So, Nurse Remi came with Good News, the VA Approved Weekly visits again becoz they could see The Man is declining and needs closer Observation and more Care than Bi-Weekly. So, for the rest of this Month we're having her come very Tuesday Morning. His Numbers were very good tho' on his Blood Pressure, Oxygen Saturation and Sugars, but, he hasn't been feeling Great and tires so quickly and easily now, which is concerning. We gave her a big Box of Citrus from Omar's Trees and Two Big Banana Boxes full of New Adult Small Size Packages of Diapers that we can't use but she can hand out to Clients or send to Nigeria. She said her Church often sends necessary Medical and Hygiene Supplies to her Home Country and the Ministries set up there, which is wonderful and much needed too. But she has Clients here who can use some as well.
Then we had Not-So-Good News that The Son ISN'T getting Nutritional Assistance for March after all. So, he only got $40 worth for January and a full Month's worth for February, but nothing for March. Which, isn't the 90 Days worth he was told he was Approved for, it's barely over a Month's worth after waiting for any Help since November of last Year! But, it's better than nothing so he's parsing it out to make it last thru this Month now. He's been using it sparingly anyway so it lasted thru February and he thinks he can make just the One Months worth actually last for Two Months if he's frugal with it? They have told him if he does 20 Hours of Volunteer Work a Week he can Qualify for more Assistance Month to Month, but he has to show Proof of either Paid Temp or Part-Time Work, or Volunteer Work.
He should have gotten a Letter then from those Assholes he helped to Move, spending several Days doing it, and then they Stole his brand new Drill that he'd never even used yet. Mando did give him an identical Used Drill to replace it, so, he's not pushing the Issue with Rob, who asked him to help those People and help him with Moving their whole Household. No Good Deed goes unpunished, as they say. He's upset about it but knows not to blindly Trust folks, especially if you don't know them. Just doing something benevolent to them doesn't mean they won't take advantage and mistake your Kindness for Weakness and still Victimize you. Many a Good Samaritan has been Victimized by those they only tried to Help.
Anyway, I heard more disturbing things Today but won't comment or Blog about it until I know more about it, Verified. The Source seems reliable and visibly upset, so for now I have no reason to doubt them at all, and I'd already heard vaguer Rumors about it from someone else. But, both have been hearing it from someone else and I then don't know how reliable a Source those People are or if it's Speculation and not Factual or even Verified or not? Without evidence or proof then anything could be faulty information so I've learned never to jump to conclusions myself. I'm methodical about getting as much information as possible before I draw conclusions about anything I Hear and am told happened. But, if it turns out to be True, it is disturbing and concerning.
So, I don't even recall all of what I'd Written and added Imagery of that was just dumped without me doing it. *Le Sigh* I'm Mad about it, but no way to retrieve what involuntarily dumped and didn't Save. Even tho' I know I'd Saved the Updated Version coz Changes Saved actually does it Automatically as I'm Typing this right now!!! I can Save it myself Manually too anytime, but, once it's Saved how the fuck can that just reverse itself and only Keep an earlier Version of the same thing? Someone more Tech Savvy than me will have to explain it. Coz the "Post:Edit" Tab only had One of this Post Open when I walked away... and when I came back it was a much earlier version of this Post Open and not the Updated one, WTF!!! I was livid coz I almost had the whole damned Post done, loaded with Images... and had to almost start from scratch now!
I decided not to even include some of the original Images and I can't remember the Post Content I added to this... so... it will have to just be a completely New Stream of Consciousness then... dammit!!! I just know it had looked Good before I went to Eat, and disappeared when I came back and all that remained was mebbe 1/4 of what I used to have of it Saved!!!!! I mean, at least I didn't lose it all and had that Quarter of it retained that had been Written... and with only 3 Images not dumped!!! Fuckity, Fuck, Fuck!!! But, whaddya gonna do? Take a Deep Breath and start over is the only Option really. But, I don't have to Like it and I am highly agitated about it coz it's not the first time it's happened and I'd like to know how and why it happens to avoid the hassle of it?!
I'd gone into great Details about my Research of the Nostalgic 1970's COTY Solid Trios Products I'd Loved back then too. Now I don't feel up to trying to lay all that out again for ya, Sorry. *Le Sigh* And mebbe nobody Cares. I do recall also having the "Woods" Compact {Amberwood, Patchouli, Sandalwood}, the "Grasses" Compact {Clover, Gingergrass, Hay}, the "Herbs" Compact {Chamomile, Sage, Caraway} and "Wild Flowers" Compact {Jasmine, Honeysuckle, Ylang Ylang}. There were so many others and I don't remember a lot of them being on the European Market offered, and they did seem to put out Seasonal Ltd. Edition Fragrances in Trios that I had not heard of or seen. I didn't come back to the U.S. until 1974 and still had my Compacts I'd bought in Europe. One I might STILL have actually, if I can locate it again!
The Young Prince Lost/Misplaced his Wallet and can't locate it now! And... rather than doing what I'd told him to do for Safety Sake, by keeping his Money in the Accounts I just helped him set up at the Bank, he'd taken most of his Money out in Cash and had it in the Wallet. *Le Sigh* He's used to Cash and not using a Debit Card, The Son too. And for the Life of me I can't convince them that if they happen to Lose or Misplace a Debit Card or have it Stolen, their Money is still Safer coz all they have to do is notify the Bank, the Card gets Closed, and they'll be Re-Issued a new Card with little to no Risk to their Funds. But, Cash in a Wallet... when it's Gone, you're shit out of Luck unless you locate it again and the Money is still in it. Both of them can be Airheads, which is Why I helped them set up Accounts.
But they're Grown and their preferred Habits are what they just are. I'm the same way and some changes I don't embrace and prefer to do things as I've always done them too. So, I'm not without a Point of Reference to opposing Change that might even be Good for me and resisting it to my own detriment sometimes. I tried to be Positive Today and it was just hard coz mostly there was a lot going on not to be Positive about. I had another fight with our Internet/Cable/Landline Phone Provider. Since January I've been trying to be kept on Paper Billing Cycles. They keep reverting it back to Paperless, which, doesn't work coz my E-Mail Account thru Juno E-Mail was involuntarily Closed and I HATE E-Mail anyway, plus, I don't want Paperless Billing. Resisting that Change, if they wanna get Paid, Bill me thru the fucking Mail.
So, for the 3rd Month in a row they didn't generate a Statement to Mail to me and then make a Collection Call. And, to make me even more pissed off, they want you to then pay the next Month due even tho' it's not Due yet and they didn't intend to generate a Statement for March either!!! I had sent February in already, they reluctantly generated a Late Statement for me as requested. The Day I received it I Paid it and Mailed it back, they claimed they hadn't gotten it on time and I said, that's coz YOU didn't generate the Statement ON TIME and I've been requesting one every Month since January!!! They went Paperless in 2026 unless you Opted Out of it, which, I did... time and time again for over Three Months now!!! March wasn't due yet and I wasn't re-issuing February coz I'd already sent that Payment in. They were gonna turn off Services if they didn't either get February now... or March now. *Le Sigh*
I've been a Cox Customer since the 1990's when it only Cost $8 a Month. Them were the days. Now they got Fiber Optics and it's been nothing but a cluster fuck since the Upgrades. And I told them if they didn't wanna lose us as a Loyal Customer, get their shit together and Bill me as I've asked them to AND do it ON TIME so I can pay them ON TIME!!! Simple. But, you can Save the Cost of a Stamp they argued. I told them the Time and Aggravation they've Caused since January has Cost me much more than a fucking Stamp. And I don't mind the Cost of a Stamp, I want a detailed Bill broken down as to what they're Charging and Why, coz they've fucked that up in the Past too and tried to overcharge me. This is why I want Paper Evidence for my Files too... I want the Receipts. Of coarse I was speaking to first a Filipino Woman in the Philippines, allegedly named Valerie, whose English was poor and who got so flustered she just hung up on me after I'd waited over 20 Minutes to even get a Human instead of a Bot!!!
So I was already Mad when I overrode the Bots again and got John from India this time, who was at least more English proficient and tried to be Sweet, overly Polite and Helpful. He's probably an indentured Slave working against his Will in Miramar? He didn't hang up on me but my Problem wasn't on his Script either so he was getting flummoxed on how to handle the Call? I'm like, Listen John, or whatever your Name really is... I'm not Mad at YOU, but, I'm also not making a Nine Hundred Dollar Plus payment I don't Owe either. So, this is what we're gonna now do. No way you can now generate a March Statement in time to get it to me to Pay March on Time, it's Due in 3 Days. So, this one time I'll agree to pay March only by Phone and without a detailed Statement of how and what you've charged me for March... and February has already been sent by Mail, so I'm not re-issuing it, okay? He finally agreed or I told him I was cancelling Service and he'd never get paid. Capisce? He decided getting March Payment early was better than getting Nothing... and February is already in Transit with USPS.
It seems the more Technology they use and rely upon, the more fucked up all of these Businesses are in how they're doing business poorly and incompetently. And the Outsourcing has always been annoying, but the Bots and AI are more annoying and more flawed already. The Kiosks most places insist on you using almost always don't work properly. At one Convenience Store the Clerk didn't want to help me in person, she was playing on her Phone and insisted I use the Kiosk. I told her I don't like them coz they always malfunction. She got surly and rude, said I HAD to use the Kiosk for my Transaction. Okay, under Protest I did... I used a Debit Card, it malfunctioned and spit out almost $37 in Cash as my "Change", even tho' it had Debited the Correct amount on my Card! So, I walked off with the Money, fuck them and their malfunctioning Kiosk... let her explain the shortfall, I didn't give a shit, she didn't wanna do her Job and Help me so something like that wouldn't happen.
Next time I came in to the same Store she was there and the Kiosk was now Closed down for "Repairs" so she had to do her Job. She mentioned that it had been malfunctioning and giving people Cash it shouldn't have or not giving People Change it should have. I just Smiled and said, well, I told you I don't like using them coz they always malfunction, I'm glad they Closed it down then. I'd much rather a Person handle the transaction, so, that if there's a mistake, it can be properly addressed for everyone's benefit. She was a lot less snarky and mebbe not doing her Job properly got her Attitude Adjusted by their Management perhaps, coz she wasn't helping Patrons and not paying Attention. The Store could have gotten robbed blind, she was playing on her Phone and likely wouldn't have looked up enuf to even notice. And giving everyone her Bad pissy Attitude who came in, all not Good for Business. The Employee don't seem to Care.
And, the Companies seem to wanna hire the Cheapest Labor they can regardless of Attitude, Customer Service or Competency, or no Humans at all... so... whatever. So if they do lose $$$ over it, I don't really Care. It's certainly why their Employees don't Care. And so why should their Customers Care either if they aren't being treated right, whether you are trying to do the right thing or not really doesn't seem to matter to any of these Businesses by how they Act towards their Customers anymore. Sometimes we have to Deal with them if no other Options exist, but if Options exist, the Consumer has the Advantage of who NOT to do Business with anymore. In fact, The State is now sending a Caseworker to our Home to Help The Grandson apply for Arizona Medicaid, coz they know otherwise, they ain't getting Paid for his Medical Bills either coz nobody is taking his Medicaid from New Mexico, which is still Active BTW... but apparently Medicaid doesn't interface State to State. Not his Problem really.
He's SMI and Unemployable, would be Homeless if we didn't take him in, has no Income, and if they continue to Neglect him, would end up Institutionalized completely on their Dime. Which, conservatively would cost the State about Eighty Grand Plus a Month for Institutionalized Care of someone like him. So, his Medical Bills are a drop in the Bucket, a Raindrop in an Ocean of potential Expenses on their Dime. So, I really didn't Care and told them they best sort it out as quickly as possible coz he's 25 now and needs a Patient Advocate, a Caseworker, a Shrink, Psyche Meds, Nutritional Assistance, Medical Insurance, Mental Health Coverage, and possibly a Therapist. All on their Dime coz he can't Pay and is very Unwell and it ain't getting any better with Neglect or Indifference and Collection Calls by them, coz, no fucking Cure. And I can't 'Fix' any of it. I'm a good 'Fixer' but some shit can't be Fixed. They have since been very accommodating... which was their 'other' Option. *Winks*
Listen, he really doesn't Care if they ever get Paid, half the time he's on Planet Schizophrenia and not tethered to Reality at all. He can't even keep track of his own Wallet, which... is somewhere... with all the Money he has in the World in it, except for the bare amount to keep his Account Open. *Le Sigh* And, tho' I'd really Like to Care, The System is so broken that I just can't anymore. I only JUST got my Appeal Approved for my own Medicare fiasco that The System had fucked up, so I really wasn't in the Mood to Deal with an Adult Grandchild's Medicaid that is all fucked up too. Not my Problem... and he's entitled to an Appointed Patient Advocate since he's Incompetent to handle it on his own... that's the Legality of it and their responsibility to sort out satisfactorily if Providers wanna get Paid. Whadda they gonna get from him, he has Nothing?! And expecting getting Something out of Nothing is... well... Crazy.
I just had a HUMANA Rep call Yesterday and I couldn't take the Call coz I had the VA Nurse here for The Man, I'm thinking, now what? I got my new Card and everything seems to be on Track now. Social Security just sent me evidence they corrected what I should be getting Monthly and refunded me what I'd been inappropriately penalized, so that's on Track now too. Medicare went up Monthly in 2026, but, at least we still have it and didn't get permanently dumped by all Providers. The Family Members who Qualify for Medicaid don't pay for it, coz, you mostly have to be indigent to even Qualify to receive it so they know you have no Income or just SSI in some cases, or Poverty Income in other Cases, which, some of my Loved ones don't have at all.























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