MzSerena’s Garden

When I was in college, I had a credit card. We all know about this, right? Credit card companies reel in the students with the lure of money and credit for whatever they need. I got into a nasty situation with it, sadly, because I had some things that I needed to pay for. I ended up with a nasty mark on my credit report because of it. It’s not a good thing, really, but I screwed up and that’s all there is to it.

What I think needs to happen is that colleges need to offer some sort of Credit counseling for incoming freshmen so that they don’t end up in a situation with thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt to pay off along with their educational expenses. With the economy being as crappy as it is, the youth of the nation don’t need to hinder themselves.

Everyone needs to be informed and educated to what they will be facing with these pushy credit card companies and their big promises that will cost you in the end. No one needs to start their life with a credit card bill they can’t afford, especially when they’ll have student loan payments to concern themselves with. Educate yourself, educate your children, don’t let them ruin their credit before they ever get a fair start.

Okay, now that the doctor appointments are done for Rob for a month, I’ll post an update on it all. On the 30th, he had a follow up for his eye. The verdict is that it looks a lot better, but not completely gone yet, we’ll see what it looks like in another month. Until then, keep hot packing and taking the antibiotic. No problem! We can handle that.

Tuesday was dual appointment day for him. The first was a dental appointment where-in he had an initial exam and several x-rays done. He did not see the dentist, however, he was seen by the hygienist. That went well, he goes back on the 11th of September to see the actual Dentist and see where it goes from there. Shouldn’t be too bad, since they seem to have a higher level of intelligence than the last one he saw.

Tuesday afternoon, he had to see his regular physician. I’d been monitoring his blood sugar level daily since it was over 200 on 2 different compassions. I printed out the listing at the library and gave it to the nurse for the doctor to look at. His assessment, “You’re diabetic. Want to start the meds today or do the blood work first?” We opted for blood first, that way there wouldn’t be multiple changes when it came in. So Wednesday he went and had blood drawn, was told the results would be back in a week.

Last night, however, the phone rang. Twas the nurse with the results. Rob is now on diabetic medication and cholesterol medication, along with his fluid pill and antibiotic. Sucks to be him! At least we caught the problem now, rather than later.

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I’ve been doing a lot of writing and research for a few articles about Las Vegas. Now, most people who know me, knows that I lived there briefly back in 2000/2001. I miss living there, to be honest, and keep looking at these great Vegas vacations that I see advertised. I would love to go see my in laws, as strange as that sounds. I would love to go see how much has changed, since Las Vegas is the city of constant change.

I miss Las Vegas, but I don’t want to live there again.

One of the things I hate about the first part of the month is paying bills. Every month when I pay the auto insurance, I think to myself that I need to get auto insurance quotes to see if I can find it cheaper. The thing is, I can’t find a cheaper rate. Allstate is the cheapest rate that we can find.

It sucks, bills suck, money sucks. But ya know what? It’s what makes the world go round.