in yesterday. I asked them today what their plans are, but haven't heard back yet.
Ugh! I have spent countless hours many times finding the right source for my tirzepatide and this company has been perfect. Great quality product for the cheapest you can find in the US. Now I'm back to the drawing board. Except it will be even harder this time because most US sources are gone. I'm not above ordering from a foreign company and they are cheaper, but it's not my preference. I liked the security of knowing my medication was being produced in labs that had to follow US/FDA guidelines, even if I paid more for it. And didn't have to go through customs. I'm also looking at other GLP-1 medications.
oh btw, I saw this commercial yesterday and thought of you. Maybe I want to move to Ohio. Take a dance class, meet someone and instantly get married. Illinois hasn’t done any of that for me! Lol
I'll keep my eye out for cute, fun guys for you after I move. Who like to travel and Halloween is their favorite holiday!
The twins start first grade tomorrow - don't know where the time has gone. They called us today after they had met their teachers. They are pretty excited. One of the twins saw his K teacher from last year. The other one's teacher didn't return - she is the one who lost the baby last spring. I'm sure there are just too many memories in the building for her. I can't even imagine.
H is fixing dinner and I'm just scrolling along.
@NBSquared2017 Noa is adorable! I just want to love on those sweet little cheeks! Congratulations!
Good luck also on the job! Hopefully you get an offer and the yellow flags turn green. Phew, it sounds like an intense day. At least it's done and now you can be at home snuggling your girls.
Didn't you all move to Cleveland? If so, how is that going? I've decided I'm moving from New Orleans to Cincinnati (hopefully) in the next few months. I gave brief thoughts to Cleveland because it's a bigger city with more to do. But it sounds like the winters are a lot colder than in Cincy and Cincy is already going to be a major adjustment for me, lol.
The biggest one is that my dad called me from his cruise ship to say that he has Covid so he's quarantined in the ship infirmary and can't go on shore even though the friend he's traveling with can. He is supposed to come home on Saturday, and I suggested that he might need to quarantine some more once he gets home.
Too many clients are dragging out finalizing their returns by asking for last minute changes or giving pushback when I have to ask for missing information, so I get no sense of accomplishment or finality from my work - just jerked around. I got repeatedly asked to "just do a state amended return manually using the information from his federal return" and I had to put that to bed by saying no, it is not possible to do even that without the missing items I already asked for because our software won't let us. I just wish they would get me the information I need. They don't even have an emergency situation where they would owe extra money-they just want a bigger refund. Not as bad as my dad's situation, but kind of the icing on a rotten cake.
Sigh. Sorry to be so whiny.