Updates

ERA results got held up because the lab was missing paperwork. My nurse is out of town and apparently the one filling in let something slip through the cracks until I called on Thursday and she followed up on Friday, so now they have everything and we'll get the results by early next week.

The mail situation is resolved, for now. The adrenaline rush and stress relief from taking out my pent up anxiety was more cathartic than any cry I've had in the past few months.

One of the resumes I sent stuck: I have a phone interview scheduled for tomorrow.

I've come up with an excellent compromise for my gym dilemma. I realized I was willing to spend the $99 to avoid being locked in for a whole year, but I still had the travel time issue. So I decided to buy a step to work out at home. I used points to buy it so it didn't really cost anything. It was one of the packages being held up in the mail so I only got it on Friday when I picked everything up.

The medication billing error was escalated to the director and they came back with a reduction of 50%. It makes me believe that they recognize the mistake is on their end. I appreciate the reduction. I'm undecided if to let it be and pay it or continue to fight.

I'm happy to report that my plan to lose weight is on track. I'm down 2 lbs from my 20 lb goal. That's 10% and I'm pleased. I'm counting calories using myfitnesspal.com and every day is hard but worth it. I weigh myself daily but only count the Sunday readings for official measurements because of expected daily fluctuations. Overall I'm two lbs down and happy with it. Next week I hope to report another two lbs down.