The Vent Part Quatre

[Tick Tock 3]

Thanks Tick Tock, that's a good idea to ask for a copy. Probably a good thing to have whenever I can get around to looking for an actual regular doctor here too.

Since they're one of the CS offices listed on the USCIS website, I imagine they are familiar with these cases... I would hope (we're in a high-immigrant area), and the lady I spoke with on the phone seemed to understand importance of the deadline at least. It just seems so much longer because I have to wait past the weekend as well. Sigh.

On the plus side, I have more time to do laundry/dishes/other housework today... yay?

Glad to have mentioned about the copy! I had a medical done 5 years ago and actually never got an unsealed copy for personal records. I am not sure if that "allowance" was made later or if they were just lazy. That CS office was listed on the USCIS website too, and was in a high-immigrant area. It definitely shows that one can't be too careful. :S

Ugh, housework. I have too much time on my hands since I can't work. I hope you can at least get out of the house and go somewhere on your own to avoid this "stuck in a box" thing I'm going through. All house and no outside makes Tick Tock go something something...

As for your kitty - STEALTH KITTY! However! Poor Finnegan's getting fleas and eggs all over the place. :S I've a cat and 2 dogs and we live out in the country so fleas (and ticks) are something we're fighting a losing battle against. Have you tried giving Finnegan some sort of flea medication? I can't use Frontline or any sort of drops on our animals because it doesn't tend to do well (and I like petting my animals), so we're going to get some Comfortis for the dogs. There's Program for the kitty, but we'd have to order it online and can't afford paying for 3 months at once. Both Comfortis and Program are chewable tablets.

*sigh*

Well, I'm here to vent. I took my very first road test this morning and failed it. Yep. I've been driving my car around for the past two months and I was feeling super confident and secure. I can parallel park, reverse back in and everything. Even my husband who is NOT an easy sell and a very harsh critic commended me on who good my driving is -- how safe he feels driving with me.

So today, take the test, do the field course no problem, park, reverse, 3 point turn, all good. We get out onto the highway and the trainer tells me to prepare to take a right hand turn. I see a right hand turn about 50feet or less from us but I'm not in the right lane and we get a red light, cars are stopped. So I assume she can't have meant that turn, must be the one past the lights. Um, no. It was that one. So, because we deviated off the course, it was an automatic disqualification, we had to pull into a parking lot so she could drive me back to the MVA.

Sucked so hard. What a crappy morning.

/vent

I'm sorry to read this, Igg! I've never had a driver's license but I think what you did was the right decision and I do not think you should've been penalized for it. My non-driver logic is telling me that in most real life situations, you can always proceed forward at the light and either make a legal U-Turn or otherwise get into an upcoming driveway/parking lot, correct yourself, and end up catching that turn at the light once again. I've got a bit of a phobia with driving - I hope your instructor doesn't have a twin living in my city!

He probably works part time for USCIS as well!

Edited July 29, 2010 by Tick Tock

[Flames9_RN 358]

http://www.petsuppliesnet.com/shop.htm I have used this Australia company since 2005 with success and so have my friends! MUCH much cheaper than Costco, 1800 pet meds, etc!! $4.99 for shipping! takes around a week. Think longest was 10 days! My last order came in 5

[OBX 51]

Long story short - we got a speeding ticket for going 75 in a 65 zone going through New York almost at Buffalo when we were up a few weeks ago. My husband plead guilty as charged..we knew what we were going...we were actually pulling out to pass everyone and that's when he clocked us (stoopid policeman)

Guess how much the ticket is......$75 but there is an $85 surcharge on top of it...I assume it covers court or admin costs...but how does that work that the surcharge is more then the actual ticket???? Shouldn't it be a percentage of said ticket? And no, we're not late or anything like that

Buggers - guess we'll pay it tomorrow, but how irritating to see good $$$ go out the door.

I got the same gift when I moved down last year, just outside Corning! $100 fine plus an $85 surcharge! That was my "Welcome to America."

Edited July 29, 2010 by OBX

[Tick Tock 3]

http://www.petsuppliesnet.com/shop.htm I have used this Australia company since 2005 with success and so have my friends! MUCH much cheaper than Costco, 1800 pet meds, etc!! $4.99 for shipping! takes around a week. Think longest was 10 days! My last order came in 5

Thank you for the link! Perhaps one day we will be able to buy in bulk and can use that provider.

We're having to go through a local vet in order to get 2 Comfortis tablets for our dogs, costing roughly $30. I've yet to find a vet here who sells Program tablets individually which would make sense because Program is half the cost of Comfortis. They'd not be able to turn as big a profit with Program as they can with Comfortis.

[ashenflowers 5]

I think I've mentioned the ticket my husband got here in February? It was $280!! Just for supposedly a rolling stop at a stop sign at 11pm when NO ONE WAS AROUND. yeah don't get me started.

Anyways, we have done some medicating on the cats for fleas, but not much progress yet, so we're going to put some more on this weekend, and do more vacuuming and laundry again I expect. I can only be glad that Kitty is not as stealthy as Finnegan. It's so weird going from being so used to a cat that NEVER ever goes up on the counter, to one that... uh... well you saw.

[Tick Tock 3]

When my cat was under 2 years old, he would jump onto one of our bookcases because there was a desk beside it. The bookcase has been relocated and now that he doesn't have an extra "step" to get up, he never bothers. Plus, I think he's become increasingly lazy with age.

I hope the medicine works for Finnegan!

In the course of typing this reply, one of my dogs came up to me to "ask for food" and lo - 2 fleas have jumped off of him and onto my shirt. Bleh.

I will be so happy when we can get some Comfortis.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

*sigh*

Well, I'm here to vent. I took my very first road test this morning and failed it. Yep. I've been driving my car around for the past two months and I was feeling super confident and secure. I can parallel park, reverse back in and everything. Even my husband who is NOT an easy sell and a very harsh critic commended me on who good my driving is -- how safe he feels driving with me.

So today, take the test, do the field course no problem, park, reverse, 3 point turn, all good. We get out onto the highway and the trainer tells me to prepare to take a right hand turn. I see a right hand turn about 50feet or less from us but I'm not in the right lane and we get a red light, cars are stopped. So I assume she can't have meant that turn, must be the one past the lights. Um, no. It was that one. So, because we deviated off the course, it was an automatic disqualification, we had to pull into a parking lot so she could drive me back to the MVA.

Sucked so hard. What a crappy morning.

/vent

So she doesn't give you enough warning to make a safe lane change in time for the turn and you're the one that fails? Geeze!

[Flames9_RN 358]

Thank you for the link! Perhaps one day we will be able to buy in bulk and can use that provider.

We're having to go through a local vet in order to get 2 Comfortis tablets for our dogs, costing roughly $30. I've yet to find a vet here who sells Program tablets individually which would make sense because Program is half the cost of Comfortis. They'd not be able to turn as big a profit with Program as they can with Comfortis.

depends on how big ur dog is, the price on that site ranges from $47 to $58 for 6 tabs of Comfortis

[Tick Tock 3]

depends on how big ur dog is, the price on that site ranges from $47 to $58 for 6 tabs of Comfortis

2 dogs; 1 is around 40lbs, the other is under 20lbs. Unfortunately, it looks like it could easily add up to around $100 and that's out of our ability to afford. Thanks for the insight though - very appreciated!

[Flames9_RN 358]

2 dogs; 1 is around 40lbs, the other is under 20lbs. Unfortunately, it looks like it could easily add up to around $100 and that's out of our ability to afford. Thanks for the insight though - very appreciated!

On pet forums I have come across people that use diatomaceous earth to kill fleas and ticks!! can be found at home depot or lowes!! belive it isnt very expensive!!!!

http://www.dogtipper.com/tip/2010/06/using-diatomaceous-earth-to-control-fleas.html

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Alternative-Medicine-Pets-3721/2009/7/fleas-use-diatomaceous-earth.htm

http://www.richsoil.com/diatomaceous-earth.jsp

http://www.dailypuppy.com/articles/how-effective-is-diatomaceous-earth-for-fleas/28c8723b-302b-397c-1317-3d7a5c4e82bc

http://www.lorien1973.com/diatomaceous-earth-a-flea-control-experiment

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf21400841.tip.html

[LiLMermaid 2]

I have had a really really bad day. No kidding.

Edited July 30, 2010 by LiLMermaid

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I have had a really really bad day. No kidding.

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((LilMermaid))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I'm sorry .

[lgg 2]

Awww.... sorry to hear that.

Hope today is better.

I have had a really really bad day. No kidding.

[Ban Hammer 13,293]

my vent for the day - while driving to work today, i saw two young (this year's brood) raccoons dead on the road, right next to each other.

[Tick Tock 3]

@ Flames9_RN

Wow! That's a lot of links - thank you! The Diatomaceous Earth sounds like it will do the trick for our yard. It's gotten to the point where I feel like there's no fleas left outside anymore because they're all on our dogs!

@ LiLMermaid

I hope that the next day is better. /hug!

@ charles!

That definitely sounds like a sad sight. I hate seeing roadkill. Some folks definitely go out of their way to hit animals crossing the road (around here). It is an upsetting sight.