hassles

Sometimes I wonder if my phone still works. When I'm expecting someone to call back and they don't, it's all manner of annoying. Sadly, I know the phone DOES work. I'm trying to get a prescription written.

When I went to the doctor in July, the nurse said she'd fax it. How convenient, I thought, and went on my way. Two weeks later, I went online to order a refill. It wouldn't let me, so I called them and found that the prescription never happened. So I called the doctor's office, and was directed to leave a message. Eventually someone called back telling me that the previous nurse was wrong about the faxing, and that they would send me a prescription in the mail so I could mail it to the mail away pharmacy. They would also call over to the CVS and I could get a month's supply from there while I wait. This business was on the Friday before I went out of town to my cousin's wedding. I got back, and on Monday I went to CVS to pick up the prescription, which they never got and therefore wasn't there.

I called the doctor's office again, and was told that my doctor's last day was Friday, and they couldn't help me. Apparently, the nurse I spoke to on Friday didn't exist or something. The receptionist was rude and unhelpful. Fuck you, St. Luke's Internal Medicine. Then I called my doctor's new office, got an answering machine and left a message. A nurse called back later, and finally- called CVS so I could get more drugs. (Which, by the way, cost nearly twice as much as they would from the mail away pharmacy.) I went back to waiting for the prescription to come in the mail, thinking maybe the St. Luke's nurse managed to get that part right. Three weeks later, I've given up and am back to calling the doctor's new office. I've called them several times on 2 different lines and never gotten a person. I deal only with the answering machine. Sigh. I should have just taken a written prescription with me back in July and avoided this whole mess. I just called again, and actually got a person- who promptly transferred me to the answering machine. Awesome.

More hassles! We haven't gotten a new lease yet, since the new rental company has still been sorting things out. Yesterday we got a renewal notice on our door, with our address, the wrong rent amount, and 2 other people's names on it. Great organization there. Donald talked to them when he got to work, and the bastards are not only raising our rent $30, but we're suddenly supposed to pay for water. We've lived here 4 years without paying water, but it seems that the girls downstairs have been paying water all year, for the whole house. That's bullshit, they shouldn't have to pay for our water, but why now? Ridiculous. Donald says they're going to charge us a flat rate of $35 a month, which seems awfully high. IF this crap goes through, they're essentially raising our rent $65. Ridiculous.