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A Slow Newsday

November 9th, 2012 at 06:36 am

Or you know, nothing much happened here at the Robin's nest. I paid out $90 for physical therapy, $6.93 for two prescriptions, and $225 for the monthly family plan at the chiropractor. DH spent $3.69 for a gallon of milk. Found a dime and a penny.

Homeschool went pretty well today. I didn't have to do math, DH did it. It was square roots in area. DH is going to explain it to me tomorrow. There is no way I was going to get it today. DS understands it, thankfully. I did everything else, though, which is pretty good considering I didn't sleep last night. We got the fall writing sample ready to send off. I think DS did a very good job on it.

Lady continues to ignore the new Fort Knox of a duck den and is still bunking with the chickens. I don't think she wants to be alone and also she feels more secure with the other birds. I'm not entirely convinced she doesn't think she's a black australorp chicken the way she hangs out with Half-pint and Pipsqueak all the time. Of course half the time I think those two chickens think they are ducks, so who knows? We've decided to let her be since she's putting herself in the coop when the chickens go in about a half hour before dark.

We came home today from a trip out and there were a dozen crows in the yard. It was really weird. DS went to scare them off and they flew up in a swarm and landed on the roof of the house. As soon as we got onto the porch they were back on the lawn. It was like a scene from The Birds or something. Usually they stay away because they don't like the chickens or the chickens scare them off but because of the extreme wind today none of the chickens were out of the enclosure.

We still haven't had a frost. It's 42 F out tonight so I don't think we will get one, but it's definitely starting to get colder.

My physical therapist was telling me how her mother was volunteering with the Red Cross in a poor neighborhood in Queens. They are very disorganized. No one was in charge so her mother (who is a pharmacist) decided she would be and got things going and found an interpreter since a lot of the people in that area only spoke Spanish. They've been climbing up stairs and knocking on every door to see if people are okay or need medical attention.

A lot of folks had run out of necessary prescriptions for high blood pressure, heart problems, or diabetes, so she had to put people in charge of finding out which pharmacies were even open and if they were open, whether or not they had medicine available to fill prescriptions. They have no idea when there will be power again. I can't even imagine being elderly and trapped on the 18th floor without power and medicine.

I mean I've been without power for several days before, but never without the woodstove to provide heat and a place to warm food up. And never without necessary medicine. It boggles the mind.

4 Responses to “A Slow Newsday”

  1. snafu Says:
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    We are all horrified by the never ending problems that have overtaken the Northwest. Those who finally got electricity found lines crashed again because of frozen snow. I'm surprised that an organization as large as Red Cross does have a plan and procedure for coping with repetitive disasters like earthquakes, flooding, fires, etc. The TV news had me believing the National Guard was patrolling the streets and door knocking to ensure those who were ordered to evacuate were safe. This must be 'for media' as today they were reporting looting. Can you imagine after all this horror, residents were finding looters stealing what little they had managed to salvage!

    I have a friend who has been working at our local Red Cross HQ for 20 years and they have rehearsals with all 1st providers every two years to keep up their networks and allow new hires to have hands-on experience with mock-up disasters.

    Changes to our medicare program removed Chiropractic care. Since we rarely use the service it never occurred to me to ask about a monthly family plan. Are visits limited per person with a family plan? Do you use a Chiropractic adjustment as a preventative tool?

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Snafu, it depends on which family plan you choose. The cheaper one is one visit per week per family member. The more expensive one allows up to 4 visits a week per family member. We don't need that many visits but go in about twice a week, occasionally 3 times each. All four of us have minor scoliosis so it helps with keeping the vertabrae aligned, and yes, sometimes we use it as a preventative.

  3. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    It seems like there is surprisingly little info coming out about how the people still (or again!) without electricity are getting by....I thought basic medications was one of the things FEMA and/or Red Cross came in with so that regardless of local supply meds could be provided. Maybe the need outstretched the supply?

  4. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Joan, it sounds like all of the basic things are going to the richer districts while the poor are left behind. Makes me wonder how things would have been if the election had had another week to go. Both sides would have moved heaven and earth to get the help where it needed to be. Now they just don't care enough to make sure it's taken care of.

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