Even More Fuckery And Medicare Advantage Plan Drops

 

I'm still about Six Unpublished finished Posts ahead, so I feel accomplished in the realm of Blogging.  But, otherwise I do feel somewhat stalled out in The Great Edit & Purge, while also deciding how best to declutter The RV Garage Mahal and Art Studio Spaces a LOT?  Mostly becoz Sales have tanked at The Antique Mall and so I can't rotate Inventory in and Sold Off at the rate I Need to.   No sense packing Merch in there when Sales are flatlined and no profits are evident.  Most Vendors are saying they're relieved lately if they make Rent or break even, which, none of us should feel that way, but in this Economy, that's the Score right now... Lucky if you make Rent or break even and don't Owe!  I like to keep my Options Open for discretionary Income tho', since the Price of everything is escalating.

The current Medicare Provider Fiasco was what Iced my Cake on feeling like we're just treading Water at this point to stay above the Waves and not Drown!!!   The Country seems Shipwrecked and there's no Life Preservers or Life Boats to be seen, and it's a Titanic Moment!   Where the Iceberg has been hit coz the Captain of this Ship is sinking it fast and was recklessly Sailing it from The Jump, staffing it with an incompetent Nepo Hire Crew, so a catastrophe was bound to happen.  I didn't even Buy the Ticket, but we are still along for the whole damned Ride anyway, whether we Voted for someone else or didn't Vote at all, didn't really matter it seems, I'm not even sure things weren't rigged and an Election wasn't Bought, to be quite Honest.  

 The Ketamine King eluded to as much and he spent a lot of Money installing this President, so I had no reason to doubt his claim that he Bought this Presidency and felt therefore "Owed" big.  Well, he and others, clearly... Bought pieces of Donnie Two Dolls and The Supreme Court, for sure.   I'm not sure if they Got what they thought they Paid For or not?  Mebbe.  Mebbe NOT?   There seem to be a lot of unhappy "Investors" let us just say, so I don't know that they feel they got a Wise Investment?   When an Extortionist or Terrorist makes demands, well, you're on The Hook, forever and ever really, and being Played.  There are no Real Deals to be had with that Corrupt ilk.   And if you're Paying Off someone for Favor or allowing yourself to be Extorted, or Blackmailed, then really are you Innocent, or any better of Character or of lack of a Moral Compass?  I think not.  You're likely cut from the same Cloth me thinks and got some Skeletons rattling in Closets.

Anyway, it's all a Cluster Fuck now and I have no actual Control over what Fuckery is coming out of this White House to make Life more Expensive, more Complicated, and ensuring some of us are being discriminated against for our Medical Needs, even with Earned Benefits we're being unceremoniously dumped off of when we're Old and Sick especially.  The Hurry Up And Die Plan has just been expedited and some of us just won't Croak fast enuf so they're putting the Screws to us so that perhaps we'll have no Choice but to Die or try to Live with Crippling Medical Debt and no or reduced and unaffordable Insurance Coverage???  Anyway, I called Medicare and their whole System is Down, they have no idea when it will be up, blaming everything on the Government Shutdown and I'm sure the people answering Calls aren't getting Paid, the Countenance made that quite evident actually.  The indifference and fatigue was pronounced, they've been dealing with these kinds of Calls all day every day I'm sure.

So, she punted it down the Road to say she wasn't sure she could even Help me once the System would be back up, to call my Medical Providers to see if they take any of the Plans still being offered.  Then call whatever Plans directly after I think I might choose one.  THEN perhaps she could Enroll me, but shit, Thanks for nothing coz I can Enroll myself actually directly with a Provider... so the Medicare Staff answering Calls are actually completely Useless right now.  Just like Social Security Staff were when Checks were being fucked with and our State AG had to therefore get involved.  Anyway, the Shutdown is the 3rd longest in U.S. History with no known End Game.  I think the Dems are using their leverage and Political Currency NOT to their best advantage IMO.  But I won't even go there right now on what I'd of done to put the Screws 100% on the MAGA Sycophants on the opposing side who've ordered the Shutdown and how I'd dump it in the Lap of Speaker Johnson like a Wet pile of his own Shit.

So, I called my Primary Doc's Office and Yes, they do take MOST Plans thru Humana Choice, so that might Work???   Now I'll call Humana and there's Two Plans of Choice of theirs I'm considering.  The one for The Man is Cheaper but it can afford to be, he has no Teeth so doesn't Need Dental, plus he Qualifies for Free Dental thru the VA anyway, I don't.  And, he never uses his Silver Sneaker Plan thru The Gym/Medicare, I do, so I don't wanna give that up either.  The Plan for me has way better Dental than I presently have, covering Twice as much Annually, up to Two Grand.  And it still is accepted by "Lifetime Fitness" thru their Silver Sneaker Plan that HUMANA Offers on that Plan I'm considering.  Granted, Co-Pays for Specialists is $35 a Visit, right now I have None, and ER Visits are $125, right now they're 0... but Urgent Care is still 0 and I prefer to go there anyway, less wait and they transfer you to a Hospital if you're requiring more Care than they can provide.  There's a $60 OTC Quarterly Allowance, right now I have $50.

Well, I enrolled in HUMANA and my liaison Paul Achillea, who gave me permission to give him a Shout Out on the ole' Blog in case you need to Enroll, was so helpful.  He's British and Greek, now lives in Florida, very nice Young Man and not an Agent on Commission, he Guessed right away I must be from Arizona and dumped from either AETNA or United due to being Military... he'd be Right... he said all his Calls Today were Urban Phoenicians who are Retired Military and got the Letters of being dropped!  He said usually it's been Rural People being dropped before now, so Phoenix really got Hosed by Major Providers just dumping their Military Enrollees on Medicare.  

Anyway, while Fishing for the best Plan to suit our Needs and what we Qualify for being Retired Military, he found me Two better Plans for The Man and I, one specifically for the Veteran, the other specifically for their Dependent.  Better than either Plan I'd researched Online coz these Two Plans weren't even listed Online as Options.  Good to know this when you call to Enroll in any Plans.   It's rather like the Secret Menu at Fast Food Joints.  *Winks*  So, Relieved that now come January 1st I don't have to worry about changing Docs or not having Coverage, our Docs & Specialists are part of their Providers approved and our Docs take their Insurance Coverage, whew!   We also get Money back Monthly to offset what Social Security deducts for Medicare Coverage, for the Man it's up to $94 and for me it's something like up to $74 back each Month, that's considerable Savings. 

 Both had Silver Sneakers Gym Membership to Lifetime Fitness, The Man's doesn't provide Dental but the VA provides his Dental so that is okay.  He doesn't have Teeth anyway.  So, Problem Solved, I'm not so Wound Up now and my Calm is Restored.  *Ommmmmm*  He said people were shook up by being dropped and so unexpectedly, I told him about Medicare not being the least bit Helpful on their Hotline coz of Government Shutdown and System Down, he wasn't Surprised, he was getting an Earful from people calling about that too.  He had Military Family Members that had been in the RAF so he said it is Shameful how the Military are being done with these Changes.  He said HUMANA does Coverage for a lot of Military Families tho'... and he was very knowledgeable about what we Qualify for and don't, some Civilians aren't as Aware.  He complimented me on doing my Homework and my own Due Diligence before even calling.  It streamlined Enrollment.

Disaster averted now I can Relax some until the next Crisis hits with White House Fuckery unabated.  It's Wild to me that ALL of this could have just been avoided if Kamala had Won the Election, ALL OF IT!  We'd of enjoyed a Normal Presidency with a decent Human Being we didn't have to stay up Nights worrying about systematically scheming of ways to be destroying the Country, and Grifting the Country shamelessly to enrich themselves, at our Expense and while we Slept.  It's so Telling that America is so far from being Progressive and Enlightened enough, that the very thought of a Healthy Sane Woman, especially one of Color, being President, caused them to Vote instead for an adjudicated Sex Offender and Convicted Felon, Career Criminal, and Geriatric Psychopath in obvious serious Cognitive decline instead.   And so now the Country is a Downward Spiral with Democracy and Civility hanging in the balance.

Even tho' I got everything straightened out this Morning I still feel Emotionally drained and a bit Raw, so I never got out of my Jammies and Needed a Nap by Noon.   The Daughter and Mando had taken The Son to Work and picked him up, but I may have to help with getting him to and from Work until he gets his Car to pass Emissions, that's the Issue now.  It runs but it probably won't Pass the mandatory Testing to get his Tags renewed.  He doesn't want Drama for Expired Tags, plus he also needs his Windshield replaced and doesn't have the Free replacement coverage my Insurance provides.  On Arizona Roads, especially the Freeways, Rocks flying off Commercial Gravel Trucks is a big Problem, so is Tire Damage from Construction Debris on the Roads.

  I've got another Screw I picked up on a Rear Tire that now I gotta go get Repaired AGAIN.  They're never held responsible for the damage they cause to people's Vehicles that can cost the unfortunate a lot of Money for replacement Windshields and Tires.   His Crack kept getting bigger 'til now he could get a Ticket or Warning for it, started out a Crack coz a big Rock flew off a Commercial Truck and hit it, so no Chip which could have been inexpensively repaired.  He used to do Windshield Replacement and Repairs when he was a Glazier, but he no longer has Contacts in the Industry.  He could have repaired a Chip himself, but a Crack, you Need a Windshield.  He's on the Freeway a lot of Hours commuting to and from Work every day and during times the Big Rigs are most prominently traveling with full loads of Rock, Gravel and whatever their Loads are. 

I think we've just been Dealing with so much at once that after a while you get Emotional Fatigue from it even if you've remained Cool, Calm & Collected while moving thru it and appearing Stoic outwardly.  On the Inside I do feel near Tears, but, I tend to have a hard time Crying.  Never have been a Weeper, I find it difficult to Cry actually, even when I could and probably should.  I think having a good snotty Cry would probably be a nice Release but I just can't do it, the Tears won't come and yet I do feel the Emotion you might have during a good Cry.  My Family have probably never seen me Cry hardly ever, even when I've gotten hurt and am in a lot of Pain or had some incredible Loss.   

 

So, anyway, I just have that uncomfortable feeling of Internally being Emotional and ready to Cry.  But, without the capacity to actually do it and Outwardly look anything but looking like I feel Nothing at all now, Zero Emotion, a Numbness of Expressing it.  I know that can be a Psychological Response to Emotional Numbing from Chronic Stress or Trauma, sometimes Depression, tho' I don't feel Depressed... so it's probably due to Chronic Stress and some Traumatic Situations we've recently moved thru beyond our Control.   Anyway, the day has been Lovely but I haven't had it in me to do anything really.  I watched a Sad NetFlix Documentary, didn't Help me to Cry.  *LOL*  Yeah, I watched it Hoping, mebbe this will do it... it was a Tear Jerker... but, Nada.

I should just watch a Comedy Special instead and Laugh, I can easily Laugh, it's way easier than trying to Cry for me.  Being Emotionally Raw just makes me fucking Tired.  So even with the Nap, which was a pretty long early Siesta, I could still just lay down and Sleep again and it's only Three Hours later than the Nap!!!   The Daughter was working in The RV Garage Mahal, but, I just got instantly Overwhelmed in there and said, Nope, can't Today, Sorry, not in the Right Head Space for all this Visual Chaos going on in here.  *Smiles*  She understood and said, Yeah, it is a LOT and I've put so much on the Floor in areas you had all Styled and Decluttered, Sorry.  She's Organizing like objects together which is what we Need to do, but area to do that is limited to spread it all out like that.  Visually it's stimulus and sensory overload to me coz it's not Decorated or Style, there's no Placement, it's just a lot of similar stuff together and everywhere now.

If Sales don't pick up at the Antique Mall it will hinder the ability to Sell Off what we need to efficiently and be a lot of Work for little Reward at the moment.   I don't have it in me to Work hard for no Reward at anything right now.  I don't know how Federal Workers and Military are doing it, showing up to Work and knowing they aren't getting Paid and can't Support their Families during the Shutdown?  And have no Idea how long this Fuckery will continue while Politicians don't fucking do their Jobs while getting Paid NOT to show up to Work and not Caring how much Pain and Hardship they're causing Real People!!!  Honorable People in Public Service and Defending our Country!!!  It's truly disgraceful.   The Stress, Anxiety and Depression that has to be causing is immeasurable and Traumatic to those People and their Families.

 

I took another Nap and slept until 9:30 p.m.!  But, I felt better, not Emotionally Raw anymore, so it balanced me out and got me back to Center.  *Whew*  Means I'd literally almost slept the day away with Two Naps, a Morning one and an Afternoon one, but my Body and Mind must have needed it.  Sometimes you push yourself too hard and you have to then rebel against yourself and your Body/Mind says Enough already!!!  We have the VA Nurse not only coming in the Morning, but, also The Man's Cardiology Follow-Up with Dr. Singh.  I think it will be a Positive Checkup for him with the Cardiologist.  He's been behaving himself and Healing well IMO.   I know we'll have to tell the VA Nurse that we aren't sure if having to switch on Civilian Insurance Providers might mean we won't get approval for a Civilian Subcontract past the end of the Year when they re-evaluate on November 1st?  

But, they might extend us thru the End of Year, I dunno?   Medicare Advantage is paying for this as far as I know with his VA Doctor having requested it... I just don't know how all that works with Civilian Services coordinating with Veteran's Services?   Anyway, when Princess T saw the above Pix of herself from 2019 she lamented that she's cut her Hair so much and layered it, along with having Bangs.  She'd almost forgotten how long and thick her Hair used to be, how Bronzed she is when she gets Outside more instead of sequestered in the House so much, and how much more Weight she was able to carry.  Her Gut Issues, and those of her Brother, have only worsened with their Age over time.  Both have been to referred to Gastro Specialists.  The Young Prince also Hates being so Thin and Pale now that he feels like he looks like he's a Vegan!  *LOL*  Seriously, people assume he's Vegan due to his Fragile Appearance, but, it's Health Issues.

He no longer eats Pork coz he said he found every time he did his Gut Issues were worse, so he's methodically been eliminating Foods that he pays attention to that upset his System.  Also, with him, due to the extent of his Mental Illness, he has serious Food Aversion Disorders becoz he often Imagines his Food is Moving and still Alive when he has Psychosis while Eating.  That is not at all Helpful of coarse.  And, he said in New Mexico the price of Food has skyrocketed so much he got banned from Wal-Mart for a Year for cheating when self-scanning Food coz he didn't have enuf to pay for it all.  They didn't press charges, coz it was obviously Food and he looks so emaciated and was using Nutritional Assistance to even pay for what he could afford, but, it isn't enough and he cannot Work.  

Allen had just switched Jobs due to being dropped from their Health Insurance at "Lowe's" and they'd opted to afford Allen's Medicine he desperately Needs over Groceries and just go Hungry.  No American should be forced to make that Choice between their Food or their Medicines!!!   The only reason he Came Clean about it to us is he never keeps Secrets and wasn't sure if being Banned from one Wal-Mart means you're Banned from all of them Nationwide?   His Mom and Mando were going there and had asked if he wanted to come along, he declined and told me Why.  He was not Proud of trying to Steal/Cheat to get Food, but, said that Allen had to have his Medicine, so, he still felt they made the Right Choice.  Plus, Allen has to stay Healthy to Work and Support them.  Now he's back at the Slaughterhouse, which is seriously Physically demanding and dangerous Work, he has to have his Meds AND enough Nutrition to be Okay.

He said Clovis isn't Big like Phoenix so doesn't have the Resources you could hit up to find Present Help when you're in Crisis Mode.  Plus, there's not as many places to Shop for Price Options either to Save on Groceries.  He noticed Groceries here were way Cheaper than there.  They had no Discount Grocer like where I got all those recent Deals and I can stretch a Buck further here by Shopping around the Competition of various Grocery Chains and their Deals/Sales.   Counting Convenience Stores, Truck Stops and Dollar Generals, there's about 20 options where they live to buy Groceries and most have limited Options.  Major Grocers is a scant few and of coarse the One Wal-Mart they were banned for 18 Months from so now can't Shop there.   There is One Food Bank and the Line gets long early and waits are very long.  Allen Works long Hours and has the only transportation, The Young Prince can't drive and it's not walking distance to the Food Bank.  Not many Restaurants either... but if you can't afford Groceries you sure can't afford to eat out.

He showed up here with $18 to last the Two Weeks so we've told him we'll supplement that and his Sister put some Money on his Card from hers Today, Bless her, she Loves her Big Brother and could see how tough he's been having it.  He hadn't wanted to complain or ask us for Money, knowing things are tight here and we send Money regularly to their Younger Sisters in Mexico when they run out of Food.  He figures it's probably twice as hard in a 3rd World Country for his 18 Year Old Sister to Support herself and her Two Younger Siblings since their other Grandmother Died.  He'd be Right about that, the Oldest of the Trio in Mexico has her Dance Card full, Working full time, going to College, Modeling on the Side, AND being Responsible for her Two Younger Siblings Care and Well Being.  

She was able to pay for her continued Tuition, which was a Relief.  We'd sent Food and Utility Money to Help out, and Tuition/Uniform Money for the Middle one still in High School.  She'd paid for the Younger one's High School Tuition/Uniforms, but couldn't afford her own College Tuition when her Scholarships ran out and weren't renewed.  I'd just sent Money for Food/Utilities/Tuition/Uniform Fees so I didn't have it either.  So, The Daughter hit up all her Friends in Mexico to help out and they came thru again and told her don't worry, she doesn't Owe them, they were Happy to do what they could for her Kids.  They all know her Kids and have kind of been like an extended Family to them.  Both the Mexican National Friends she has, and the American Ex-Pat Friends she has in Mexico.  Combined, they came up with what the Oldest needed to stay in School.  *Whew*   She has kept Good Grades, but it's just not a Full Boat Scholarship she Won.

Anyway, so, at least now everyone is covered for the time being.  The Young Prince was so Happy to be back in Phoenix where Food is more plentiful.  He's been like a Hungry Wolf in the Kitchen devouring Food and I told him to eat as much as he can without getting ill from doing so.  I've been Hungry, it's Painful to go without enough Food.  When The Daughter was an Infant, she had Gut Issues since Birth too, probably a failing from her Paternal side of the Family I highly Suspect and has perhaps been passed along Genetically to her Kiddos?   Anyway, she couldn't Breast Feed and couldn't drink regular Formula.  She required a VERY Expensive Specialty Formula and I was a Single Parent and before my Corporate Ascension in Banking had a Meteoric Rise.  I did make AVP by the time I was in my Mid-20's, part of my Ambition/Drive was coz I knew I couldn't Support myself and my Child on a Secretary's Salary.  

My Baby had Medical Issues and the Boyfriend who Fathered her had bailed and never been responsible towards her.   I was eating every other Day and working long Hours.   Child Care was Expensive even in the Eighties and she was Medically Fragile so Child Care Options were limited due to that liability for the Centers willing to take a Medically Complex Infant/Young Child.  I had to bring her Specialty Food with her to Child Care.  So, I remember vividly how challenging that all was.  And, when The Son was Born and I had to get a Divorce, I was Homeless with a Newborn and a Four Year Old too later on... Life has it's Issues of Life you cannot always predict the outcomes of, you Soldier On.  If you are Working you often don't Qualify for Social Services, any of them, I remember being told if I quit my Career they'd Help me, otherwise, I just didn't Qualify no matter the Circumstances.  

Pretty sure that still applies.  Allen working full time and Housed means they can't always Qualify for Assistance like the Unemployed and Homeless might.  They've been Unemployed, they've been Homeless, they got more Help then.   Food Insecurities, even among those with Employment, is rampant in the United States, many people don't always comprehend that Fact.  The Lines at our Urban Food Banks is getting longer every time I drive by one and some have had to Close due to Cuts.  During Pandemic it was bad but I'm seeing Lines about as long as they were when everyone was out of Work that had Non-Essential Jobs.  Pretty sure a lot in Line now might be Federal Workers and Military Families... and those that this Regime has Fired or caused their Employers to have to Lay people off due to a shitty Economy that isn't rebounding.  Tariffs have hit a lot of Small Businesses really hard.  They aren't Buying Exemptions from this Regime by attending such things as Million Dollar a Plate Luncheons held at Mar-A-Lago.

And yeah it makes me Angry that this Administration is so Corrupt that only Bribes and Extortion grant Federal Favor and Decisions being made.  Or getting your Get-Out-Of-Jail Free Card no matter the Crime, but if you are backing his Party... but you'll be Targeted by them for Prosecution with a Stalin Like "Find The Man And We'll Find Or Fabricate The Crime" Methods being used to Weaponize our DOJ flagrantly.   It sickens me when I see Foreign Dignitaries groveling and heaping saccharine Praise upon this despicable Creature occupying our White House.  The Australian President was there this particular day forcing himself to prostrate and gush, just like the whole Republican Party and various Big Biz Leaders have been, willing to humiliate and debase themselves to fawn over him.  *Gak, I had to immediately change the Channel whilst Surfing by every News Station to avoid such Spectacles playing out in Real Time!!!* 

  Some Media too is fawning and Pretending to be "Balanced" now, telling "Both Sides"!!!  As if it's Righting Wrongs to pretend Wrong could be Right!!!  OMG!   One has to or "Off with their Heads"... and they know how punitive, retaliatory and what retribution and revenge he'll exact otherwise.  It's like Alice In Wonderland's Red Queen of Hearts most days... "Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards".   That Fictional Character of the Famous Book often emphasized her short Temper, arbitrary Authority and her desire to solve Problems with immediate Punishment and Execution... sound familiar?   Yeah, he's just one step away from the last part and then he'll be right up there with North Korea and Russia's Presidential Homicidal Psychopath Tendencies, or a Cartel's, it's only a matter of Time IMO.  

And I'm not being hyperbolic at all, this is what I think we're heading towards on a Runaway Train fast tracking it to go completely Wheels Off Rails very, very soon.  We already have American Concentration Camps nobody can gain Access to, with his Armed Goons even Shooting Clergy and Gassing Peaceful Protestors!  Some of the Goons are up on Charges of extreme brutality, but, they know their Master will exonerate them, issues Pardons, just like he has for January 6th Criminals who were Convicted and various other Partisan Politicians and Celeb Friends of his, so there's no real Justice gonna actually play out now.  Some he's Pardoned even got new Reality Shows given them Post Pardon {The Chrisley's Back To Reality}, coz, doesn't America just Love a good Salacious Scandal, Criminal Bad Guy or other Villain on their Reality TV... or... in their White House now?   Coz here we fuckin' are!!!  Perhaps they'll float some Reality Show Starring George Santos next to elevate that chronically Criminal Scumbag too, anything's possible now?

Am I Jaded?  You betcha, seen too much NOT to be, and probably so have you by now?   The Good Guys aren't Winning and the Bad Guys definitely are getting away with whatever they want to now... I see no Checks and Balances, it could be Years or Generations away to Restore Order and Sanity in fact?  I'll still Resist and Rage Against The Machine tho', and so should you.   Rolling Over would be complicit.  Some Demographics in America have Fought hard now for Generations without giving up, giving in, or giving out.   They just keep handing the Baton off to the next Generations to continue the Good Fight and to make Good Trouble.   I remember my Dear Dad's Sage Advice in his latter part of his Life, for me to continue to Bow Down to No Man.  He never did, he never would.  He still Served his Country with Pride and Honor for 27 Years in the Military... as did his Surviving Older Brother {they Lost Three other Brothers in Childhood}, and several Cousins Served Honorably.

Even tho' his People had suffered much and continue to be a much persecuted and neglected Minority as the Indigenous People of this Country.   I felt it was Performatory to pretend Columbus Day had been somehow turned into Indigenous People's Day.   How were they ACTUALLY Honored by America on that Day... I'll wait...   Some couldn't even bring themselves to call it Indigenous People's Day and resented even the pretense of it being one.   The Tribes themselves do have their Cultural Celebrations and Protests regularly with Pow Wows, recognizing their resilience, protesting ongoing Injustices, the Historical impacts of Colonization, the Environmental Crisis, and Tribe Pride.  My Paternal Cousins and their Children, Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren still participate in all of that, like our Ancestors before them did.  But America at large does NOT Celebrate them and never has.  It's disingenuous and offensively patronizing to Pretend otherwise.

Yeyas, I'm very Ranty Today, getting it out of my System is therapeutic sometimes... otherwise I might just go Postal?  *LOL and Winks*  Did I ever tell ya I once Worked for the Post Office for Three whole Days before Quitting and telling them I HATED their Job!?  *LOL*  Yep, they tried to talk me out of it and to go Home and think about it to reconsider Quitting, but I told them that I was quite Sure I'd still HATE their Job in the Morning, so, No, Bye, won't be back!   I'm fast and accurate and a Federal Job would have been Sweet, I had to do a lot to even GET the fucking Job, but now I know how and Why the Term "Postal" came into Being.  *Winks*  People who Work there, well, let us just say I don't blame them when they fucking Snap, I KNEW I would... and I won't go into elaborate Details about the Why, too numerous... it was an Insane Working Environment they had at their Data Centers that Process the Mail, OMG!  

One Tidbit, just for your Amusement, but it's TRUE, they actually in Orientation showed you a fucking Government Form they expected you to fill out if you had to use the Bathroom and it wasn't your Assigned Break!!!  I thought the Staff Member was playing a Joke and Laughed, she looked at me Sternly and said quite Angrily, that she was Serious!!!  I told her I only ever had to Raise my Hand in Kindergarten if I had to satisfy the Natural Call of Nature, so I'd piss all over her Floor before I'd fill out a Government Form for PERMISSION to use the Facilities.   She was not Amused when she realized I wasn't Joking either!  *LOL*   That's when I told her Supervisor that I Quit and HATED their Job.  I had been one of the fastest and most accurate in Orientation so he said he didn't wanna lose me and I said, well, too bad, I do not wanna work here, not Today, not EVER.  No Government Form filling to use the Bathroom and other ridiculously Outrageous Rules... forget about it.  I'd be getting Written Up all the fucking time or just Snap on their Asses and go "Postal"!  For Sure.

  They did call me at Home to ask me to come back, I wouldn't.  My Lifelong BFF Barbara, Mom of The Niece, who was previously in the Military, lasted a Whole Year, I don't know how she didn't go Mental during that time?!  But she did have to seek Therapy afterwards, so, just sayin'.  I've met Ex-Post Office Employees that came to Work at the DA's Office and they were quite Mental.  I had no reason to Doubt the Why!!!  *LOL*  I swear the one Gal that came to work for our Department, who'd been a Postal Employee Previously for a Decade, had severe PTSD from it, like she'd been to fucking War!!!   And so the Content of our Files really did send her Over The Edge one day on Night Shift.  She had such a Panic Attack we had to call Paramedics, thought she was having a Heart Attack, and they carried her Ass out on a Stretcher!   She never returned... and it wasn't one of the worst Files from the worst Bureaus coz she was still on Probation and we were easing her in to what she'd be Processing there!!! 

 Only us Seasoned Employees Worked Bureaus like Homicide, Sex Crimes, Gang/ROP and Family Violence.  You can't give that shit to a Newbie or they Fall Out immediately!!!  Never come back from Lunch or Break... start Crying at their Desks, definitely never made it thru Probation, happened on The Regular.   Now, I could handle THAT, but, the Post Office, no way... the Environment there was beyond Mental IMO, from Three Days In and so it was a Hard Pass for me.  *Ha ha ha*  Oh, and a BTW:  The Post Office Employees are getting Paid during the Shutdown even tho' Military aren't and P.O. is made up of Federal Employees too... so, does our Government probably then Think they're Postal enuf they wouldn't dare to withhold their Paychecks?   Yet, our Active Duty won't?   I dunno?

  But is is something to contemplate.  *Bwahahahahaha*   Now, I know they say it's coz it's an Independent Federal Agency that doesn't rely on Tax Dollars for it's Operations... yet... in the back of my Mind I'm just musing... yeah, but, might they just go "Postal" if you didn't cut their Checks and go on the Rampage?  *Winks and Smiles*  Just my very fertile Imagination at Work there, no Offense meant to the Sane ones working there, but I'm pretty Sure they got Stories to tell about some of their Insane Co-Workers?  *Smiles*   Anyway, I am glad my Mailman and his other Post Office Employees are all getting Paid coz we do need to get our Mail delivered on time.

Apparently The Son took himself to Work this Morning coz his Car is gone and he never woke me, his Sister, or Mando up to take him.  I don't know I could have been up at 3:00 a.m., it's hard enuf at 5:00 a.m. to get Princess T to Work by 6:00 a.m. on a Tuesday.   She was running Late this day and blasted in to our Room wailing she had Two Minutes to get there... I drive fast, but not that fast!   However, I got her there at 6:02, pretty sure that's a Record?  *Winks*  Other Co-Workers were just arriving too so she'll be Fine.  *Smiles*  It's only half a Block from Home where she Works and on Tuesdays she has to be there an Hour earlier than the other Four Days she has a Shift, so Traffic is lighter.  By 7:00 a.m. on Wed-Fri the Kids are going to School and there's Two Schools between here and there.   Saturdays are light Traffic coz nobody that isn't Working is up Shopping yet at 7:00 a.m. on a Weekend.   I shouldn't even be up that early on a Weekend!  Aren't I allegedly a Retiree?!   *Winks* 

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No sleeping in for the Wicked I guess... Dawn... The Bohemian