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June 6, 2005
Leg Lifting
I've had a crappy day. I have so much work on my plate right now... don't get me wrong, it's better when I've got so much crap on my plate because otherwise I get seriously listless about the code I'm writing.... like the dwindling light of an idea that I'm twittering away my brain because I should be staying on the cutting edge where I was last year but I've realized that, in so doing, yoga goes bye-bye much less family time. So being busy is good in one way and really bad in the other way that means you're so busy you're literally running around with no mindfulness, no restraint, no awareness.
I talked to the insurance company again today... which is a nightmare. Every single time I get on the phone with someone they give me either a completely different or different key point rendition of the last time I called. When the gentlemen customer service agent, David, first looked up the authorization number he informed me that, yes, folks, Authoriation#XXX for surgery on July 11 was approved. "Approved?" "Yes, man, it is marked as approved." In disbelief after asking some pointed questions (and a 5 minute hold session why he did whatever magic it is that they do behind the scenes -- my current theory is they have IM huddles and decide whether to approve or reject you or just plain fuck with you some more) it turns out that in fact the reconstruction has been approved but the mastectomy is under investigation by the whatever-name-committee. So, the next question is clearly, "They approved the reconstruction? Reconstruction of WHAT?" Seems a little back-assed doesn't it? In more depleting news, I had read me word for word their medical policy...turns out, only the first sentence is the same as Blue Cross of CA... they only recognize hereditary cancers as One or more first-degree relatives with breast cancer (most other policies recognize one or more first, one first and two or more second or third...) and they don't even have gene-positive on the list. Not promising... but, heck, I guess I can go ahead and have the reconstruction anyway ;)
With a moon day and no yoga for 3 days (bad lady!), I took a bath. 24 hours after the new tattoo, I had to keep my leg out of the water for it... who knew that actually doing that would be difficult (you know, when you know you can't put it in the water, that's when you really want to). In my bath I got to thinking about the difference between playing a playlist in order and playing one with shuffle on. When you always plays a playlist in the order of songs, you begin to associate a certain genre of feelings, thought processes a mental atmosphere, if you will. When you play the playlist on shuffle you're presented with a different way to look at the music. Was that just way too much analysis into the psychology of the iPod?
As it turns out, I'll probably be back in the tattoo shop tomorrow. My neighbor called me today and wanted to get her first tattoo this week so Dave is doing it tomorrow. She's a yogi too. It appears Dave is becoming Tattoo Artist to The Yogis here ;) Who's next? Neti, I hear? Come on... you know you want to.
Posted by ashtangagirl at 8:10 PM | Comments (3)