KateP's musings

        I am not having much success with swearing.   I've held back occasionally, but it's insufficient.    I will keep trying. I also haven’t gotten much done with the cards.   I wrote a letter to my friend Telka and sent it from my work email.    I will print it out when I get there, I spent $88 at Walmart on Depends, Lume, and some other items, hoping that the Depends would fit properly.      I did manage to go to the post office but the scale didn’t work.   I will hand deliver to George This week. Cheryl invited me to Christmas by text, and I just got an alert for Santa Swap for the 25th.   Heading to movie night, I called Liz to say I'd got them.             The journey to Gil’s house took approximately 45 minutes, during which I expressed some frustration.    I didn't really notice anything on the way home. I was the first one...

  It's been a week or ten days and nothing catastrophic went on.  Had Dr. Appointments that turned out alright.  I was 212 or 210 but I think it went back up.  Even the doctor asked that I change my diet. I see the cardiologist before I leave for Allentown next week. Work is going okay JT was terminated yesterday and she didn’t take it well.  She has not been doing her job and the Super kept giving her chances.  She  even signed a last chance form.  According to my Committee leader JT was taken away by police.  For me, my work can be finished by mid morning.  I usually have some other things to do. Liz is doing okay, she wasn't feeling well about ten days ago.  She seems better today.  She is looking forward to a visit from Chris and his family.  I am not really sure if she is going to join them at the Breakwall or not.  She hasn’t heard from the Rivera/Maratea side very much and she was offended but what I think is t...

  Good morning, all!   It’s Saturday and I have been up for a few hours now.   I have done a couple of errands already.   I finally got to the can recycling place and man It was busy, but I managed to get through it.   Someone was kind enough to let me ahead of her (she had so many).   It didn’t take long after that. I went to the credit union to check to see if I could remember my pin number.   For several weeks now I have been having a hard time remembering.   It worked today.   I made a note on my phone to remember the next time I needed it. So, I had a great time at the rally on Thursday.   I was waiting for my ride to come and while I was waiting a security guard came to talk to me.   He had been there always, and I have a feeling he wanted to ask me out.   I was relieved when EV arrived.   We picked up our friends/colleagues down the street and then headed to downtown New Haven.   We parked by the Union Ha...

  I was right.   I didn’t fall asleep until it was about the time to get up.   I got up fed Sky and went back to bed until it was time to get ready for work.   I spent most of my time in a fog and tried to have a couple of cups of coffee.   By the end of the day, I was just as tired. I had my session with Debra, and it wasn’t the entire time either.   She is still having issues with the connection.   She said she would go to IT and get it replaced.    It was kind of irritating to me, but it has happened to all of us. We talked about the situation with Liz and how to handle it if something comes up at the Celebration next week.   She did also say not really planned anything out.   In other words, I think she was telling me not to stress but at that time set boundaries.   We also talked about finances.   (that one will be for another post too). After the session, I fed Sky and myself, watched very little TV and cleaned...

  Hey everyone!   Its another beautiful Weekend.   It’s been a normal Saturday so far.   I slept in until 8 after getting up and feeding Sky.   I am slowly getting stuff cleaned up and hopefully it will be done by the end of the day. When I started this entry last week I didn’t sleep well.   I think I started it at 3 am on Tuesday morning.   It made the rest of the day very long.   I manage to get through the day with no incidence.   The rest of the week I slept better.   That is until Thursday my legs were acting weird.   That means I didn’t drink enough water earlier in the day.   I got up and did the bathroom breaks.   Sky was right there every night. The only Medical/Doctor appointments I had were with Debra and my OB/GYN appointment yesterday.   For My session with Debra, we had to have phone session.   The Zoom still is elusive.   Hopefully next week we will give it ago.   During the OB/GYN ...

  As you recall, we have had a gnat/fruit fly infestation at the office.   Guardian angel made calls and yesterday she was a complete bitch.   I snapped at her after she said some inappropriate things to me.     So, we barely spoke today.   I spent most of the afternoon scanning at work.   I think I did well, but I could be just kidding myself.   I am sure Supervisor Bob would have said something.   I had to show him a patient check I found under my desk that was nearly a year old.   I hadn’t seen it before and when I found it yesterday, I was afraid I would be in trouble.   He just reminded me to be careful in the future. My friend Jennifer was having a really bad day yesterday, and I know I encroached on her space a couple of times.   It worked itself out, but she was just going to lose it all around.   The equipment was not working right (it was happening to a few of us).   There was also the fact that she...

  All week long I have been training JT to do my job while on vacation.  Unfortunately, JT is overwhelmed.  She has insecurities that are making it hard for her to do this.  At times I can’t help feeling that she is using it as an excuse.  It makes me feel I am not doing what I am supposed to. We had a surprise visit arranged by our finance dept lead, of Handsome Dan, The Yale Mascot. It was so sweet.  He loved the attention.  We didn’t get a picture. THere are some administration/management level changes going on for YM and I don’t think they adversely affect the lower staff yet.  IT will be interesting to see in the future. I start my vacation A week from today.  It's three weeks long (the longest I have taken excluding covid time).  My plans are to catch up on stuff at home, be available for LIz who is moving mid september, some doctor appointments and do day trips and visit with people who are free. Monday night I had an accident....

  by  katiegirl06460 February 13, 2023 Most of January I had been sick with an upper Respiratory Infection. I had a persistent cough that has since subsided. Would try to go to work just to come home again several times. I was exhausted. For a short time I had an enlarged heart but I think its better. Now I have a bruise foot that has been hurting for a while….hope it goes away soon. Last week we lost my 83 year old cousin. I am not sure how long he was sick. some of us found out by Facebook. I sent texts and emails to cousins that may not have heard. Apparently they did. This week I will have to let Tiger Lilly cross the Rainbow bridge. We had her annual check up and she is not doing well. She is very underweight and her back leg isn’t doing well either. If you recall about a couple of years ago we discovered she had cancer. I was lucky to have her another year but now its time to let her go. On Thursday afternoon we will say good bye.

  First off an update on the trustee.  We heard from the new trustee a couple of weeks ago.  We all approved him to be temporary Trustee with the possible outcome to dissolve the trust because I can handle my own affairs.  We haven’t heard from him.  I am not sure how I feel about this.  He is submitting an application for temp trustee.. According to my sister he is not about the emotional part of the situation but the hard facts.  Still haven’t heard from the other lawyer LawyerBob#2.  The last I heard he was going to make a reapplication to the courts to get the accounting.  I am not holding my breath at all.  Neither am I going to go out of my way to call them.  Something tells me not getting any money after all. Work has been good and busy.  I am now able to make time to get to the backlog of Denials that has been sitting on a desk.  I haven’t had any complaints so until I do I will try and do them daily.  Actuall...

  When I started this I was sitting working on mailing claim forms from work and have another hour of it.  There seemed to be a lot for a Friday . Work has been going well lately.   I am keeping up with the mail flow a little better.  Some days the volume is light and some days not so much. More departments are returning to the building in hybrid mode.  THe communications dept for the university moved into the second floor this past spring/winter.  We barely see them but we have been getting their mail a little more. The Union across the campus has just voted a large amount of money (I am not against it) to support Local 33 in their continuing bid to be recognized as a union.  My area team (the people I update on activities) didn’t show up to the meeting (it was via zoom).  I am frustrated and disappointed.  THese were not the only things we focus on the larger scale.  There are a few fights brewing but I don’t have all the info to unde...

    I started my day off semi late.   I got up normal time and did the normal routine and then forced myself to finish a very long email to DR. T that I started last week.   I hadn’t worked on it much this weekend.   As I was finishing, I kept rushing and pushed the wrong buttons and almost lost the rest of what I wrote.   I was getting frustrated so much.   I nearly scared the cats.   I had to rush and get dressed as I showered last night.   I managed to get here just before 8 am and worked on the claims and then on the mail.   I am still behind on the mail, and I need to get a lion’s share of it done by the end of the week.   We are moving to the third floor on Friday. I was relieved there wasn’t that much mail for today.   I hope to get everything else further along.   AT least that’s my hope.   As soon as more date stampers come JT will be helping me.   I was actually done with the 17 th mail.   I s...

  Last night continued the Monday Frustrations when My phone wouldn’t call anyone, and I couldn’t get phone calls, and the texts didn’t come until the end of the night. I was unable to have the zoom because the microphone didn’t work for it, and I was getting so frustrated with it that I was really cursing and getting angry.   Poor Debra had to watch it.   Then I spill soda on it and the table.   I thought for sure it would cut out, but it didn’t and has continued to work.   The problem with the phone was no network service??   I hated it.   I ended up turning it off and low and behold it worked. Debra and I will have our session later in the week via zoom.   I don’t know why it did, but my reaction was really over the top.   I kept getting message that my microphone wasn’t working…well when I listened to a video it was fine. I learned last night that Liz’s Friend Marjorie passed away in the last couple of days.   Liz posted it on ...

  It’s been a couple of days again Bullet points Work : *I have been busy.   The HCFA printer is working again.   I have been keeping up with those.   I got some answers regarding some of the HFCA’s.    I try to get those done first thing in the morning.   *I am making progress with the mail.   I will be starting on the sixth of January.     SR provided me with an updated list of instructions for where the mail goes.   Actually JT will be scanning the denials to staff members until I get caught up.   I do have to scan some stuff to other staff members and I am going to try and get some of it done tomorrow. *The eobs scanning is going to be on hold for bit.   I haven’t had time to do any of it and AC went on vacation.     It will be on hold until the supervisor says otherwise. *I have to say even though everyone is being patient and understanding about everything.   I have got to commit myself ...

  This was post was going to be the last Thankful Thursday Post of 2021 but I didn’t do many of those this year either.   Needless to say I am thankful. I ended up not doing much for the day except going to the store and picking up the prescription and some milk and a container of frosting. I did some things around here and then got ready for the meetup.   Man it was stressful getting there.   It was raining but my vision was somewhat blurry and it felt like I was seeing things in three d.   For some reason Google maps didn’t take me straight to the diner.   It took me near Stephanie’s house (I clicked on Guilford link and it was in the middle of nowhere. Well at least for that area.    I was getting stressed.   I finally got to the dinner after 5:30.   PaulaJ, Gillion, Stephanie, and Jackie were there.   I told them what happened when I told Stephanie that I think I was near her house. Eventually Cyn and Steph’s Mom arrived a...

  Yesterday was J’s 71st birthday.   Now ask me if I did anything for his birthday?   That would be a    Whopping no.   What a wonderful sister I am.   I sent an ecard during the day; I did send him a text message.   I sent him HB on FB.   Several of my remote colleagues from administration including ML, MR, and the Clinical Operations team and credentialing all came in to clear out their desks.   This means the move is more real each day.   I caught up with a few of them.   TB became a Daddy in the past year or two. I guess he and his staff is moving to the building when we move upstairs.   Around 2:30 we got an alert there was a Bomb Threat on Campus.   Several buildings on the other side of town closer to the med school were evacuated because they may have had bombs in them.   Around quarter of five we then get message from the shuttle system saying the schedules and routes were altered because of the ...