When pregnant with Jake I kept repeating, "I am only doing this once. I will not be pregnant again!" And here I sit, almost 8 weeks pregnant.
I found out about 3 weeks ago. I wasn't sure if I wanted to share the news with everyone and only shared it with a few people. Since then the news has spread and I have found out there's no such thing as a secret.
It is very clear to me, at this point, why I said I wasn't "going through this again." I have been having morning sickness pretty much all day, every day. I called my doctor last week and he prescribed me some meds to help with the nausea. I'd hate to know what it would be like without the meds because even taking them doesn't clear it up. I have to drink a coke to settle my stomach, on top of the meds, and that only works for a little while. I'll only allow myself one coke a day, so after it wears off, things aren't so good.
I'm hoping this passes like it did with Jake. I stopped feeling sick around 15 weeks with Jake but the meds my doctor gave me then worked great. It's the same meds this time.
I have no energy to do anything, at all. Laying in bed is all I feel like doing. It was really hard making myself get up this morning to get ready for work. It's going to be a super long 7 months!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Denial
Finally, for the love of Pete, the insurance company denied my claim from my accident on September 15. Can you believe it took them 3 months to make a decision?
Apparently, the guy who hit me was not insured, but presented an insurance card. The name on the card was that of the previous owner of the vehicle. According to that insurance company, the owner of the policy gave false information in order to get the policy. I don't really understand it all. So, my insurance paid for my vehicle to be repaired, for all my chiropractor bills and some lost wages. So far it's been about $6,000.
The other insurance company kept dragging their feet. They ended up hiring a private investigator and then had to send the case to legal. It's been a very weird situation. My insurance company (previous company) has been calling them so much they were asked to stop. Ha! Little do they know who they're messing with. As of yesterday, the claim has been denied, meaning I should be getting the money I've had to use out of pocket plus some. I was informed I would be getting money for pain and suffering as well. Hello paying off Christmas! Yay!!
Not so good for the driver who hit me. They will now be putting a lien on his license and going after him for the entire cost. If he doesn't pay, he can't ever get his license renewed. Now, does this really matter to someone driving around without insurance, probably not, but we'll see. He still owes me $250 for my deductible.
I'm really just glad this will all be over. I've been pretty frustrated about all of it and gotten very ugly with the other insurance company. This is probably why they were dragging their feet. They don't like me very much!
Apparently, the guy who hit me was not insured, but presented an insurance card. The name on the card was that of the previous owner of the vehicle. According to that insurance company, the owner of the policy gave false information in order to get the policy. I don't really understand it all. So, my insurance paid for my vehicle to be repaired, for all my chiropractor bills and some lost wages. So far it's been about $6,000.
The other insurance company kept dragging their feet. They ended up hiring a private investigator and then had to send the case to legal. It's been a very weird situation. My insurance company (previous company) has been calling them so much they were asked to stop. Ha! Little do they know who they're messing with. As of yesterday, the claim has been denied, meaning I should be getting the money I've had to use out of pocket plus some. I was informed I would be getting money for pain and suffering as well. Hello paying off Christmas! Yay!!
Not so good for the driver who hit me. They will now be putting a lien on his license and going after him for the entire cost. If he doesn't pay, he can't ever get his license renewed. Now, does this really matter to someone driving around without insurance, probably not, but we'll see. He still owes me $250 for my deductible.
I'm really just glad this will all be over. I've been pretty frustrated about all of it and gotten very ugly with the other insurance company. This is probably why they were dragging their feet. They don't like me very much!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Coat
We are traveling to Philly this week and taking a train to New York on Friday. The temps for Friday are supposed to top out around 40 degrees. My mom, Jake and I are also going to New Mexico in January to visit some old friends of ours. I'm sure it will be super cold there. I hadn't bought Jake an actual coat because, let's face it, we live in Texas. If it's cold out I throw a hoodie and a hat on him.
Yesterday I was on a mission to find Jake a coat. I should have known how difficult a task this was going to be. I went to Target on my lunch break and found some "mid-weight" jackets. I purchased one thinking I would return it after finding something better, but wanted to have it just in case. I then went to Old Navy. It's amazing how many girl coats I found. I even found coats for older boys and grown men, but no toddler coats. I hit Marshall's next. Same thing as Old Navy. I was starting to get really irritated. Apparently little boys don't get cold.
After work I headed to Carter's. Carter's has always had a great selection of boy clothing. No coats. I went to another Old Navy. No coats. I was informed there that most of the Old Navy stores in our area are considered "summer stores" and only carry a few winter items. Nice. Do Austinites not travel? Why did they have a whole row full of toddler girl coats?
I proceeded to go to another Target and only found the same jacket I had already purchased. I went to Walmart. Jackpot! I found a really cute, warm camo coat with a matching hat and gloves. What a relief. I took my new found items to the register, the cashier scanned the coat, and scanned the coat and scanned the coat, but it wouldn't pop up on the screen. She radioed a manager. The manager arrives and says, "oh, those coats aren't supposed to be on the racks. They've been recalled by the manufacturer." Me, almost in tears at this point responds by saying, "son of a bi***! You've got to be kidding me!" Both the manager and cashier were very apologetic but it didn't help my frustration.
I hit up Academy, with no luck. I got home, put the original Target purchased jacket on Jake with last year's mittens and hat. He was surprisingly excited about the mittens. Bill comes home and says, "I don't think this jacket is warm enough." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
After hearing about The Coat, Bill suggested running to Kohl's, which is right down the street. I tried to get him to place a small wager on the availability of coats at Kohl's, but he refused...thankfully. Kohl's had several toddler boy coats to choose from. It was amazing. I hadn't been defeated after all. Jake, of course, picked out the orange one (his favorite color, much to my dismay).
Finally, we have The Coat!
Yesterday I was on a mission to find Jake a coat. I should have known how difficult a task this was going to be. I went to Target on my lunch break and found some "mid-weight" jackets. I purchased one thinking I would return it after finding something better, but wanted to have it just in case. I then went to Old Navy. It's amazing how many girl coats I found. I even found coats for older boys and grown men, but no toddler coats. I hit Marshall's next. Same thing as Old Navy. I was starting to get really irritated. Apparently little boys don't get cold.
After work I headed to Carter's. Carter's has always had a great selection of boy clothing. No coats. I went to another Old Navy. No coats. I was informed there that most of the Old Navy stores in our area are considered "summer stores" and only carry a few winter items. Nice. Do Austinites not travel? Why did they have a whole row full of toddler girl coats?
I proceeded to go to another Target and only found the same jacket I had already purchased. I went to Walmart. Jackpot! I found a really cute, warm camo coat with a matching hat and gloves. What a relief. I took my new found items to the register, the cashier scanned the coat, and scanned the coat and scanned the coat, but it wouldn't pop up on the screen. She radioed a manager. The manager arrives and says, "oh, those coats aren't supposed to be on the racks. They've been recalled by the manufacturer." Me, almost in tears at this point responds by saying, "son of a bi***! You've got to be kidding me!" Both the manager and cashier were very apologetic but it didn't help my frustration.
I hit up Academy, with no luck. I got home, put the original Target purchased jacket on Jake with last year's mittens and hat. He was surprisingly excited about the mittens. Bill comes home and says, "I don't think this jacket is warm enough." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
After hearing about The Coat, Bill suggested running to Kohl's, which is right down the street. I tried to get him to place a small wager on the availability of coats at Kohl's, but he refused...thankfully. Kohl's had several toddler boy coats to choose from. It was amazing. I hadn't been defeated after all. Jake, of course, picked out the orange one (his favorite color, much to my dismay).
Finally, we have The Coat!
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