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September 08, 2005

Um, Just A Minute... I Can't Wake Up

I went to Walgreens after class Tuesday night and sat in the drive-thru for over an hour. I am switching all of my prescriptions over to CVS after this incident. I have had just about enough of Walgreens as I can take. They send you emails and tell you that your prescriptions are ready and you get there and they aren't. You set up automatic refills for the 6th of the month, they get them ready on the 30th of the previous month and return them to stock before you actually come to get them on the 6th. They tell you your prescriptions will be ready at a certain time and then they fill every other prescription that comes in after you and you end up sitting there with your engine idleling on $3.05/gallon gas while they get to yours.

Tuesday I dropped off my new prescriptions from "TheDrugDealer" and told them that I needed all of them (5) filled except for the Relpax, as that was just a new prescription (aka, more refills) for a drug I was already taking and had just refilled last week, plus the prescription on the "automatic refill is ready" email from that morning. I drove up and they told me it would be a few minutes. Granted it was 8:40 and they had told me 8:45 so I wasn't ticked off, yet.

At 9:05 the Pharmacist came over to the window and asked me if I wanted the Medrol, as my chart showed me allergic to cortizone and cortizone steroid packs, that I would most likely have a reaction to it too. I said no, that's ok, I'll call the doctor and tell them I'm not going to take that one. So then the cashier said it would be $20.00. To which my response was, "for 4 prescriptions?" They said "no, you only had one."

"Um, NO!" "I brought you two sheets of paper, that had 5 prescriptions on them. I said I needed all of them except for the Relpax. Plus I said I needed the one that was ready, according to the email that YOUR computer system sent to me today. Minus the one the pharmacist and I just decided that I didn't need to take due to allergies. That would leave 4 prescriptions."

"Um, Just a Minute." This was at 9:15.

9:16 9:17 9:18 9:19 9:20 9:21 9:22 9:23 9:24 9:25 9:26 9:27 9:28 9:29 9:30 9:31 9:32 9:33 9:34 9:35 9:36 9:37 9:38 9:39 9:40 9:41 9:42 9:43 9:44 9:45 9:46 9:47

9:48. "Ok, the manager discounted one of your prescriptions. That will be $50.00." They open the drawer and hand me the sack. I count them. Guess how many were in sack. Go ahead Guess. 4? WRONG! There was three in the sack. *HONK HONK HONK* "Yes, can I help you?" Um, where is the other prescription? Um, you said you didn't want it. No that would have been the 5th prescription, I'm asking about the 4th one, the one that your computer sent me an email this morning telling me it was ready. Hmmm, Just a minute.

9:52 9:53 9:54. "Um, oh, that prescription isn't ready because your insurance wont cover it until September 14th." Then why on this MudBall Called Earth did yall email me and tell me it was READY? "Um, I don't know."

I finally get home a little after 10, find my little pill box so I dont have to lug around the bottles all day for the pills I'm supposed to take more than once a day and I take all of those pills about 10:30 Tuesday night. The next thing I know my mother is calling me asking where I was. I said in bed, duh! It was then that she informs me that it was 8:12 in the morning and I was supposed to be at work at 8:30. Well damn.

Jump up, Hair in Ponytail, Brush Teeth, Put on Clothes, Leave. Work at 8:51. Whew.

Leave for lunch at 12:26. Meet a friend at Cheddar's. Take 2nd dose of pills and eat. Go back to work.

2:30. Can't keep my eyes OPEN. Decide to take a break. Put cell phone on vibrate, set alarm clock for 10 minutes, prop leg up on cart under desk, close eyes. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze. Phone vibrates in hand, hit snooze.

4:00 Decide I have to try to stay awake until I can leave at 5:30. If I had work to do maybe I wouldn't be this tired. Get an email that class was cancelled for the evening. Leave work at 5:30.

Home at 6:05. Check mail for the first time in two weeks. Reheat leftovers from El Chico from Monday night. Eat dinner. Lay down on Couch. Fall asleep. Answer a few phone calls, although I dont remember who from. Move from couch to bed about 2am.

6:10 am. Mom calls to make sure I'm awake. No dice. Beg for 10 more minutes. 6:20 am. Mom calls back. DAMN. Get ready and leave for work.

Sit at work and freeze (daily occurance). Break down and go get coffee to warm up. Still tired and could still go to sleep if I closed my eyes for more than 15 seconds.

Someone Wake Me Up!

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