So I am pretty sure I have strep throat. Audrey had a positive test earlier this week, and yesterday (Saturday) I started to get some of the symptoms.
Well of course, being Saturday, my normal doctor’s office wasn’t open. There would have been a time in my life I would have gone to the ER but really, this isn’t an emergency so I wouldn’t feel right going there.
Luckily I remembered that in the Old Capitol Mall there is a UI QuickCare clinic, and they are open 8am-5pm on Sundays.
So I went today and filled out all of their paperwork, and then the lady asked me if I was an established patient at any of the UI clinics. I said I was, since I had already marked it on the paperwork. Apparently, if the doctor listed on my insurance card is part of UIHC, they CANNOT accept my insurance to be seen in the QuickCare clinic. One of the PAs or NPs or whoever was there thought that was ridiculous. I did too. Apparently if you have a UI doctor, they can’t take your insurance because there is some sort of non-compete thing so you have to go to your regular doctor. Except, it is Sunday and my regular doctor is not available. They suggested I could go to the ER…
The thing that makes me the most mad about this whole thing is that NOWHERE on the UI QuickCare website does it mention anything about this insurance deal. It does say:
UI QuickCare is open to anyone older than six months of age and is a service offered through UI Family Care. You do not have to be a UI Family Care patient to be seen at a UI QuickCare clinic. (emphasis mine)
Apparently they should append the following:
In fact, you’d have better luck using your insurance here if you WEREN’T a UI Family Care patient.
Anyways, that is my annoying story of the day.
Are you looking for some special plans with your significant other on Valentine’s Day?
Well, apparently a zoo in Michigan is charging $50 per couple for an event called Zoorotica.
From their website:
Experienced and unabashed staff will lead you on a tour exploring the sexual lives of animals. Biting, clawing, scratching and mid-air acrobatics, animals have a way of reproducing that can be beautiful and brutal at the same time! The love tour will end with hors d’oeuvres and a special DVD presentation. Each couple will receive a small gift to commemorate their experience! This is an adults only event and participants must be 21 years or older.
This all seems a little odd to me. What do you think?
So, I’m a fan of Kelly Clarkson. I listen to her music on the radio, and it occupies some space on my iPod. One morning in clinic at Oaknoll I was singing Kelly Clarkson music. When it was announced that she was supposed to perform at Kinnick Stadium, I ordered tickets on the first day, before the were available to the general public.
So tonight, I heard the new song “My Life Would Suck Without You” and I really think it sucks. I don’t know what it is about it, but it most definitely will not enter my iPod rotation.
So this morning I woke up and read the DI online and there was this article about how T9 (the predicative text messaging software) doesn’t include any swear words, so it makes it much harder for people to swear in a text message. Really? This constitutes news? Why in the world would anyone write this? And who came up with this idea? It is really stupid.
Full Article Here
Is Mary Murphy one of the most annoying people in the world or what? Tonight, instead of doing her customary annoying scream, she acted like her hand was a puppet, and made her hand scream. Wow. I’m having a hard time trying to figure out who is on more drugs: Mary Murphy or Paula Abdul.
I just got done listening to Fergie “sing” London Bridge on XM Satellite Radio. Wow. That song is horrendous. This song was #10 on 20 on 20. Who in the world listens to this stuff. Check this out:
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge want to go down
Like London London want you to go down
Like London London be going down
What in the heck does that even mean? Is she referring to oral sex? Normally when I hear “go down” that is what I would think of. But then, is she calling herself the London Bridge? You gotta love definition #2 over on the Urban Dictionary:
A meaningless, vaguely sexual term used by Fergie in her single of the same name, invented simply to stir up discussion about an otherwise forgettable and derivative song.
…and I wish I was deaf, after hearing this song by Paris Hilton. I normally change the station when it comes on, but I figured that if I was to fully criticize the song, its only fair if I listen to is first. Man, her vocal talent is weaker that my willpower around a box of Oreos. I mean, she really cannot sing. And Britney Spears can get away with having no talent by the fact that for some reason, her songs usually have a catchy tune. The same cannot be said of this.
The scary part about this is that I heard this on XM Radio’s 20 on 20. It was somewhere in the countdown of the 20 most popular songs. I don’t even get it.
