Friday was a bit of a mess. I'm having issues with my eyes and wanted to see an eye doctor. I had called the eye doctor I went to previously a few weeks ago before I started having trouble and they had informed me that because the doctor I had seen last time was a specialist that I couldn't see her again without a referral but that there was another doctor in the office that I could see without a referral. I called them back to ask what the name of this other doctor was only to get put on hold then finally have my call taken back by another receptionist who told me that I could see any doctor and didn't need a referral which I was pretty sure was incorrect as the person I spoke to the last time I called was the insurance/billing person who I am sure knows more about that stuff than the bitchy receptionist (she was nasty with me the last time I went in there...).

Anyway the lady wouldn't listen to me and the billing guy was out for lunch so I hung up and called my insurance which was another nightmare. Apparently with my insurance I'm not entitled to an annual eye exam. I can't even see a doctor who isn't my primary care doctor or my OBGYN without a referral. So they told me that I would need to contact my doctor to get the referral before I could go to the optician. So then I make a third call to the doctor's office who tell me that it's just a script and I can come pick it up. So then I go to the doctor's office thinking I'm just going to be picking up a sheet of paper and the receptionist makes me fill out all the paperwork again for a simple change of address and redo all my insurance stuff. I was like seriously? I thought I was just supposed to be picking up a paper... Then she calls me back up and says it'll be $80 for the visit and I'm like you're kidding right? I'm not even seeing the doctor I'm sure as hell not going to pay $80 just to get a flipping piece of paper, are you out of your mind? So then she goes back to ask the doctor and he finally gives her the referral script.

I seriously thought the whole thing could be accomplished in 15 minutes on my lunch break but then it ended up taking an hour. @_@ Anyway I was finally able to book my eye exam online and was super glad because there was only one appointment on Monday which would be the last appointment before the end of the month. Except I ended up missing 2 calls later in the day to tell me that apparently the appointment was not available and that I needed to call them back. Which I didn't notice until 5 minutes after they closed and they're closed this weekend as well. *table flip* So who knows when I'll finally be able to be seen. Probably not until February at this point. And in the meantime I get to deal with a month of eye pain. Very disappointing after all that work I put into just being able to even go see the doctor. I'm so fed up with the health care system in this country.

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So this summer I moved to another location and I really like the feel of this area. It's more homey, more houses (I seriously didn't know those existed in New York City), more convenient, and people seem friendlier. This summer I took quite a few walks around the area. It's calming and peaceful here.

Today we had like a blizzard. I took down my Christmas decorations except the garland around my wall because I can't reach it and the step ladder at the hardware store is really expensive. I'll have to figure out what to do with that later.

I put on my new iphone screen protector and was sooo mega proud because I got it on there perfectly! No bubbles, no dust! I've had some pretty terrible luck the past few times that I've tried to do them so I'm sooo happy.

Later on I tried making a card with the new card making stuff I got for Christmas. I had a hard time though, I had an idea in mind but just couldn't seem to execute it the way I wanted to. So instead of spending like an hour or two making a bunch of cards like I had planned I spent a good couple of hours just to make one card. @_@

After that I cleaned up all of the mess and played some SWTOR online with a friend until bedtime.

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A is for...alpaca! I love alpacas.