RANT: Last week a small portion of one of my molars broke off. I called the dentist office by my work and asked if they accept MetLife insurance and how soon they could get me in. They do and they can get me in first thing Monday morning. Sweet. I get there and they do "accept" MetLife but they're considered "out of network" so I'll be responsible for 20% of the bill on top of whatever I'd usually have to pay. "Ummm... Well, I'm here so let's get my tooth fixed." "Oh, we just have you down as a first time patient consultation." "So, my tooth isn't getting fixed today?" "No." "Fuck this"
Rave: Thank you for all the replies to my previous rant. Mom is learning how to get along without her partner of almost 70 years and I am still processing. We will all do fine just different.
Rant: the deck project is not progressing as well as it started. He still hasn't finished and has a ton of shit to fix. He did not prep properly and the paint job is fucked. Weather is not on our side, either.
Starting to think the contractor is abandoning this job. He was super fast with responses before and hasn't responded to my last inquiry about when to expect him back from Wed morning. He thought it would take 3-4 days to do the whole thing but has worked 5 so far. I pointed out a bunch of shit he needed to fix after painting because he didn't prep hardly at all. The stain was not applied well. He painted over flaking chips, cobwebs, sawdust and wood chips from sanding and repairs above. Painted areas didn't dry, or got wet and then bubbled from the rain the next day. When he sprayed (why would you spray paint a deck??), he oversprayed all over the place, which he said he would need to come back and fix. That would involve more sanding, right? Plus side, he bought all the supplies up front. At least rotten boards are replaced and it's sealed for wet winter. I'm hopeful he comes back and finishes but not optimistic. Spoiler
RANT: Had a temp bridge installed today... it was not fun. 3 hours in the dentist chair while teeth were pulled, other teeth are shave down... it felt like I was on the wrong end of a woodworking project; pieces were cut to size, joinery was done, fitment was tested, dry fit was done, glue up, clamping, sanding, and finishing. Except it was in my mouth. Joy.
Rant: An old couple was giving away an old really nice piano. We just had to pay for a moving company to move it. Well the moving company showed up to there house and said they couldn't do it because they weren't sure if there stairs(i am assuming there outside ones) could handle the weight of the piano and the movers. So they are just going to chop it up. Now we are going to have to tell our very emotional 8 year old daughter that she isn't getting her piano that she was so excited for.
Rant: I fucking hate people. There has been some major flooding in our province. As in the major city(vancouver) both ways out have been flooded or washed out. One highway will probably not be driven on for a couple years while they repair. We live far away and most of our distribution centers are in Vancouver. So people panic bought everything like at the start of covid. no vegetables, no toilet paper, etc... We can still get stuff from Edmonton, it is the same time away.
Rave: Found a four-leaf clover this morning on my walk, the first time I've ever found one. Rant: They're clearly not lucky as I wasn't paying attention and bumped a tree with my Ute tailgate and have a small dent now.
Rave: Our oldest son is home from college for the next five days. Now I understand all those cheesy coffee ads from the 80’s even more.
RAVE: Got a raise at work this week, not sure why (other than I’m a badass, of course). But I’ll take it! RAVE: Menard’s.
Rant: Damnit, while walking the dog I witnessed someone stealing cans from the Fire Department fundraisers bin but didn’t even realize it til I was almost past. I’m used to seeing people there so didn’t even think twice, until I saw them putting the cans in their car. So I called the chief, who said someone was supposed to pick them up but it didn’t sound like the right vehicle (which I’m used to seeing as well). I snapped a pic and sent it to him, but couldn’t get the plate. By the time I realized what might be happening they were aware I was on to them and one of them stood in front of the rear license plate. And wouldn’t you know it, Chief called me back to say their security cameras didn’t seem to be working! Frigging scumbags… In broad daylight too. EDIT: Chief called me back and said the police took my pic and tracked them down. So I’m kicking myself a lot less now.
Rant: Construction management, in a vignette: DC: *Orders 5,000SF of hardwood flooring* Supplier: Sends a 12-point checklist of questions, asking things like, "Who is the site contact? Where is this getting delivered to? What door of the house? What is site access like?" DC: Answers all questions and confirms with site super, verifying main floor delivery, forklift on site, etc. *Product is shipped on agreed date to site* Delivery driver, with two helpers in tow, to a random tradesperson on site: Where does this hardwood go? Random tradesperson on site: Lay down some plywood and put it in the garage. Delivery driver: Puts +300 boxes of humidity-sensitive, imported-from-Italy hardwood flooring into a wide open garage with no doors, heat or drywall and leaves. Fin.
RANT: Fender bender in the parking lot at work. Because nothing can be easy. Down to one car during the last weeks of moving to the new house, because it was just enough to fuck with the front wheel. FUCK.
RANT: Fucking quartz guy fucked up our island even after having a complete set of plans, then wants to bill me for a replacement slab or give me 300 off.
RAVE: I just wrote "THE END" on the first draft of my second novel. Gonna let it simmer til after Christmas and then rewrites begin. Looking at a June release so far.
Rant: They can continue to eat my whole ass and suck my uncircumcised cock to boot. Our lawyer recommended to us that we get a laundry list of professional opinions that our daughter needs the support the district isn't giving her. So while we've been waiting for the different schedulers for all these specialists to get back to us, my wife submitted a citizen's complaint to our state's special education board about another student's personal information being copy/pasted into our daughter's education plan. They notified us yesterday that the district fucked up and gave us a CVS receipt long list of things the district now had to do to make sure it didn't happen again. This afternoon at when my wife went to pick up our kid, the paraeducator basically said that the teacher, principal and the special education teacher who fucked up when she copied another student's info, had a meeting with her to tell her to essentially do nothing until it escalated into an emergency situation. Because that's how you deal with kids on the spectrum. Instead of helping them get through whatever is causing them distress, you let them escalate the situation until they start screaming or hitting their head on a wall or running away from the class. All things she's done RECENTLY. I've never been able to understand how insane a person could get to the point of murdering someone, but holy shit am I close now. What group of sick fucks uses a disabled child to retaliate against people who didn't do anything beyond asking for the district to do their federally mandated job? Oh you don't like having to take training on securing personal information because the dumb cunt you hired sucks at her job? Maybe if you worthless assholes listened to us in the first place we wouldn't be here. I'm ready to burn this fucking school to the ground.
RAVE: - It wasn't my molar, it was an older filling that broke/fell out. RANT: The reason it fell out is because there was a cavity was forming underneath it. Doctor basically said that if it was one cunt hair closer to the nerve, she'd recommend a root canal. She also said that it's close enough that some Doc's would already be pushing for a RC and some patients would opt for one just to get it over with. I like to kick the can down the road, so I just had them fill it for now. RANT: I'm of age where "an older filling" is a thing.
Rant: omfg. Omfgggg. This contractor for the deck is totally sanding it to restain it for a THIRD time.