Squeaky’s Blog

I guess I just need to vent today.  I am sick of being pushed back and forth on the phone from one company to another.  There is the realtor, that can’t get an estimate for a fence that I need to replace.  I mean how hard is it really?  I can’t understand how some people can’t do something so simple.  I gave you the measurement, and told you everything I wanted.  I would think it would be easy to call a few companies and get a quote.  I guess not.  I have been asking for this information now for a month so I could get this done and make the tenants happy.  So, why is it that no one can follow a few simple instructions and get a straight answer?  I mean I shouldn’t be surprised.  I have been fighting with Tri Care and the doctor’s office for over a month now on Giggle’s appointment he had and why it’s not covered.  I understand why Tri Care isn’t covering it on their end but the doctor’s office is refusing to do their job and fix the claim so that it will be covered.  I guess I need to restate that, they are doing their job but they are taking their sweet time with it.  I called yet again today to get an answer and instead of them reprocessing it through the computer because it’s down they sent it snail mail.  Hello, can you explain why you couldn’t have sent it through a fax?  You did the paperwork if you mailed it and it would have only taken 5 days with a fax but now it’s in the snail mail as you put it.  He has a well baby appointment next week and Tri Care is saying they are not going to cover the appointment and the doctor’s office is saying it is.  So, tell me whom am I supposed to believe.  I mean I can’t say to Tri Care this time I didn’t know because they have been working with me to get it fixed.  I am at a loss of what to do.  I actually liked this doctor and don’t want to go through the paper work to get things changed and find a new one, but wow.  Where do I draw the line?  I feel bad because I am getting stressed out over things I can’t control and don’t want to lose it to the next person on the phone that says something stupid.  I have found that my patience on the phone now is a lot thinner than it used to be.  I am sure some of it is the fact that the kids are running around acting like fools trying to get attention even if they were perfectly fine right before I started talking.  Then there are the telemarketers that call and have accents that I can’t understand and they want to sell me something but have none of my information for a service they should.  Like for my warranties on my cars.  I started getting those calls about a month ago and I realized that my temper was so short with a guy because he had an accent that I couldn’t understand and then didn’t know which car he was talking about.  The poor guy switched me to someone else and I realized that I was more willing to talk and straighten things out because he spoke normal.  So, does that make me a phone racist?  Or was it because he wasn’t the little guy on the totem pole anymore?  I still wonder that.  I have to admit though I am sick of the phone ringing and I did put all our numbers on the do not call list.  I have even decided that the next time we move our number will be unlisted.  I am even considering having it removed now as we can pay a fee and the phone company will have it unpublished.  Who knows, but for now, my do not call list will be effective in a week and that should lower the amount of calls I get at home.  It won’t solve the other problems I am having with the doctors and the realtors but it’s a start.  I think my husband is about to take over with the doctor’s office which will be nice for me but crappy for them.  It usually takes a lot to get him irritated enough to get in and yell but I am getting nowhere with them so now they can have his wrath.  As for the realtor’s I am hoping that the tenants move out at the end of the year and I can list the damn house for sale and not have to do with the hassle anymore.  Then again maybe after the fence is fixed they will be happy and things will go smooth.  That is something I seriously doubt though since we seem to be stuck with Murphy’s Law where if it can go wrong it will.  This is where we have been at for the last few months if not longer and I am just waiting for that saying good things come to those who wait.  Well I am waiting, and praying that my time will come soon.