Things have been busy around here, as is often the case once Thanksgiving hits and the holidays arrive.
I can tell I am overall feeling better because I am finally getting things done. I've foregone the usual Christmas letter in lieu of personalized hand-written notes in the cards. I've contacted insurance carriers regarding COBRA and Open Enrollment (which currently ends this week). I've attended three doctor appointments, baked cookies, shredded and tossed a good three waste baskets of unneeded paper items, gotten Christmas linen washed and onto various table tops, painted the deck, and have been consistent with drinking my concoction.
I've lost two for real pounds, and my blood sugar overall is a WHOLE lot better - we're talking 130 for fasting.
Last night, a group of us (nearly twenty) rented a limo bus and toured town looking at Christmas lights.
One of the ladies used to own this company, and when it was sold she maintained connections with the buyer. We got a great deal on this ride. We were in the bus for about three hours, going all over town.
A little more of this and that.
C is stuffed up, feverish and in general, just miserable. He needs a couple of days of sleep which is not going to happen since they need every breathing body available for the close of open enrollment.
Hopefully the computer systems will be working properly. It hearkens back to the days of the first open enrollment where the state exchanges had massive web failures. You'd think after all this time, properly working web sites and programs wouldn't be an issue.
This sort of thing is not uncommon, unfortunately. Little tweaks have to be made each year - things like changing the plan year date, or the rates. But, in two different companies now, I've seen that what should be simple isn't. Updates break programs. A little planning and a whole lot of testing should prevent overload failure but it doesn't.
