I don't really have anyone to talk to right now, and I'm just sitting here looking out my window at a dark sky and falling rain. I'm not writing this for any particular reason other than to get stuff off my chest, so it doesn't matter if nobody replies. I have a lot constantly on on my mind, and it's grinding away at my confidence that everything will turn out okay.
In August I was hospitalized with blood poisoning for a week in Sacramento, California, and the hospital came after me with a bill of $26,000.00 USD. Of course I have to dispute it (I don't exactly have 26k lying around). It was an emergency situation and TRICARE, the military health system should have still covered most of it, if not ALL of it. Shit, that must have been some expensive jello I ate during my stay.
($26k for 1 CT scan, 1 foley catheter, a team of Filipino nurses, 10+ shots of morphene, 2 anti-blood clotting shots in the stomach, 20+ saline drips, 14+ blood draws, levaquin anti-biotics, and a clear liquid diet. YES, it was JUST like a SPA treatment--I lost weight and everything)
So here I am just waiting to see if I'm going to be sued, because there's no way I'm forking over the dough. Hey, at least it's better than when I accidently received an electric bill for $274,000.00 Apparently it was a bill for the entire apartment complex. It said it was due in 9 days, and I didn't believe it would be possible to collect $274,000.00 in enough time so I called the 1-800 number for customer assistance.
Apart from the hospital bill I suppose I'm doing okay. I already have no money to buy food in January because after rent and utility bills I'm left with $5 give or take a little. At least Ramen noodles are cheap.
I'm waiting for my 10 MONTH OLD divorce to FINALLY clear through the courts in Guam before January 1st (before their legislature changes and I won't be able to get a divorce without obtaining a residency status). Someone tell me how people could WANT TO prolong a divorce over YEARS? It's frustrating and DEPRESSING enough as an uncontested divorce due to irreconcilable differences.
I'm sick of ONLY seeing papers telling me how much I owe people. I mean, come on, where's my check from Bank of America? I referred a friend and they said I would receive $25.00 for that gesture.
I'm sick of those shows like, "Lifestyles of the stars", and what not. They aren't living in the same reality. I really don't want to see how they waste away millions of dollars on a TV that rises from the foot of their double California King sized bed with 1500 thread count sheets... Especially when I am happy to have paid my $325.00 a month rent.
Speaking of rent, I paid my roommate my share of the rent a few days before they were due and TOLD HER that I wouldn't have enough in my account until the 1st. Is that too hard to understand? She deposited the checks immediately and what would you know, I log into online banking on the 30th to find I've overdrawn and I'm at -$300 and they've charged me an extra $57 for the overdraft.
I'm sorry for my financial ramblings, but it's all I can think about right now and I write this in the hopes that putting my thoughts into words, (it doesn't matter if they're clear or understandable to anyone else), will put my mind at ease for once. Like I said before I really don't care if nobody reads this or responds. I just needed a place to say what I've been feeling.
I think that's all for now. Now I'm going to walk in the rain to get more bills from the mailbox.
In August I was hospitalized with blood poisoning for a week in Sacramento, California, and the hospital came after me with a bill of $26,000.00 USD. Of course I have to dispute it (I don't exactly have 26k lying around). It was an emergency situation and TRICARE, the military health system should have still covered most of it, if not ALL of it. Shit, that must have been some expensive jello I ate during my stay.
($26k for 1 CT scan, 1 foley catheter, a team of Filipino nurses, 10+ shots of morphene, 2 anti-blood clotting shots in the stomach, 20+ saline drips, 14+ blood draws, levaquin anti-biotics, and a clear liquid diet. YES, it was JUST like a SPA treatment--I lost weight and everything)
So here I am just waiting to see if I'm going to be sued, because there's no way I'm forking over the dough. Hey, at least it's better than when I accidently received an electric bill for $274,000.00 Apparently it was a bill for the entire apartment complex. It said it was due in 9 days, and I didn't believe it would be possible to collect $274,000.00 in enough time so I called the 1-800 number for customer assistance.
Apart from the hospital bill I suppose I'm doing okay. I already have no money to buy food in January because after rent and utility bills I'm left with $5 give or take a little. At least Ramen noodles are cheap.
I'm waiting for my 10 MONTH OLD divorce to FINALLY clear through the courts in Guam before January 1st (before their legislature changes and I won't be able to get a divorce without obtaining a residency status). Someone tell me how people could WANT TO prolong a divorce over YEARS? It's frustrating and DEPRESSING enough as an uncontested divorce due to irreconcilable differences.
I'm sick of ONLY seeing papers telling me how much I owe people. I mean, come on, where's my check from Bank of America? I referred a friend and they said I would receive $25.00 for that gesture.
I'm sick of those shows like, "Lifestyles of the stars", and what not. They aren't living in the same reality. I really don't want to see how they waste away millions of dollars on a TV that rises from the foot of their double California King sized bed with 1500 thread count sheets... Especially when I am happy to have paid my $325.00 a month rent.
Speaking of rent, I paid my roommate my share of the rent a few days before they were due and TOLD HER that I wouldn't have enough in my account until the 1st. Is that too hard to understand? She deposited the checks immediately and what would you know, I log into online banking on the 30th to find I've overdrawn and I'm at -$300 and they've charged me an extra $57 for the overdraft.
I'm sorry for my financial ramblings, but it's all I can think about right now and I write this in the hopes that putting my thoughts into words, (it doesn't matter if they're clear or understandable to anyone else), will put my mind at ease for once. Like I said before I really don't care if nobody reads this or responds. I just needed a place to say what I've been feeling.
I think that's all for now. Now I'm going to walk in the rain to get more bills from the mailbox.
Last edited by KtotheIMMY (2005-12-05 13:13:00)
