| Re: 3/4ths through July Chat 07.22.18 |
Subject: Re: 3/4ths through July Chat 07.22.18 by TommyT-Bone on 2018/7/23 13:08:19 Got a call yesterday from my nephew in Boston, my brothers son, wishing me a belated happy birthday. He graduated last year from Worcester Polytech. Through a placement service he secured a position with Abbott corporation and is working on software development on a project for a mechanical heart. Good for him. He passed his probationary period and has now been accepted full time with full benefits. He still lives at home for now. No reason to move really. Health, dental and three weeks vacation a year with a nice salary and educational benefits. He told me of a class he is considering taking at a local university. You may have heard of it. Harvard. Boston is a hot bed of education and development in the computer, robotics and health care fields. Certainly I'm happy an proud of him. He told me he is working with some wicked smart people. I told him that was great. It's good to surround yourself with brilliance. Sue is going to one of her doctors this morning and trying to secure an MRI on he wrist. Anything more than a standard x-ray requires pre-certification. The health insurance company I signed up with 40 years ago is not the same type of company today. Mechanized, digitalized, with multiple outside contracted overseers and annoying as f@(% in general. Changing companies wouldn't help. They all jumped on the same cost cutting/controlling bandwagons. For the money though I do have really good affordable coverage with a great network of physicians and hospitals. It's just having to deal with the insurance that becomes an occasional pain in the ass. Even with a cast like brace Sue is not slowing down. She does as much as she possibly can given her limitations. Really, the Energizer Rabbit has nothing on her. She just keeps going and going and going. She worked Saturday, all day. A busy day at that taking care of customers and sales. Well, I have stuff to do. Au revoir! |
