Today was almost a wash for me. Thank goodness I remembered I'm a homeschool mom and can roll with the punches. Jake had a last min. doctor's appointment today and I could only read one book before leaving, not a problem I would just take a couple to read while waiting at the dr's office. The drive was an hour one-way, so I tried to have plenty of items of interest for them. They ofcourse, weren't interested in any of them. All they cared about was a beautiful day with gorgeous weather and they couldn't be out in it. We get to the dr. were the kids are finally content enough with the toys they find there and then the receptionist tells me that they no longer take my insurance and I will have to self-pay. Urrggh We are talking about a specialist here, no way can I afford that without insurance. I just told her I would reschedule until I can figure out what to do, which at this point I have no idea. This took ten min. to discuss with the receptionist and my kids are still engrossed with the toys.
As I stand there taking deep breaths, instead of screaming, a lady walks in. You can tell that she's upset and about to tell someone off. I scurry to gather the kids up just in-case it gets nasty, but they bulk and it takes a good effort for me to get them out the door. I can't help but overhear this women. She got stuck in traffic and was 17 min. late for her appointment. She called the office but no one answered, so she sent her mom in (she was there before me) they told her mother that she would have to reschedule as the dr.'s time was valuable and she wouldn't make room for this lady. The receptionist told the mother that if there was a cancellation, then this would could be seen by the dr. I had just cancelled mine remember, but instead of telling this women that she could have the opening, she told her that it was a shame and didn't this women know that she should leave earlier to avoid traffic accidents. At this point the women was boiling but I didn't stick around to hear what she had to say. The bad thing is that the dr office will charge this lady a fee for being late, standard policy now. I'm afraid I let the cancelled appt. and the news abt the insurance to spoil my mood on the way home. The kids must have picked up on it as they picked at each other all the way home. Now on to how I salvaged the afternoon.......
Spring Has Come!
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