jd11365
07-09-2004, 10:45 PM
After being on "vacation" for over two weeks, I'm finally home...aaahhh. Kayla and I spent a week w/ my mom in NY/NJ, then my DH drove up to spend a few days including the 4th...we all drove to western PA (aka The Middle of Nowhere) where we stayed until today when he drove home and Kayla and I flew.
NY was great except for one run in with a jerk of a police officer who saw me going the slowest of the fast IYKWIM. We were coming from Woodbury Commons (Premier Outlet Stores) on a road that changes from Highway to town road rather quickly. Kayla was exhausted (no nap) and screaming (not unusual in a car...she hates the car) and I just wanted to get her home. Technically we were doing 59 in a 35 (though Tuxedo, NY for any locals ot there), but I assure you I was definitely not going exceptionally fast for that strip of road. He took 15 minutes to write me up...hearing Kayla crying...and wrote me for the full ticket...I'm sure no thanks to my mom's '04 BMW w/ out of state plates. Here's the great part...they won't tell me how much it is until I send it in and plead guilty or not guilty. He said if I go in front of the judge in a couple of months and keep a clean record (which I already have thank you) he might lessen it, so I'm going to try and make it for when I'm back up again in a couple of months. Nice...I see a $300 ticket and increased insurance in my future...
I did have a great time though...for those of you who live in the city or nearby, you should definitely check out the Children's Museum...you could play all day! And in keeping with our cheap fancy lunches, we went to Tavern on The Green for the $20.12 lunch this time...very lovely, and you get much more food than at Jean George...you don't leave hungry. We did the Central Park petting zoo...but Kayla kept trying to eat the goat food, and Kayla got her first real shoes (adorable little Stride Rites or as DH calls them "her nursing shoes") because she is walking!!! Or, should I say running?! She also had her first haircut (finally her mullet is gone) where she got a little "diploma" for the big event...very cute.
All was well from then until today...
DH left early on his drive home (4 am) and my flight wasn't until noon. So BIL was supposed to take me to the airport...2 hours away...and have a carseat in the back of his car which belonged to a cousin. Well, 5 minutes before they are to come pick me up from the airport, I get a call...the carseat won't fit in the back of the 2 door Mercury Cougar...I was told no problem because they had another on the way from another inlaw....only 10 minutes away...which turned into 30. Now I'm late and getting nervous that I will be late for my plane...they finally show up...with an infant car seat!!! A Cosco, 3pt harness INFANT carseat for my 14 month old daughter. I put her in it against my better judgement, only because I was now REALLY late, and actually it was rated for 22 lbs. (which is how much she weighs) and though it said 26", she actually had quite a bit of room above her head when she was in the seat and the seat was installed. My inlaws think I'm a freak/b*%ch anyway... Because I don't want them to smoke around Kayla, and I buy nice things for her and BF (especially past a year), and bought organic milk when I was there....but that's for another section at another time...
So I finally make it to the airport...running to my gate...the door closes without me! Thankfully, the girl came back and let Kayla and I on the plane and we were off. I call my dad who is picking us up to let us know the plane has landed and he's angry about circling the airport, telling me he's going to park...which would actually be a PIA for me...so I promise I'll be down in 10 minutes, not to park. In the rush, I left a bag w/ my brand new (not so cheap) bathing suit that I finally found after a looooong year long search for something acceptable AND my wallet on the plane in the overhead compartment! Neither have been found, and no one is so fast to help me either. The plane went to TX, CA, PA...it could take a few days for someone to actually locate it they told me...if I even do get it back at all. Great.
So here's the best part...after hours on the phone trying to locate my wallet and bathing suit, I go to check my huge stack of mail. What do I find? A bill for $3,800 for the CT scan Kayla had when she fell out of my friend's crib a few weeks ago...denied by my insurance with no clear explanation...and it's Friday at 5:06 pm when I finally got to that piece...6 minutes after the insurance company closed and now I have to wait until Monday...of course.
Well...I'm sooooooo glad to be home, even if it was a rough day. I'm really freaked about the $3,800 bill...so if you have any suggestions for that one, that would be great. I'm thinking they are going to say it was unnecessary or something, but I'm just speculating. How was I to know how expensive it would be and that it wouldn't be covered? Good grief. Please someone tell me there is a mistake.
Anyway, I missed you all terribly...no computers for over 2 weeks! Can you believe people like this still exist??? I have a lot of catching up to do...can't wait!
Jamie
Mommy to Kayla
May '03
NY was great except for one run in with a jerk of a police officer who saw me going the slowest of the fast IYKWIM. We were coming from Woodbury Commons (Premier Outlet Stores) on a road that changes from Highway to town road rather quickly. Kayla was exhausted (no nap) and screaming (not unusual in a car...she hates the car) and I just wanted to get her home. Technically we were doing 59 in a 35 (though Tuxedo, NY for any locals ot there), but I assure you I was definitely not going exceptionally fast for that strip of road. He took 15 minutes to write me up...hearing Kayla crying...and wrote me for the full ticket...I'm sure no thanks to my mom's '04 BMW w/ out of state plates. Here's the great part...they won't tell me how much it is until I send it in and plead guilty or not guilty. He said if I go in front of the judge in a couple of months and keep a clean record (which I already have thank you) he might lessen it, so I'm going to try and make it for when I'm back up again in a couple of months. Nice...I see a $300 ticket and increased insurance in my future...
I did have a great time though...for those of you who live in the city or nearby, you should definitely check out the Children's Museum...you could play all day! And in keeping with our cheap fancy lunches, we went to Tavern on The Green for the $20.12 lunch this time...very lovely, and you get much more food than at Jean George...you don't leave hungry. We did the Central Park petting zoo...but Kayla kept trying to eat the goat food, and Kayla got her first real shoes (adorable little Stride Rites or as DH calls them "her nursing shoes") because she is walking!!! Or, should I say running?! She also had her first haircut (finally her mullet is gone) where she got a little "diploma" for the big event...very cute.
All was well from then until today...
DH left early on his drive home (4 am) and my flight wasn't until noon. So BIL was supposed to take me to the airport...2 hours away...and have a carseat in the back of his car which belonged to a cousin. Well, 5 minutes before they are to come pick me up from the airport, I get a call...the carseat won't fit in the back of the 2 door Mercury Cougar...I was told no problem because they had another on the way from another inlaw....only 10 minutes away...which turned into 30. Now I'm late and getting nervous that I will be late for my plane...they finally show up...with an infant car seat!!! A Cosco, 3pt harness INFANT carseat for my 14 month old daughter. I put her in it against my better judgement, only because I was now REALLY late, and actually it was rated for 22 lbs. (which is how much she weighs) and though it said 26", she actually had quite a bit of room above her head when she was in the seat and the seat was installed. My inlaws think I'm a freak/b*%ch anyway... Because I don't want them to smoke around Kayla, and I buy nice things for her and BF (especially past a year), and bought organic milk when I was there....but that's for another section at another time...
So I finally make it to the airport...running to my gate...the door closes without me! Thankfully, the girl came back and let Kayla and I on the plane and we were off. I call my dad who is picking us up to let us know the plane has landed and he's angry about circling the airport, telling me he's going to park...which would actually be a PIA for me...so I promise I'll be down in 10 minutes, not to park. In the rush, I left a bag w/ my brand new (not so cheap) bathing suit that I finally found after a looooong year long search for something acceptable AND my wallet on the plane in the overhead compartment! Neither have been found, and no one is so fast to help me either. The plane went to TX, CA, PA...it could take a few days for someone to actually locate it they told me...if I even do get it back at all. Great.
So here's the best part...after hours on the phone trying to locate my wallet and bathing suit, I go to check my huge stack of mail. What do I find? A bill for $3,800 for the CT scan Kayla had when she fell out of my friend's crib a few weeks ago...denied by my insurance with no clear explanation...and it's Friday at 5:06 pm when I finally got to that piece...6 minutes after the insurance company closed and now I have to wait until Monday...of course.
Well...I'm sooooooo glad to be home, even if it was a rough day. I'm really freaked about the $3,800 bill...so if you have any suggestions for that one, that would be great. I'm thinking they are going to say it was unnecessary or something, but I'm just speculating. How was I to know how expensive it would be and that it wouldn't be covered? Good grief. Please someone tell me there is a mistake.
Anyway, I missed you all terribly...no computers for over 2 weeks! Can you believe people like this still exist??? I have a lot of catching up to do...can't wait!
Jamie
Mommy to Kayla
May '03