Friday, September 01, 2006
Unpleasant surprises.....
Have had a summer-long battle with ants around the house that required professional spraying on three different occasions. The stuff from the store just wasn't effective. We had at least three different kinds of ants, but the most recent treatment about two weeks ago seemed to do the trick, so I relaxed. Not so fast.
My neighbor and I were looking at my storm-damaged tree last week to see if it might hold up at least until the house was sold. That was when we noticed a swarm of flying insects all over the tree! Well, I don't know a bee from a wasp from a hornet from a yellowjacket, but I could tell that this probably wasn't a good sign. Sure enough, after watching them for awhile, I noticed they were also coming up to the house and disappearing into a gap between the post that held up the porch and the overhang. Couldn't see well enough to be able to tell if there was a nest or not, but I didn't like the way they were hanging around my front door and decided not to take any chances. So I had to call the pest control guys again. Somebody came by yesterday. He said they were wasps. He got out the spray and pumped it into the top of both posts on my porch. Suddenly, the air was FILLED with angry wasps! Turns out there were at least two nests, and had I waited, I would have had a real mess on my hands.
Later on yesterday, I went to the pharmacy to pick up a refill for Lunesta, my prescription sleep aid. Was not thrilled to discover that my new insurance doesn't cover it AT ALL. Not only that, the price of a month of pills was $126! Not much I could do except pay it because I absolutely cannot sleep without it, and if I go without sleep, I'll get sicker, which would be a very bad idea right now. After I move and get new docs, I can try to get one of them to appeal to the insurance company that I need this med, that none of the other sleep aids are as effective for me. But for now, I guess I'll just have to pay up. I just hope there aren't too many of my other meds that aren't covered, or I'm gonna go broke much faster than anticipated.
STILL have not gotten my disability pension sorted out. I was eligible in May, but was told then that the paperwork I'd been given was outdated. Finally got part one of the application process, a request to calculate the benefit, in July, which I returned promptly. On it, I was to select a date for the pension to begin. I chose the earliest date allowed, September 1st. I got the benefit calculation a few weeks later and was supposed to get part two of the application after that. It never arrived. i have called the office twice. The contact person is never there, and I have been leaving messages. So, here it is September 1st, and no pension. I think what I will do is call the president of the union next week and see if he can light a fire under the butt of the woman who is supposed to be handling my paperwork.
Have had just ONE showing on the house in the past month. I think next week, after Dan has gone back to Sioux Falls, if I have not gotten any more showings, I am going to contact the realtor and offer to drop the price on the house. I can't sit here all fall and winter waiting for a miracle. I need to get people in here looking at my house. The longer I go without showings, the harder it's gonna be to sell because people are gonna wonder what's wrong with the house if it has been on the market for several months. I am prepared to drop the price $4000. I should still be able to pay off both mortgages and put a decent down payment and pay closing costs on a house in Sioux Falls. But that window of opportunity gets smaller with each passing week.
Should mention that I have no idea whether or not I'll be updating my blog while Dan's here. I probably won't be on the computer at all during the day. But he's converted to a different sleep schedule than I have, so if I'm up for a few hours after he goes to bed, I might sneak on here since it's not likely to keep him awake (as long as I don't play my iTunes too loudly, heh heh).
I am soooo ready for this house to sell.
My neighbor and I were looking at my storm-damaged tree last week to see if it might hold up at least until the house was sold. That was when we noticed a swarm of flying insects all over the tree! Well, I don't know a bee from a wasp from a hornet from a yellowjacket, but I could tell that this probably wasn't a good sign. Sure enough, after watching them for awhile, I noticed they were also coming up to the house and disappearing into a gap between the post that held up the porch and the overhang. Couldn't see well enough to be able to tell if there was a nest or not, but I didn't like the way they were hanging around my front door and decided not to take any chances. So I had to call the pest control guys again. Somebody came by yesterday. He said they were wasps. He got out the spray and pumped it into the top of both posts on my porch. Suddenly, the air was FILLED with angry wasps! Turns out there were at least two nests, and had I waited, I would have had a real mess on my hands.
Later on yesterday, I went to the pharmacy to pick up a refill for Lunesta, my prescription sleep aid. Was not thrilled to discover that my new insurance doesn't cover it AT ALL. Not only that, the price of a month of pills was $126! Not much I could do except pay it because I absolutely cannot sleep without it, and if I go without sleep, I'll get sicker, which would be a very bad idea right now. After I move and get new docs, I can try to get one of them to appeal to the insurance company that I need this med, that none of the other sleep aids are as effective for me. But for now, I guess I'll just have to pay up. I just hope there aren't too many of my other meds that aren't covered, or I'm gonna go broke much faster than anticipated.
STILL have not gotten my disability pension sorted out. I was eligible in May, but was told then that the paperwork I'd been given was outdated. Finally got part one of the application process, a request to calculate the benefit, in July, which I returned promptly. On it, I was to select a date for the pension to begin. I chose the earliest date allowed, September 1st. I got the benefit calculation a few weeks later and was supposed to get part two of the application after that. It never arrived. i have called the office twice. The contact person is never there, and I have been leaving messages. So, here it is September 1st, and no pension. I think what I will do is call the president of the union next week and see if he can light a fire under the butt of the woman who is supposed to be handling my paperwork.
Have had just ONE showing on the house in the past month. I think next week, after Dan has gone back to Sioux Falls, if I have not gotten any more showings, I am going to contact the realtor and offer to drop the price on the house. I can't sit here all fall and winter waiting for a miracle. I need to get people in here looking at my house. The longer I go without showings, the harder it's gonna be to sell because people are gonna wonder what's wrong with the house if it has been on the market for several months. I am prepared to drop the price $4000. I should still be able to pay off both mortgages and put a decent down payment and pay closing costs on a house in Sioux Falls. But that window of opportunity gets smaller with each passing week.
Should mention that I have no idea whether or not I'll be updating my blog while Dan's here. I probably won't be on the computer at all during the day. But he's converted to a different sleep schedule than I have, so if I'm up for a few hours after he goes to bed, I might sneak on here since it's not likely to keep him awake (as long as I don't play my iTunes too loudly, heh heh).
I am soooo ready for this house to sell.
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