A Day in My So-Called Life

 Ah, the travails of being. 

   My car has been in the shop for 3 days.   I was told I would be called when it was ready, but with the weekend coming, I made the call. I was "just about" to be called. The car is ready. At home, reviewing the quite hefty charge, I see a "Credit Card Fee" for $32.77. No big deal, I guess, but if I'd known there was such a fee, I would have written  a check. 

 The phone rings. The doctor will not be available for my scheduled 6-month appointment. But I can get an appointment a few days later if I go to a location other than where I was scheduled. She tells me it will be in Malta. I decline. I recall driving a friend from Amsterdam to her home in Gansevoort, through 5 separate Traffic Circles in the Malta area.  I'll reschedule for more familiar territory. 

   I drive to the store to replenish my pantry, and find that the car radio is not working. I find a secure place to pull over and read my manual.  I am very familiar with having to enter the Code to re-set the clock, having done it so frequently I know the code by heart,  but didn't realize  (or forgot) the car radio also needed the code. I enter the familiar code, press a few buttons, and drive to the store, with music  playing in the background.   

  I open the car trunk and take  the bag of returns to the Bottle Return Machine. It is closed, not accepting anything. So back into the trunk with the bag of cans. I finish shopping, mostly small items, and the check-out person asks if I would like a paper bag in addtion to my plastic shopping bag. I say yes. I don't want  to be dropping stuff on my way to my car. The price of  a paper bag, 5 cents I guess, is an insignificant amount; it just rankles for the way that it was assessed and that it is probably intended to last forever. .

I go to the mailbox to retrieve the mail, and find a bill from my fuel company that I should not owe. I pay all my bills, never even late, my credit rating is exemplary, but I do not intend to  pay what I don't owe. So that saga continues.

All the fabric of life. So sweet.

\ I just received 6:30 p.m a Message re my cancelled doctor's appointment which indicates "Cancel Reason: Patient"  No, I didn't cancel. THEY DID.  Also the tme allotted for that appointment and the future appointment is 15 Minutes. *****Are they not aware that HONEST HEALTH , the ACO REACH Model Pilot Program is working  with doctors to improve the delivery of high-quality COORDINATED health care.  Maybe adding a 16th minute to the visit?