I have a mole on my stomach that looks like this:

Actually, I guess you could call it 5 moles. But it used to be one. And even though I could be considered young for this sort of thing, I’m fairly certain that isn’t normal behavior for your every day joe schmoe mole…so I’m thinking I should have it checked out. Along with another one on my leg. Both of which have appeared/changed since college.

So I spent the morning talking with insurance brokers and trying to figure out what my best options are, considering the following:

1. I’m not currently insured.
2. For the most part, it’s cheaper for me to remain uninsured and pay full price for my prescriptions and doctor visits, than to pay the monthly premium for insurance (which for some reason is unusually high in Texas).
3. If the moles are a problem and need to be removed, it will cost me a bunch of money…but will it cost more than I would be paying in insurance premiums?
4. If I have the moles diagnosed and they ARE problematic, I will get labeled with a “preexisting condition” if I’m not insured beforehand.
5. Preexisting conditions are bad when trying to obtain insurance later.

So I don’t really know what to do. I have no idea if these moles are going to be a problem or not. I did get sun exposure during my childhood and teenage years. But how much is too much? I’m fair skinned but tan easily. I’m adopted, so I have no information on my family history. I have a mole on my nose that I’ve had since birth. If they want to remove the others, they’ll probably want that one to go as well.

I do know which insurance broker I’m NOT going to give business to:

“So, now that I’ve given you all the information, can I get your information to start filling out this application?”

“Well, I’ll need to wait on that. I need to do some comparisons and talk with my husband about it first.”

“So…what, you can’t make a decision on your own?”

I pointedly informed him that I had enough respect for the person I share a household and bank account with to discuss this kind of thing before “making a decision.”

* * *

After dealing with insurance brokers, I went to court to make some headway in clearing up the big fat mess. The judge moved my pretrial for the deferrment violation case to be the same day as the pretrial for the ticket that caused the mess, since, in theory, if I can get that stupid ticket dismissed, the deferment violation will be a nonissue. In theory.

He did make a point of telling me, however, that just getting the other dismissed did not guarantee that I would not be held accountable for the deferrment violation, since the verbage in my probation agreement states “must not receive” another ticket during probation period.

Great. They’re holding me accountable for something out of my control. It doesn’t matter whether or not I was actually DOING anything illegal. All that matters is that a cop issued me a ticket for something. Some justice system we have.

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This evening we were making dinner when J says, “What did I do with that Pepsi I just opened?”

We both look up, just in time to see Button in the living room, pouring the last remaining drops of the can into a 3-foot puddle on the carpet.

Just in case you were wondering, there is a deceptively large amount of cola in a can of Pepsi.

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She’s teething again. The first tooth finally broke in today and hasn’t seemed to bother her at all. But tonight she is unable to sleep for a period of more than 10 minutes unless she’s doped up on formula and tylenol. Unfortunately, the doping effect wears off long before we can give her another dose. I have a feeling it’s going to be a long night.

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