Weekly update
Feb. 17th, 2013 02:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
outsdrNot much going on this weekend.
I wrote a column about dating that went in the paper on February 13th; I figured it was appropriate for Valentine's Day. Both the publisher and the editor separately asked me if I was sure I wanted it to run, since I was essentially 'outing' myself by using gender-specifics in my date descriptions. I shrugged and told them I didn't care; I'm not exactly in the closet anyway,
However, I've never officially came out to my family. (I send three family members a clipping of my column each month.) My parents knew since 1996. I just ... never figured I needed to tell anyone else. I mean, how can they POSSIBLY not know?
I figure the one thing I will need to clarify with them, however, is that Andy is NOT my lover. This is a common assumption that some people have made ... although it's less common than people assuming we're brothers (and some people have believed we were the same person until they saw us together!)
So, I'm not sure what the family members' reactions will be. Probably nothing, just like the number of reactions we've received so far at the paper.
Got a bill from the dentist for my root canal and crown on one tooth ... after insurance, I only owe them $1,000. *sigh*
On top of that, I received a letter from my health insurance telling me that they have determined that my original sleep test was not medically necessary, so not only are they not going to pay for it, they're not going to pay for any of the treatments or equipment for my sleep apnea. This is, of course, the sleep test that my insurance company pre-approved.
WTF?
Luckily, the company treating me is fighting the insurance company, because this is just blatantly stupid.
Other than that, it has been a quiet week. I've almost finished reading the study guide for the A+ certification tests, only four chapters to go! Then I'm going to do some practice tests to identify the areas I'm having trouble with, then review those areas, then Andy and I will begin doing daily quizzes of each other until we feel we're ready, then we'll take the test. A score of 80% passes the test, I believe - but I want 100%.
I wrote a column about dating that went in the paper on February 13th; I figured it was appropriate for Valentine's Day. Both the publisher and the editor separately asked me if I was sure I wanted it to run, since I was essentially 'outing' myself by using gender-specifics in my date descriptions. I shrugged and told them I didn't care; I'm not exactly in the closet anyway,
However, I've never officially came out to my family. (I send three family members a clipping of my column each month.) My parents knew since 1996. I just ... never figured I needed to tell anyone else. I mean, how can they POSSIBLY not know?
I figure the one thing I will need to clarify with them, however, is that Andy is NOT my lover. This is a common assumption that some people have made ... although it's less common than people assuming we're brothers (and some people have believed we were the same person until they saw us together!)
So, I'm not sure what the family members' reactions will be. Probably nothing, just like the number of reactions we've received so far at the paper.
Got a bill from the dentist for my root canal and crown on one tooth ... after insurance, I only owe them $1,000. *sigh*
On top of that, I received a letter from my health insurance telling me that they have determined that my original sleep test was not medically necessary, so not only are they not going to pay for it, they're not going to pay for any of the treatments or equipment for my sleep apnea. This is, of course, the sleep test that my insurance company pre-approved.
WTF?
Luckily, the company treating me is fighting the insurance company, because this is just blatantly stupid.
Other than that, it has been a quiet week. I've almost finished reading the study guide for the A+ certification tests, only four chapters to go! Then I'm going to do some practice tests to identify the areas I'm having trouble with, then review those areas, then Andy and I will begin doing daily quizzes of each other until we feel we're ready, then we'll take the test. A score of 80% passes the test, I believe - but I want 100%.
