i want a new drug

ok, so i think i may have figured out what made me decide late last night to completely makeover my blog's focus and look (which in retrospect may not have been the best idea, but i'm committed now), and here it is:

i'm off my meds

literally

in my everlasting efforts at saving money, i heeded the advice in my 401K financial planning newsletter which was, among other tidbits of advice, to take advantage of my company drug plan's mail-order prescription service to provide the prescriptions i take on a regular basis. i'm not exactly sure how using mail-order service saves me money, but if vanguard tells me it does, then it must be so.

i take two such regular prescriptions: one to stave off the migraines and tension headaches that otherwise would be a regular occurance and another to keep the lady horomones in check. i recently passed the annual inspection by my doctor, my reward being another year's worth of prescriptions.

the caremark mail-order form clearly told me that it would take approximately two weeks to fill my order. the problem was by the time i got to the doctor, got my prescription and got everything in the mail, i was only four days away from needing a refill on the latter of the two drugs. i'm now on my fourth day of not having that drug, therefore the horomones are out of check and i am, indeed, moody.

i've done good not to snap at anyone, but i have had the personality of a wet mop lately ... granted that may not be different than most days.

i just checked my online credit card statement and they definitely still have not charged me for my prescriptions, so i'm sure that means i'm still at least a week away from getting back onto the road toward normalcy. and all i can think about is, "did i fill out that order form right? it said write in all caps ... did i do that? did i put the wrong address down? the wrong credit card number? i did just get a new credit card number, maybe that's it?!?"

the only moral of this story i can think of is this:

don't do drugs.