Done yesterday (20100106 We)

[mdlbear]

0106 We
  * up 6:40; W=200.2; drugs, nose; coffee
  * Post "Wishful Wednesday" link to the Caregiver's Wishlist
  * copy 2008 taxcut stuff from Mac
  * Colleen: Humira
  * Kat's immigration stuff: 1040's, pay stubs, W2's, and 1099's
    * bring home pay stubs, Mac. (0105) 
    * 2003 looks like the last time I filed for her.  * Bring Mac home.
    * print 2008.
    * copy 2008 W2, 1099's, pay stubs
    * letterhead from HSX, state seller's permit
  * refill prescriptions
  = Kaiser now has $250 deductible, 10% hospital coinsurance. :(
    Doctor's visits are $5 less, non-generic drugs $5 more.  No vision.
  @ Marvell shows off an ODM smartbook thinner than strict decency permits
  @ Lenovo, Qualcomm team up on Skylight smartbook | Reuters
  @ Spring Design Alex Android Ereader Hands On: Shut Up, Nook
  @ The Copia eBook Platform and Hardware Get Social With eReading
  @ Samsung announces E6 and E10 e-book readers at CES -- Engadget
  @ BBC News - Slovaks plant explosives on air traveller BIZARRE!
  * Rip Smithsonian teaser dvd before returning it.  Yay for dvdrip
    put in return envelope.
    transcoding took well over an hour on dorsai
  & good shoulder rub from Tabby
  * bed 11:30; snuggle, S=5250

Only a so-so day; it didn't feel terribly productive, though I guess I did a lot in the morning and early afternoon. I started off pulling together the last of my financial information for co-sponsoring selkit's immigration, and dropping it off at the lawyer's office. Then I went to Kaiser to renew some prescriptions, only to find that somehow they had me down as double-insured. WTF?

So I went down to Kaiser's member services office and found that

1. Ricoh hasn't canceled last year's plan yet. I can probably expect a huge bill for missed co-pays when they do.
2. The plan for this year is potentially much more expensive: it has a 10% co-insurance payment on hospital, emergency, and nursing home payments, with a $250/person deductable and $3000/person cap. If we'd had that last year we'd have been down three grand at least. Gaaak!

I like my employer a lot, but I'm not all that pleased with their HR department right now. They're using a recent merger as an excuse to cut benefits. I know -- times are hard, and I'm lucky to have a job I like. But still...

The evening... Not bad, though I mostly hid in the office as usual. Good backrub from Tabby, but not much one-on-one conversation. A little guitar noodling in the living room, though no singing. Must play more -- my fingers are in pretty bad shape.

Links under the cut, as usual.