Friday follies

 Let me start this off by telling you, music wise, my top 3 did not change.  However, there is an odd statistical anomaly going on I'll let you in on in a bit.  But first, let me set up "the follies".

I have my first appointment with my new doc next week .  Thus, I realized yesterday, I need to get my blood work done.  (Results are just now coming in; if I can, I'll let you know at the end of the post).  Before that, though, last week we had the car finally paid off, and were left with the daunting task of going to the BMV to get the lien taken off the title.  I decided I could kill two birds with one stone there.

Between them, I got two letters from my eye doc's.  One was a bill for the amount I had ALREADY paid at my appointment last month; the other was for the very same things, but $20 MORE.  And there was another little thing hanging over our heads too, which I had hoped to get done this weekend (BTW: Not gonna happen.).  Our renter's insurance renewed, and as per usual, the complex didn't get the memo that we renewed.  So they said, "Well, we'll e-mail you a link so that you can send a digital copy of your new policy to this e-verify site."  Problem #1: we had never bothered to set up an online account.  Easy enough.  #2: download the new policy. Check.  #3: click the link.

Blank page.

Let them know.  Send a new link.

Blank page.

After throwing everything I could think of at it with no results, I wondered if the problem was the browser.  So I tried the back up browser.  There we go!  Asks for "the e-mail associated with your rental agreement".  Sent.

"We cannot find a document associated with this e-mail.  Please use the E-mail account associated with your rental agreement."  I do.  Several times.

I get out, try to figure out what to do next.  Think, how about we try the other e-mail? Shouldn't have anything to do with our lease, but what the hey.  I click the link on the second browser.

Blank page.

Upshot is, sometimes I can bring it up on the second browser, sometimes not.  But it NEVER takes our e-mail.  Sigh.

Next week's problem.

So now before we get to the Friday end of our show, here's that statistical anomaly on the M10.  Three weeks ago, I had a song debut at #5.  Two weeks ago, another one debuted at 5- some kind of coinky-dink!  Last week (keeping in mind I actually write down a top 15), I had a song go from 15 to 6.  This week- you guessed it- I had another song go from 15 to 6!  You might think this is artificial, but here's how I do my list- I listen to the songs on the playlist, writing them down where I think they should go, BUT not numbering them until I write them in my M10 book- all without ever looking at the last week's  chart!  Anyway you slice it, not an easy thing to just set up.  That new debut?

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Fudge.  A1C up to 7.7.  So much for getting new doc to cancel some meds....

Anyhow, just throw that into the rest of the folly side of the story, which I shall relate now.

- Talked to eye doc's office.  Why the bills were sent, we don't know.  The difference? That was because when I paid the stupid thing in the first place, I got a discount on something.  Some how they decided to send me bills for each- one with the discount, one without.  In the end, I got a new receipt with paid in full on it.

-Went to BMV, and when she asked to see my driver's license, found out that it had BEEN EXPIRED SINCE MAY... so now, I am waiting for our cleared title, AND my new driver's license, to come in the mail.

-Went to get the aforementioned blood work.  Lobby: 11 people and two very restless kids already there.  Check in kiosk tells me "There are 3 people in front of you in line."  So the lady that calls people for the lab brings in 3 people.  And a fourth.  AND a fifth.  Finally calls me.  Have to re-up my info for the new doc, fill out the HIPA thingee.  

"May I scan your driver's license?"

"Funny you should mention that..."

Three people called ahead of me for labs are sitting there with me.  Somehow, I got called second.

Then we go out to eat.  Got off to an early start destroying my next A1C reading by having root beer glazed wings.  We turned in 2 ten-dollar rewards from our rewards card.

Get the bill.  Server forgot to take the $20 off.

"Oh, that's on me, I even told you I would do it, and I forgot.  Sorry, my friends."

(She ended every sentence with "my friend/s".)

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Now that this is done, I am about to sally my expired butt to go get tonight's beer.  Hopefully, the follies are done, but you never know.