The first thing I had to do was pick up medicine for my oldest cat, Baby.
She has high blood pressure, and needs to take medicine for it. However, the vet that I now go to doesn't carry this medication, so I have to get it from Walgreen's, and when I went there last month to pick up her medicine, it was her last refill. So, I had to call up the vet and ask them if the doctor could call me in more refills, so I can medicate my cat. They said yes, the doctor will do this right away. About an hour later, they called back to let me know that they got a new blood pressure machine in. About 4-5 months ago, when I first started going to this vet, I took Baby in to have her blood pressure checked, to make sure the medication was still working the way it's supposed to. It turns out that their cat blood pressure reading machine was broken and they were going to have to buy a new one. Why it took 4-5 months to buy a new one, I'll never know. Anyway, now they have got their new machine, and would I like to set up an appointment to get Baby's blood pressure checked? Yes, I would. 4-5 months ago, they told me that this appointment would be free, for the inconvenience of their broken machine and my having to come back. I hope they remember this. While I had them on the phone, I said, "Hey, I called earlier and asked to have the doctor call up Walgreen's to have her medicine refilled, do you know if that's been done yet?" They went to check, an then said, "No. It's hasn't been done yet. But I'll have the doctor do it right now!" I waited about an hour and a half, and then went to Walgreen's. I told them my first and last name and that I was picking up Amlodipine Besylate for my cat, Baby. She did some typing, and then said, "Sorry, but you picked up the last refill last month." and I said, "My vet was supposed to call in more refills. I spoke to them twice! Did they not call?" She did some more typing, and said, "No. Nobody called. Sorry." So I went to Walgreen's for nothing, and I will most likely have to go back today. I didn't call the vet back yesterday, because I knew I wasn't going to go back out. Today is Saturday. They are open for a shorter time on Saturdays then they are on weekdays, and they are very busy on Saturdays. I have a strong feeling that if I call them today and ask them to call the pharmacy, it will still not get done, and I will waste another trip there. I have enough medication left to last her the weekend, but I would need more on Monday. I could always just do it Monday, but I feel like it sounds irresponsible to call the vet and be like, "Hey, remember how I called three days ago and needed this? I never got it, so I need it today." Maybe I will call the vet today, then, after waiting a few hours, call Walgreen's to see if the vet actually called in my refills, and if they did, tell them I wont be able to pick it up until Monday... It would be more convenient for me. Walgreen's is right next to my bank, and I need to go to the bank on Monday to get a money order to pay my rent. That would save me one whole having-to-go-out. I don't care if that's not supposed to be hyphenated, I'm doing it anyway.
The second thing I had to do was go to Best Buy and pick up my lap top. Geek Squad had called before the whole vet fiasco to let me know it was ready. I was so excited about it being ready, I drew this picture of a unicorn and a bunny in a meadow:
So, after Walgreen's, I went to Best Buy. The nice Geek Squad man told me that there were 177 traces of viruses on the lap top, and I should really keep up to date with my anti-virus programs. I told them to install one when I dropped off the lap top. I've got it for a year now, so I just have to remember to renew in next year. Because of all the crazy virus-ness, they had to basically wipe out the whole computer and start it from scratch. Since they knew there was a chance of this, I also had them back up everything they could. On the paperwork, it asked me to be very specific about exactly what I wanted backed up, the exact names of the files, their location, and all this crap. I was not specific. I wrote, "Pictures, documents, music, desk top files" and I think that's it. I mean, who remembers the specifics of every single file on their computer?! I don't, that's for sure. The computer crashed unexpectedly, and I had no way to get on it afterwords to check on this information. I still have not turned the newly fixed lap top on since I got it back. I'm terrified. The nice Geek Squad man told me that the "restore" was successful, as was the back up, and that everything thing works just the way it's supposed to, the computer is able to get on line, and all that good stuff. But I'm scared to see the state it's in. They told me from the beginning that there is some stuff they are just unable to back up. I'm scared to see what I lost, and of how much reinstalling I'm going to have to do. I might get started on it today. The tips of my pointer fingers are are really starting to hurt after a week of using this old lap top with the sticky keys, and it will be nice to give them a rest and get back on the good lap top. Yes, I type like a loser, with my pointer fingers.
The bright spot in yesterday was that Panera Bread is right next door to Best Buy, so I stopped in there to get dinner, and some bagels to have over the weekend! I'm going to be snooty for a moment, but coming from NYC down to Florida, I have a really hard time finding good Italian bread and bagels and pizza and stuff. While they're nothing like the REAL bagels from home, Panera Bread bagels are pretty good. I'm serious, though. If you've ever eaten Italian bread/bagels/pizza in NYC, then somewhere else, you will know that the NYC versions are far better. It's a fact.
So now I am going to get myself a yummy bagel, and do one of three things: boot up the lap top and get started on that, work on part 2 of the college story, or call the vet.
OR... I might play Zelda (Ocarina of Time). We'll see.
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