August 7

I looked at the schedule for Thursday and didn't see an "L" in either the morning or afternoon sessions.  I got a major feeling of happy for whatever brought that good fortune my way.

Until I realized that this might be the date that court was rescheduled for.  Back in spring I got a notice to appear in court in Mansfield Township, for an incident that happened last fall, November possibly.  It was a weekend I was on call and a guy called stating he was a patient, he had been in the Emergency Room for seizures and was out of the medication he used, Alprazolam, and whatever the ER physician gave him didn't work.

Fortunately the practice was an early adopter of an electronic medical record system.  I looked this person up on my laptop.  By name.  By date of birth.  By telephone number.

Nothing.

Then his story shifted to "Well, I've signed up to be a patient, but I haven't come in yet."

A likely story.

So I told him that I was quite sorry, but he did not appear on our roster, we don't prescribe controlled substances on weekends and over the phone and if he was truly having a problem going back to the ER was the solution to his problem.

Then I wrote a short note about the incident and sent it to my collaborating physician, who forwarded it to the practice manager.  And she reported it to the local police.

It turns out that this scammer used his actual phone number.  hello?  Idiot, even I have watched enough 'Law & Order' to know about burner phones.

Then, not to waste any of my ever- dwindling supply of brain cells, I forgot all about it.  Until the summons arrived for a June 19 court date.

I had to go back and read the note I wrote to remember the details.  So here's to hoping for another postponement.

I Quilt So I Don't Choke People

I ordered a t-shirt with this saying on it.

In purple.

In my size.

What I got in the mail was a t-shirt that might fit Thea.  I went sewing at Old City Quilts Saturday night so I could take a break from being annoyed with the twit who thought that this t-shirt was my side, and for myself for being a sucker for a stupid on-line advertisement.

Fortunately sewing was good therapy.  I cut down my purple and blue log cabin quilt and need to make binding for it  I got the basics of the six Cadette Girl Scout vests done and started another strip quilt (google Missouri Star Quilting Company / 3 Dudes Quilting for the jelly roll patten)