Insurance companies speak in a made-up language

Today at work I did a lot before lunch. I obliged Stacy's request to read her letter to the guy she really like that lives in Tallahassee. They have been talking for a few months and then last night he finally said that he didn't want to try the long distance thing so Stacy finished the letter she had been writing him for the past two weeks. It was filled with amazing illustrations of the array of human emotions. She is very talented at writing and I hope that the situation resolves in a way that no one remains hurt. I also made some revisions on 3 of the retail signs that I had produced for the managers to use in their stores. I printed the revised return/exchange policy to be posted at the registers also. I ate my lunch while again watching a couple of episodes of Family Guy online. After lunch we had a meeting with a representative of Kaiser Permanente Insurance Provider to explain our new insurance coverage. The meeting went as most meetings about changes go. People were confused, and some were ultimately upset by the fact that their current doctor was not included under the level of coverage that The School Box will pay for 100%. I am just thankful that the School Box pays any part of my health insurance. I am thrilled that Dave is willing to take care of his employees by paying the entire premium of the basic level for each full-time employee. I understand that change is difficult and sometimes a pain. In my situation since I am now a resident of Georgia, if I wish to continue getting injections I must find a doctor down here who will refer me to an allergy specialist to continue treatment. That does not make me happy, but at least I have the ability to do so and it will certainly cut down on my gas bill. There is a quote I would like to share that I recall from Stacy's letter:"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

The rest of the work day went on as usual with some small projects that occupied the remainder of my time. I was about to begin working on de-duping the mailing list to pair it down to only the addresses that we need to send to. (for info: de-dupe means to eliminate duplicate entries of the same information ie. the same account entered twice - once for school and once for the board of education) There is a program that Mike and I looked at from a website: www.dedupeit.com Their software is designed to do specifically what we need to complete this process in an expedient fashion. We contacted the owner and when we hear back from him we will try and negotiate a slightly lower price before we purchase this software for us to use. The rest of the work day was actually frustrating as the copier was down for about an hour and a half for the maintenance crew to finally replace the damaged components that they were supposed to replace 3 weeks ago. Then after they left around 4:00 we were printing some documents for the rest of the company regarding the insurance changes and the copier jammed! Mike and I contemplated throwing it onto I-75 because it would be of more use as a traffic cone than as a piece of office equipment. We finally were able to locate the source of the jam and once the obstruction was removed, it worked fine once again.

I went home and finally got Avid to complete the video clip effects application without crashing so I was able to burn Leslie's DVD and print it for her to give to Brian on Friday night. I took a short nap as I haven't yet had an opportunity to regain the lost sleep from the weekend. It was refreshing and much needed. I had the TV running in the background as I did various things online and completed my birthday present for mom. (if you're reading this, here's what I'm getting you.....A GIFT!) I decided to turn in early as I will need to have energy saved up to go out Friday night with Stacy, Leslie, and Brian. Sleep well!

Meditation for the day: Excerpt from the song "He Will Carry Me" from the musical production How Great is Our God, "Even though I'm walking through the valley of the shadow, I will hold fast to the hand of Him whose love will comfort me. And when all hope is gone and I've been wounded in the battle, He is all the strength that I will ever need. He will carry me."