Snowy hump day blues.

My mind has been racing since all of these new questions have come up. The Tricare issues mostly. So yesterday I put the big girl panties on and decided to face that bull head-on. Dropping in to the Peds clinic, I thought I would test the waters with our peds GP doc. Turns out, as Tricare members know, she is no longer with us ( not dead, just not here anymore). Crap. Ok, so I re-group and ask the nurse who it is we will be seeing from now on. It's an unknown nurse prac. that is filling in until a real doc can absorb all the old patients. This might be good. Still an unknown. I make an appointment for Feb. 5, at which time I will VERY DISCREETLY make a case for an endocrinology referral. If it works, it works...if not, well....I guess I'll be saving up for that. 
After the visit to Peds, I had another problem that was melting my brain. The whole marker/ID card thing. Will Tricare drop Alex once his marker goes from F to M? I visit the Tricare office and thank goodness, the service worker I have dealt with for years is there. We talk and she is very sympathetic. They don't make those determinations. I have to call DEERs, whatever they say is what Tricare will follow. I have yet to call them.
In other news: while in the therapy office yesterday Alex decides that he isn't cool with the name Alex anymore and would prefer Xander ( Xander meaning ). He doesn't like Alexander so much as just Xander and is not cool with Alex anymore. Just when I was getting it right 9 times out of 10, of course he would change it. So basically I have to remember to remember now. You know I have no issue with it, it's just a pain in the ass to have to STOP and think about what to call your kid every time you are going to callout a name. I may resort to HEY more often now. Hehe.
While talking at the Tricare office, the worker and I were brainstorming ideas for coverage and she brought up the idea of emancipation. I'm not sure this wouldn't cause more problems than solve them. The urgency isn't high enough for me to consider this avenue yet I guess.

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