The Daily Peeve / Rant

K. found out yesterday that he was let go because his contract was not extended. It would have been nice to get a little head's up. There is no pension as he was a contract gig worker, or as he says, he works for pimps, lol!

It turns out I am eligible for Medicaid. The Medicaid office called yesterday when they recived my application and needed some more information to clear things up. Right now we are waiting for his contract company to send an official letter of release so that they know that he is not working there anymore and I can then tell the Medicaid office. I should have a plan number very soon and will have been eligible to start care on July 1 (today), since I got the application in yesterday. Whew!

I think the plan is that he is going to buy a month's worth of COBRA to cover himself (he is a Type 1 diabetic) or he can get on the ACA Exchange. There is so much going on in our household right now we are scrambling to get things done.

Wow that is fantastic news about your coverage starting July!! Hooray.

How fast can he get on the ACA exchange?

Probably pretty quickly if he gets to it. Today he is applying for unemployment and that's a big PITA in itself. Probably what he should really do is sign up for the rest of Medicare that he is qualified for but until I get squared away with my own healthcare I think his best bet is to pay for one month of COBRA and that should pay for the diagnostic testing I had last Friday. Then he really needs to sit down with one of those insurance agents that specialize in helping people get set up on Medicare. Just so much in flux right now and my lower back is KILLING me but I don't want to complain because he has enough stress going on, so I'm doing my complaining here.

I think you are right to have him cover one month of COBRA for you in case you need it.

But in the long run it sounds as though it will all work out.

Kudos to you both for jumping on all this a getting it worked out.

You cannot make this up, I promise you...after buying a NEW WALLET on Saturday after we'd been to the bank to get him a new bank card, and then him spending today getting a temporary driver's license and some other stuff, he MISPLACED THAT WALLET AS WELL!

We have just spent over an hour retracing his steps where he'd gone to our local store to get something to drink. He came home and I was about to start dinner and he's just swearing and stomping all around because he LOST his new wallet. I went back to the store (separate from him) and the girl who works the counter pulled up the security video where he was buying his stuff, taking his wallet out to pay, puttting it back in, going back to the truck. We both looked EVERYWHERE to no avail. By this time I am kind of pissed because this cannot keep happening, it's ridiculous...and we're both scouting around the truck, the yard, the garbage cans with flashlights, the laundry basket, etc etc.
It was so very weird, like the earth had just opened up and swallowed it. Finally, I was admitting defeat and about to stop looking for the evening and he suddeny shouted out that he had found it - it was wedged between the armrest and seat of his office chair (of which he probably looked at FIVE times) and totally blended in with the pleather so it looked like part of his chair.

Gawd, I just can't deal with him losing shit all the time like a child. I am still kind of pissed but very relieved. And getting nowhere with the health insurance stuff yet.

He needs to put a tracker in it. AirTag for iPhone and Tile for Android. I swear by AirTags. They’re in my purse and keys. Link up to the Find My app on phone.

We spend a fair bit of time looking for DH's wallet, keys, Fitbit and/or reading glasses. Fortunately, they've always turned up, at least so far.

When I worked in NYC in my 20s I had three wallets and one whole pocketbook stolen. Except for one wallet, all were retrieved, minus the cash. The considerate thieves took that and then put the wallet/pocketbook in a mailbox.

Glad he found it... and I agree with Tradd. Get an AirTag!

Ugh! I can't even imagine losing a wallet... or two!!! Glad he found it!