So I recently moved and have had to go through the process of meeting all new people again.
It’s so hard!
I am constantly approaching new parents at the playground and
introducing myself, but I still feel like I am begging when I try to
make a play date. It’s especially hard for me because I am not naturally
outgoing.
Has anyone gone through this process recently? It’s really depressing to have to start over again.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
What a shame
I was recently advocating for a young patient who had been hit by a car to get more time in rehab. I was talking to the insurance company, and the second I got on the line, it was really clear they didn't want to hear anything I had to say. (Honestly, does it EVER work to advocate on the phone? Because whenever I talk to anyone, they already know everything in the notes, and they've already decided on a hard no. And repeating my arguments just ends up with a heated discussion.)
In this case, it was especially frustrating because the patient was, as I said, fairly young and really could have benefited from the extra time. I said to the reviewer, "It's really a shame he can't get more time because if he had another week, he could get home independently."
The response of the reviewer: "Well, it was a shame he got hit by a car."
Me: "..."
I mean, what do you SAY to something like that? Sometimes I want to say to them that I hope they have a better insurance than the company they work for.
In this case, it was especially frustrating because the patient was, as I said, fairly young and really could have benefited from the extra time. I said to the reviewer, "It's really a shame he can't get more time because if he had another week, he could get home independently."
The response of the reviewer: "Well, it was a shame he got hit by a car."
Me: "..."
I mean, what do you SAY to something like that? Sometimes I want to say to them that I hope they have a better insurance than the company they work for.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
You suck, Shutterfly
When you've got kids, the tendency is to want to take a million photos of them. And this can quickly get out of hand.
So since my younger daughter was born, I've been diligently making a hardcover photo book on Shutterfly every six months, so I have the photos organized. And the photobooks are so small, so far they only take up a quarter of a shelf in my bookcase.
Lately, I've been noticing Shutterfly gives you more and more options when you make a photo album. Like you have the option to have pages that lay flat or a special cover or whatever. But this time, there was a new option that sort of pissed me off:
Basically, they are giving you the option to remove their crappy logo from the book and it costs TEN DOLLARS. To remove a tiny logo. I like how they mention that without their logo, the book has a "clean, sophisticated look."
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