Our local bank has a Christmas lunch or dinner for customers and it was offered yesterday, today and tomorrow, depending on the first letter of your last name so today was our day. We chose lunch since we don’t drive after dark. It’s been 12 days since we had my car on the battery minder so Vince said “Let’s drive it!”. It also needed gas since the last time I drove it was to pick Addie up and the next time I drive it will probably be to get Addie again.
We drove over to the bank. It was a drive thru set up .. tell them your name, they hand you the dinners. We came straight home and ate lunch. It was very good and I think the first time we’ve ever had a bank that did something like that.
Here’s the weird part . . when we moved and took stuff out of the safety deposit box in Texas, we found a bunch of travelers’ checks that we had forgotten we had. A month or so ago, Vince took them down to our bank and they said “We don’t deal with those.” He called several local banks and none of them would do anything with them. VInce called around and found a bank in Kansas City and a bank in Bentonville, AR that would cash them but . . who wants to drive that far? We would have because it was a substantial amount but someone suggested he contact another bank in town that deals with a lot of big businesses so we called them and they said they would IF we had an account there. So, we went to that bank, opened an account, deposited the travelers’ checks and now we have two banks in town. Three actually because I never closed the account I had when we lived in MO the first time and it’s a bank that has branches all over Missouri (and other places except Texas).
Then . . another crazy thing . . when I went to the doctor last week, Vince told him “She needs an epi-pen.” I said “I am not paying $500 for an epi-pen. I just won’t eat hamburgers.” Vince and the doctor insisted I keep an epi-pen. The doctor looked it up and said “It’s only $113 with Good RX.” Except . . not at Walmart. It was right at $300 there and I said NO! I usually keep them at least two years past the expiration date but still that’s just buying something that there’s a 99% chance I’m going to throw it away. Vince said “No matter . . it’s less than what it will cost us if we have to go to the E.R.” but if I don’t eat a hamburger, nothing happens!
While we were out, Vince said “The epi-pen is $113 at CVS and Walgreen’s with Good Rx” so we stopped in a Walgreen’s, had them transfer the Rx from Walmart. The lady said it would be about half an hour so we went to the flea market down the road and spent two hours in there. Then we went back to Walgreen’s, got the epi-pen and we were hungry again. We ran to Carthage to eat at Boomer’s BBQ. It’s always good and it wasn’t crowded at 3 p.m. There was only one other couple in there so that was good.
The people who own Boomer’s are big University of Oklahoma fans. I think, with Venables going there to be head coach, Vince may be a new OU fan. I asked him if I need to send the Clemson firepit back and order an OU firepit and he said NO but I can tell he’s jazzed about Venables going to OU.
We’re home and I feel like I need a nap!
Liz says
I was checking on MC-D plans in OK and the one I switched to had the Epi-pen at $117 at Walmart (preferred pharmacy). It is better to have a current pen than to be rushing to the ER.
And, it’s nice to have the old group back at OU….another asst coach is returning to OU. He apparently did not have good relations to L. Riley and went to Texas Tech. The local media is excited about Venables coming back. It was nice that Bob Stoops also agreed to step in as an interim coach & recruiter. He wasn’t going to take any money for doing the job, but the AD insisted on a contract. BUT, as a Michigan alum, I have to say “GO BLUE” over Georgia. 😉
judy.blog@gmail.com says
The WM price here was about $295 and that’s without using any insurance. My co-pay would have been more with insurance. Even at Walgreen’s, it was about $113 but that was paying cash – without using insurance.
Marilyn Smith says
I need to have an Epi Pen due to anaphylactic shock before I had my heart attack.. For a combination of Lisinopril (for blood pressure) and Alleve, prescribed by my orthopedic doctor when I tore the meniscuis in my right leg. The left leg was already history. We left and went on vacation and about 3 days in I was having trouble swallowing. The next day we went to the Doc in the Box. Worst test ever for strep. She had no idea what was wrong with me. We left Prescott Valley, drove to Boulder City to a friend (Cookie who is a Nurse Practitioner. Spent one night and went to the small, private hospital emergency room. Three Epi pens later, they decided to keep me overnight. Under Obama Care I asked to be admitted and just not kept under observation. Otherwise, I would be responsible for all charges. I was kept on a gurney in the emergency room but was admitted. (Very small hospital). They knew that we knew the rules. Otherwise, we would have left. Was released the next m. Went out for dinner that night to take Cookie out as we were her guests. I could not drink or get down a swallow of a margarita, a sip of water or a bite of food. I got out of bed upstairs as I could not sleep. Went downstairs to the couch and tried to sleep in a chair. J slept in, as soon was he woke up I said we needed to leave and get home to our hospital with a trama center. Our 4 hr drive took 3 hours.98% backroads. Cookie agreed. J dropped me off, and I was taken in to the ER immediately while he parked. Spent 3 days in the hospital. Off lisinopril and Alleve for life. I will not be without an EpiPen, at home or when traveling – no matter the cost! Also had to ask the trauma doctor if I was going to be admitted or stay under observation. She smiled and said, You are going to be admitted. She added, I am so happy that you are aware of the “law”.
Reminds me to ask the Dr. for a new script before our trip in Feb.
Donna in KS says
You know that we have a claim on Brent here in Kansas too? He’s a good one!
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Yes, you do and you all deserve to be proud of him. He does seem like a good one.