@ Home - Listening to what is next

This past week has been a long one for my family. Monday I had a repeat EKG and met the surgeon who was going to be performing the surgery. Tuesday my dad met with a whole group of people involved and things didn't go well. Wednesday everything was put on hold because of the meetings that my dad had. Finally Thursday, everything was officially put on hold and everything was canceled until my dad satisfied Banner's wishes. Friday my dad sent a nasty letter to the people at Banner that burned every bridge for possibly having surgery in the future. I am so at a loss for words, I have no idea what to do. Barb Marshall told me on Sunday that all these complications were supposed to happen, and the surgery isn't supposed to happen right now, if at all. I was so frustrated with this sound of that, but it is something that I needed to hear. So it is official, the surgery is off and may not even happen.

@ Home - Thinking about a career

Tonight after I went running with my brother, I laid out in the back yard to cool off. I starred up at the sky and thought about my future, then I remembered my coursework and what I liked. I took some Geographic Information Systems classes and liked them so much that I got A's in the classes. I then thought I might need to find a niche market to go toward in the computer field. I am now going to start looking for jobs within this field to see if that Is where I can get my foot in the door. ESRI is the leading GIS software company and I have experience using their products, which I enjoyed using. I will see if I am a fit to the company :)

@ Home - Life insurance & Surgery Date

I finally got life insurance. Everything worked out better than expected and I got the Super Preferred rate so my monthly payment is well below what I was expecting. Praise God

My dad and I also scheduled the surgery date for December 1st. Everything came together really quickly that day with planning the final tests and meeting dates. We'll see what happens from here.

@ Home - Review and Updates

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Otherwise I am doing pretty well waiting for this Kidney surgery to happen. My dad has been getting better with his lack of Alcohol consumptions, and I am trying to get health insurance. The magic number that my dad is trying to achieve for a surgery date is November 14th. So that is fine, I guess, I just wish it was sooner. But I can't really get insurance before that, so it works out. I'll update this more often from now on... hopefully. And also I am going to visit my fabulous friends in Missouri and Oklahoma from October 19-28th, I'm so excited.

@ Home - Citicard Fail!

This was my bill that I got this month, and I looked at it and laughed. I posed the issue on facebook and asked people what I should do. Should I pay it or what?

Many told me to call Citicard and ask that they drop the charge. So I proceeded to do that this morning. When I called I talked with a guy (i think... he was very soft spoken kinda like Michael Jackson) named Ron and he heard that I wanted to see if the company would drop the charge. He put me on hold for 3 minutes and told me their proposed solution. It was to call back on the day the payment was due 10/13/2010 and ask that the balance get transferred to the next month. I told him the ONLY problem with that is that if I forget to call that day then I would be incurring a whole ton of charges and possible dent on credit score and such. I told him I didn't mind paying it, I just didn't want to send a check for $.01 and put a $0.44 stamp on there to send it to them. So he told me I could pay it with my debit card and that he would transfer me to a specialist to pay the amount over the phone. I agreed and when he transferred me to the lady Ebony she told me that she'd be happy to take care of the payment over the phone. When Ron hung up after the transfer, I laughed and asked if she saw the balance in front of her to which she laughed and said yes. I told her that I just called to see if they would drop it and it be done with. She said "I can't believe they didn't drop the balance" and I told her the solution the proposed to me and she laughed again and confirmed how stupid that sounded. (I could tell at this point she was ashamed of the company she was working for and apologized profusely. She then told me she wasn't sure the one cent would go through with the debit card but offered to try. I gave her the numbers and she said it went through, so I thanked her and hung up the phone thinking "that just happened." Citicard is awesome at some things, but absolutely ridiculous at other things. 

Citicard Fail!

@ Home - soon to be in HD

Good News Peeps! I got a HD Webcam, so that means Chris Ryan in HD... not Full HD for all you techies, but 720p ain't bad. There will be more soon. 


Update: Here it is!

After patiently waiting for this date for over a month, Verizon has failed me. I was told two times that I could upgrade a week ahead of time. And the lady that I talked to this morning said that I could order it though her, but I would rather wait longer and save more money via online. I am really eyeing the Droid X, because I think Android is the way to go and this X is a solid phone. So alas I will wait for another week so my “official” upgrade date can hit and I can hopefully save another $50 by purchasing it online through a coupon code. But now I can trust in God more by waiting.