AyDeeDee

[susandennis]

I've got a serious case of Attention Deficit Disorder...  Every time I start something, something else catches my attention and I'm off doing it. I'm past the list cure.  I hope this is temporary! 

Stephen came and got my computer at 11 so I turned in my card key and my parking doohickey and I was outtathere.  I made it home in plenty of time to waltz across the street and surprise my friends at King Deli plus it's General Tso's chicken day!  They have great hot lunches and cold ones every single day so I'm set.  Whew.

FedEx delivered the lost 10 pounds of stuffing.  Yep.  Now I got 20 and I only paid for 10.  I don't really have room for 20.  I sent the supplier a note and asked him what he wanted he wanted me to do with it and suggested that if he cuts me a deal, I'll buy it from him if I can keep it in the box for 3 or so months.  Out of the box it swells to twice its size.  I really have no room for that.

My anti-virus program is the best.  It's the paid version of Grisoft's AVG and I love it.  I particularly love it because it does its job in the background with no asking me nuthin.  This is not such a killer bee for me, but I also bought a license for Mom and you do not want to be asking Mom if this or that is allowed or if she wants this quarantined or that updated.  Just do it.  And that's what AVG does.

Until last week.  One of their updates killed Mom's Smiley Central.  You can't go killing Mom's Smiley Central.  She loves her Smilies.  It took me a bit to noodle out why she kept losing them.  Finally I installed them on my computer and AVG hit them with the first scan. 

So I looked on their website for an answer and found none.  But I did find the best way to contact them. They have it built into the program and it captures info about your setup that helps them figure out what's wrong.  I sent a note asking how AVG and Smiley Central could play again nicely, please.  I got an automated response and then 20 minutes later, I got a note with details on why it was happening (new feature) and how to set it up so that everyone was happy - in clear precise step by step instructions.  Very very cool.

I found out that my benefits kick in December 1 regardless.  Nice.  Except because I am lazy and particular, I have no insurance for the month of November.  Stupid.  I know.  I have been paying a pretty low ($122 a month) price for what is basically not very much catastrophic health insurance.  The deductible is something like $2,500.  I just called to find out how to cancel it.  And I discovered that they are not wasting ANY of my $122 on customer service.

The call lasted 27 minutes.  None of it was on hold.  5 of those 27 minutes I was talking to a human.  The rest I was punching in or saying information over and over and over again.  It asked for my name 3 times, my telephone number 4 times, the last four digits of my social security number 4 times. 

When I finally got to a freakin' human and told her I wanted to cancel the policy as of the end of November, she said I'd have to call back after my November payment was made next week. 

THAT price was too steep.  I told her to cancel it and I do without for a month.  No fucking way was I going to play that telephone game again.

I do need to make a list - a giant list.  And that's the next thing I'm going to do.  Really. It is.