- First! If you are a blogger, will you please tell me who your host is and if you like using them? The cost of mine is going up astronomically and I think I need to switch. TIA!
- My therapist kept asking me if my insurance policy was changing for 2024, and I told her no, the co-pay was the same, and figured that was that, BUT she looked into it THERE ARE ISSUES. If I want to keep seeing her virtually in 2024 she has to use a platform she is not in network with. So my options are 1) pay out of pocket, 2) see her in person, or 3) find a new therapist/quit therapy. I went with 3. And am disappointed and frustrated to start over but I don’t want to pay $165 a session until I meet my deductible (it’s a $20 co-pay when the therapist is in network).
- I was hesitant to try using Business Suite (Meta’s social media management program) to schedule content for the Fake Meats’s social media page because I didn’t trust it (and other reasons), but a friend told me how well it was working for them so I tried it out and lo and behold IT WORKS!!!! I can schedule a bunch of stuff and not have to get on my phone until it’s convenient for me! Woo hoo! I feel better the less time I spend on socials so this is a great discovery.
- In bad outdoor cat news: Tywin has been MIA for a week. I hope someone nice took him in.
- In good outdoor cat news: Snow Jr lets me pet him now! I gave it a try Saturday and he loves it!
- A few years ago I bought some Gore Tex cold weather running gear in size XL and was never able to use it because their XL sizing is so small. Even now it barely fits. Sigh, vanity sizing.
- Has anyone else watched Outer Range? We watched it last week and liked it.
Link to Random Thoughts Thursday 436
I can’t help with the platform since I’m on free blogger. I know it’s clunky but at least it’s worth what I don’t pay for it.
Boo to insurance. What the what even with she’s on your insurance for in person but not virtual. $165 a session is EXACTLY why I didn’t get therapy when I was younger and frankly needed it more than I do now. Rant over.
I’m sending goodie kitty vibes that Tywin is curled up by the heating vent in his new home with a new owner who will appreciate that he’s already been spayed.
That is what was crazy to me – that I could go in and it would be covered. But I am in therapy because I am struggling with time management so that makes no sense. And yeah, it’s $$$.
Thank you, I appreciate that!!!
I use WordPress and only this year started paying for it and… it’s fine. I liked it better when it was free, lol, but I finally ran out of space for photos.
The insurance thing is so upsetting! WHYYYYYYYY????? Is there no way she can apply for a variance? (I’m guessing not, or that would have been Option 1.) I’m sorry though. That’s super frustrating.
Thinking happy kitty thoughts for Tywin.
Maybe I should just do that! I am sure it’s way less than what I pay.
There is not. She looked into everything. I am grateful she did that for me and I didn’t have to.
Thank you!
I can’t help with the blog platform, sorry!
And that is so frustrating about your insurance!! 😡 I hate that your options were so limited and that you had to chose to quit therapy, I know how much it was helping!
I was going to ask about Tywin, hoping y’all had seen him again! I hope someone did take him in!🤞🏼🤞🏼
I hate it too. Like… why did they have to change to make it more limited? And I tried to log into their system to find someone and it never send me the code I needed to log in so… that’s fun.
I really really hope so!
And, yay for Budiness Suite working!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
OMG, Business… 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ (apparently I need to quit commenting in the early morning hours 🤣🤣🤣)
Ha! No worries!
I just use free Blogger. There’s a lot I can’t do with it, but it has never really let me down. LOL.
Insurance things are crazy right now. There’s a lot of flux with providers not taking all sorts of insurance and it seems like a lot of people don’t know who their providers are going to be! My husband’s dentist won’t take his insurance now, so he has to switch and not a lot of dentists are taking new patients. I don’t know what he’s going to do! So, yeah. I feel you. It’s rough out there.
OMG! I had no idea! I wonder what that is all about. I went to Immediate Care yesterday assuming my copay would cover it like it said it would. I hope I am not in for any surprises. And hope your husband finds a new dentist he likes!
I use HostGator and it’s not cheap (I think I pay around $500 for 3 years of hosting) but my blog has never gone down (well, aside from the malware incident but they took my site down to fix it). If I broke it down into a monthly fee, it’s not THAT much ($14 a month) but it’s a lot to pay upfront, I know.
Ugh, I’m so sorry to hear about the insurance thing! That is so frustrating, especially since you clicked so well with this therapist. I hope you can find a new one you like just as much.
Stephany, thank you for being transparent. I negotiated them down to a price that is about $14 a month too and hearing you pay that much as well makes me feel like it’s less ridiculous. THANK YOU!
Thanks, I hope so too! I am struggling to get into their system to even look for someone they accept! SIgh.
I switched to Hostinger earlier last year and except for the issues with Feedly (which were annoying but not entirely their fault, although their tech support should have figured it out sooner, IMHO), I am super happy with them.
Awesome! How is their pricing?
I am with Hostinger, too, and my experience is very similar to San’s. I did a multi-year plan and got a discount, so… ymmv, but I’ve been very happy. They have been excellent with support, too (e.g., during server migration when I messed up my nameservers).
Also, I am so sorry about the insurance debacle. Fingers crossed it all works out. Is your now-former therapist providing you with some names/recommendations, since she knows you?
Thank you for telling me!!! I need to look into them.
So in a turn of events she thinks we CAN still use a different platform, so we are going to try that out!
(she had not given me any recs and I was trying to get into the system I am required to use to look someone up and couldn’t even get in!!!)