Guilty Pleasures

I guess it was back about a month ago....I feel really kind of guilty about all of this.....And to think that Pete introduced us.
It was just when it started to get cold around here. I remember it distinctly. And the thing is that it wasn't an instant liking where its sort of a love at first sight. But as the days have gone by, I have grown such a fondness that I don't know that there is going to be a nice, happy break...
Even today as my family was preoccupied, I was called into my bedroom. My seducer beckoned me to the bedroom. I thought, no, I can not go....What about my family? What about Pete?
I couldnt resist. I fought the temptation....I couldn't hold off any longer.
I climbed into bed, feeling the warmth surround me. I felt so content. A deep, warm happiness that I can imagine that small babies feel when wrapped up in their mothers arms. But this was more a of guilty pleasure. I rested my head on the pillow and closed my eyes. What security I felt. I haven't felt this good in a while. My seducer hummed a little and I felt the warmth increase ever so slightly. What was life like before? I couldn't remember.
All I know is that many nights before I came to know my seducer, there had been some cold lonely nights. Now I felt such closeness and warmth that I know it will be so hard to give this up come Spring when my seducer must go........
For now, I will lie in my bed. I will snuggle up and feel a coziness that I have never known. And really, Pete will have to accept some of the blame for this affair. He is the one that introduced us. He is the one that could not provide me with what I needed. He is the one....
No more plain ole, semi fuzzy cotton blankets for me. No, I will never know them again. Only my electric blanket will do. I've had enough of the cold lonely nights. I've had enough of Pete's cold feeting bumping me in the middle of the night. So I have until the nights get warm again. I have until a layer of sweat covers me because I like to keep the blanket setting on about 5. So maybe that means I have until....ummm mid January when it warms up to 75 during the day! But it will be Pete that has to intervene and take it away. For now, my seducer calls me back to bed....a mid afternon nap...the warm, coziness that babies enjoy while swaddled in their downy blankets. Heaven.....

Hot Bodies

Ok, I realize that its hugely popular to stomp on ole GW and grind him in the mud. But really people, just because Bar-O is caught hanging out in a bathing suit, do we really have to go WAY overboard and talk about him being HOT??? Based upon the pictures in his bathing suit, he looks like he is built like the average Joe...maybe I should use some other name instead of Joe???

But when I was searching for some pics of our dear, current President, I couldn't find any that showed off a bad tan line like B.O.'s picture. I did find some of him in some conservative cycling shorts that showed off some very WELL formed legs. Does the average American know or even appreciate the fact that our President is a real athlete? Even if we do know, the media is going to mock and slam him for his apparel. Should we forget that GW is 62 years old and B.O. is 47. What a huge difference in age. But none the less, GW is going to catch hell for hanging out in cycling gear and Barack is going to be placed on the cover of GQ magazine! I don't get it!

Just because some one is president elect does not make them HOT or attractive. Just like ole Bill C. What in the world made people think that he was hot?? That one will puzzle me for years to come.

And speaking of people slamming GW....I saw an article where he was seen wearing cycling socks and crocs (both black). The writer was basically saying that the President had commited a huge fashion faux pas for wearing such ridiculous garb. I would like to invite that writer to attend any mountain bike race and see that virtually all cyclists wear comfortable sandals, crocs, moccasins or the like pre and post ride. But hey, we should always focus on a person's short comings and be hyper critical of every aspect of their life shouldn't we??

Anyway, if anyone wants to focus on some one that is truly hot and in fabulous shape...and

happens to be a beautiful black male...let's see some pics of Taye Diggs!

Quick note

Pete said that he read my "Hidden Sorrows" blog today...he told me that he liked it but he had a feeling that people were going to start eyeballing HIM thinking that I was exposing my dear husband for being a drunkard.....its really not about him. But I asked him...How nice would it be if I had OUTED him like that??.....Cool huh?

The Vocabulary of a 2 year old

How can you not love how a little child speaks? Their expressions, thoughts and reasoning are truly amazing! I decided that I would share a little bit of Lyndi's vocabulary that makes me giggle sometimes....

1) Yuk Mama! Yuk!....Loook Mama! Look!---- sometimes it sounds like ROOK MAMA
2) Where's Guy-ya?.....Where is Lila?
3) I wuf you... *my favorite* I love you!
4) Frwee stop it!....Fred (the cat) stop it! ...Which I have to add that Fred is not usually doing anything to bother Lyndi but she cant just let sleeping cats lie....
5) GATTA GATTA GO GET GUY-YA?...Are we going to go get Lila?
6)Bwess you...Bless you!
7) MAYYYYY MEN!!....Amen!
8) Where is my COKE???.....dont be fooled, she isnt talking about a soft drink...no she wants to know where her COAT is!!
9) I NEED A COWEL...I need a towel.
Also, the other day we were passing a pasture full of white cows. I told Lyndi to look at the cows! She said," NO MAMA THOSE ARE SHEEP!!!"
I also walked in to the kitchen this weekend and found her with a pair of scissors, Jack and a guilty look on her face.....Jack was missing two plugs of his hair from his back! Good thing she didnt cut off an ear!!! That almost compares to the story when Lila was little and she took a pair of nose hair trimmers to her head....yea....she was missing a plug of hair too!
Kids!

Hidden Sorrow

Here's the thing about Alcoholism or even drug abuse/addiction....
If you are the loved one on the receiving end of the bad business, I guarantee that there is a deep hidden sorrow in your heart because of that person.
Nothing is harder in life than to watch a person that you love make mistakes. For years I have grown up around people that have decided to take the path of least resistance and over indulge in either alcohol or drugs. Unfortunately, I have a couple of family members that have a long history of alcohol use. I say that it is alcohol abuse. I believe...and no I haven't checked with AA on this, but if a person feels the need to use these substances on a fairly regular basis to in any way alter their mood, allow them to cope, to help them unwind and relieve stress....they are likely an addict. If they can not or will not use any other means to deal with stress, loneliness, depression, feeling overwhelmed or sad, then they definitely have a problem. For years, I have heard the need for alcohol described as the need to "relax." I hate that term. I will always have negativity attached to the word. Isn't that ironic?
But about my hidden sorrow...
Nothing has been so heart breaking for me to watch my loved one resort to drinking on a near nightly basis. This need for this substance to help him "relax" has been going on for as long as I can remember. And the really sad thing is that alcohol may dull his pain but it only heightens mine. Being around this person while he is under the influence, causes me great anxiety and makes me have a sick twinge in my stomach. Alcohol reeks. It seeps out through a person's pores. Not just in the way of the stench of alcohol but of how it affects them as being. I know all too well that change in his voice once he has started for the night. His voice cracks and his speech slurs. While walking, there usually is a slight pull to one side. The volume of his voice rises. He has to repeat himself over and over gaining volume to help you understand his point. Then if you do not agree or comply with his hearts desires, that alcohol demon may lurch out at you and curse your very existence. Its amazing how alcohol can convince a person that they OBVIOUSLY ARE RIGHT about any topic they wish to discuss!
Its amazing to me that this drug that is used to create such peace and relaxation can actually lead to a melt down into tears, sobbing and wailing. When working as a police officer I used to be witness to these exact same behaviors. Perhaps its just inner frustrations that can't escape but through tears. Who knows if that person even realizes what brought that bout of emotion on.
The hard part of being the loved one is that sometimes accusations of not loving that person come up when the drinker is accused of being less than perfect due to drinking. When that person is encouraged to seek help or to stop drinking, they some how think that this is your way of saying that they are some how not worthy of love. Little do they know that the opposite is the truth but alcohol lies to them and convinces them that to have another drink will help ease this pain they are feeling and help them to cope with unloving loved ones.
How odd it is to love someone so much and have the utmost respect for them when they are sober. But once they are under then influence of the beast, they become someone, something unrecognizable. They become hurtful and seemingly uncaring. They become that person that you can not feel not even and ounce of respect for. Your sorrow grows greater than the amount of respect you can feel for them.
So what can be done about someone that chooses to be an alcoholic or drug addict? For years I have suggested help. For years I have cried about this situation and about this person. For years I have prayed for him. I have prayed that his depression will be lifted. I have prayed that his finances will improve or that work will become less burdensome. I have prayed that he will know that I truly love him more than most anything but I can not deal with the alcohol. Hate the sin and love the sinner. I do! I love him so much.
So for now, I will keep praying. I will pray for guidance. I will pray for peace. I will keep my promise to my own family that I will NEVER EVER do that to them. I wont put them through that. Hidden sorrow. I hope that I never cause that pit in the stomach feeling. I hope I don't cause the type of sorrow that makes us lie in bed at night weeping for that someone.

What amazing displays of GRACE

All day today, my heart has been heavy. I have had worry on my mind. All day I have been trying to figure out how to help a dear friend that has been in need of a job and a new home. Being part of the construction business (somewhat indirectly), when the economy plunged, her job security went to pot. She was forced to find a new job. Fortunately, after a long period of waiting, she did find a job. BUT...Shortly after about 90 days of having this new job, she got laid off. Never mind that this all happened right after Thanksgiving and just in time for Christmas. She has an adolescent son at home and is a single parent. If my heart has been heavy, imagine what her heart has been feeling like. Just this past weekend, she received the dreaded FORECLOSURE notice on her beautiful, cozy home. You would think that all hope would be lost. But I tell you, we serve a wonderful, loving God.
After all my day of angst and worry trying to figure out how to help my friend, I should have realized that all I had to do was stop, breath and pray. God already knew what was on my heart!I have really been praying for my friend for over a year now. God KNEW that she was worrying about finding a home, losing her own home, providing food and necessities for her child and lets not forget that Tis the season...Christmas is only 9 days away!!
I have been talking to people all day today to see if they knew anyone that was hiring. I spoke to my friend a couple of times today about jobs and moving. I collected some moving boxes for her. My first instinct and desire is to just RESCUE her and her family from their situation. I would love nothing more than to be able to purchase their home for them so they would always have a place to live. I would also love to be able to use some sort of mythical connections that I have with the working world to set her up with a job. But seeing as I didn't win the lottery this past week and I really don't "know people..." I couldn't do either. BUT....tonight in talking to a group of ladies from the church, one of them mentioned that they had a little rental house that was available. She told me that she usually ended up renting to single moms that God sent in her and her husband's direction. I felt such amazement at this. This profound, amazing creation of God's! God has been working in my friend's life for so long. Like most of us, she has had some really rough periods of questioning and rattling of her faith. Why couldn't God just answer her prayers NOW???? Why has he allowed her to suffer so for so long? And although she realized the answers to those questions rather immediately, she still had to wait. But God has been good to her. He has been providing for her and her son. Now she has not been showered with MORE than she needed. She had been giving exactly what she NEEDED. In life we should always stop and ask ourselves if we are praying for what we NEED or what we WANT. God will always provide what we NEED if indeed that's what it is.
I am just shocked and awed at how today played out. Granted, my friend still needs to find a job. But I KNOW that this will come. God will provide for her. Will this job be the job of her dreams? Maybe, maybe not. Will this job enable her to pay her bills and provide the necessities for her son...I feel certain. God has been with her through all of this, he will continue to be ever present for her. I think that the only stipulations to all of this is that she put her faith and trust in HIM. That's not easy to do when times seem glum and grim. But focusing on what blessings he has already given to her and to her family...and be thankful for the greatest blessing of ALL...our Salvation...all those WANTS will seem less important and all of her NEEDS will be taken care of!
Thank you God!

Where do you want to be?

I remember someone asking me, where I saw myself at when I was in my 50's or 60's. Now I consider that question to rank up there with that horrible interview question of "Where do you see yourself professionally in 5 years?" What if I had responded that I saw myself in jail for embezzling money or maybe I think I might be dead in 5 years? I don't like that question. I really try to live for TODAY. And let me just say that living for today can be hard if you are like me and never know what day it is! That's why I wear a digital watch that reminds me of the time, the date and the day! There was no mistake made when I got this watch!
I asked Pete the other day where he thought he might be when he got to be in his 50's or 60's...well considering that Pete is 47, I guess that 50 isn't such a far shot from here. But he gave me the kind of response that I gave.....I DUNNO....
The person that asked me this question accused me of being completely unromantic! Why hadn't I been able to project my wants and desires forward 30 or 40 years? Well, the thing is this....I really don't have a clue how each day is going to go or each week or each month and I never know from year to year! Supposedly 2008 was supposed to be like a new beginning...in some ways it has been. But really, I've had a kidney stone this year, two stomach viruses, I've been hospitalized for my heart and gone to the ER a couple of times. I had cardiac ablation last month......so I don't know! I just hope I survive until the end of the year without having to accumulate more doctors bills! Where does the romance figure into that??
Anyway, where would I like to see myself? I would like to think I could retire in my 60's. Pete will have been retired for several years at this point. The girls will be in their near 30's then. Maybe I'll have married daughters, perhaps with grandchildren. Maybe I will have a retirement then.....a 401k instead of a 201k that we seem to be sporting right now with our economy (I cant take credit for that joke either...I just thought it was a good one!).
I would like to think that at 60ish, I might be able to work in my garden. Maybe Ill take up painting or writing. Hopefully I wont be all stove up and gnarled up from arthritis (from blogging too much). Perhaps Ill like to travel. I really want to make a trip up the East Coast of this great USA! I want to go out West and see the Grand Canyon and see those huge trees that you can drive a car through.
I suppose that when I'm in my 60's, Ill drive my children crazy just like my mom drives me crazy. I did mention to one of her coworkers recently that my purpose in life was to make my mom crazy and visa verse. I think we are doing a good job! :) We are real professionals..especially my mom!
I hope I'm not an ole cranky person when I get up in age. Some of the people in my family get crotchety as they get older. My Grandad got real stingy with things like toilet paper and water as he got older. He never wanted you to waste paper or flush the toilet too much. And PLEASE don't leave a light on! Older people love to live in the dark...Pete's already that way! I have terrible night vision...I like turning on lights.
But back to being cranky.....I hope I don't have horrible hot flashes. I hear those things can continue on into your 80's. That's just wrong. We pay our dues all through life...can't we just catch a break...that Eve...why? WHY? why? And what about hormonal imbalance. Men can joke about this all they want. This is a miserable feeling. Our hormones effect everything....body temp, body weight, metabolism, bone density, urination...the list goes on. And not all of those hormones originate in our ovaries...there is the thyroid gland, the pituitary gland.....Lest you forget men, you too have hormones in YOUR body....not just in the nether region....you too have a thyroid. You too have a pituitary. You too act like you have ovaries sometimes too......I'm just saying.....
Anyway, I still don't know where I want to be when I'm 60. I just hope that I don't out live my own children. I really hope that I still have Pete. I hope that my parents are hanging in with good (enough) health. I hope that my brother and I will see each other more than once a year (that could be a stretch). I hope that I have good (enough) health. I pray that we all make good life choices and that no one ends up in jail or on America's Most Wanted. Other than that....I'm good just taking it all one day at a time......What is today anyway?

What is love?

I was talking to our pastor's wife yesterday at a birthday party and she brought up the subject of marriages under fire. The initial conversation came about because a teen that she knows is talking about moving in with their significant other. She was discussing the statistics of divorce for people that live together before marriage. She said that 60% of those livin in sin marriages end up in divorce. The odds aren't good at all. I commented to Pete later that since we did live together before marriage for a short while and since this is both of our second marriages, that we really have all the odds against us. Supposedly, second marriages have an 80% chance of failure. WHEW! Its a wonder we have stayed married this long! But let me say that the last 8 years would not have been possible if I had actually thrown in the towel every time we had a serious disagreement or battle of the minds.
The thing about marriage is this: No one bothers to tell you the REAL truth about marriage. Yea, sure people will tell you that marriage is no fairy tale. Well, thats easy to figure out quickly enough. I didn't go into my marriage with Pete thinking that he was Prince Charming! And I knew from experience that no matter how much you wish a person would change, you can not CHANGE anyone that isn't willing. I made the mistake with my first marriage... of seeing the potential in someone that did NOT want to be changed!
Married folk always tell you that before you get married, you should sit down and discuss the following topics to make sure you see eye to eye with your mate:
1) Money
2) Child rearing and number of children
3) Sex
I believe that there are several more topics that should be discussed prior to marrying Mr or Mrs Right......
1) Where for the holidays and special occasions? I can not tell you the number of discussions we have had over this...the stress...the angst...the parental guilt trips layed on us. It gets 6000000 times worse when you have children...trust me on this fact!
2) What to do if one of you snores? Or even just....Are we ever allowed to sleep in separate bedrooms for whatever reason? After a recent discussion with a friend, I found out that she was astonished that her dad and stepmom have slept in separate rooms for decades. I told her that sometimes snoring and a history of a bad back or restless leg syndrome can lead to that!
3) Will you still love me after I gain 20-30 pounds? Will you still be attracted to me? Thats a real honest question for both partners. Men, dont even begin to say that women are the only ones to "let themselves go" after marriage!
4) What happens if one of the partner suffers a serious illness or mental illness? In talking to a friend recently, I found out that a few people have expressed their own dissatisfaction over his choice to stay with his spouse after finding out that she has a mental illness.....
5) What if one of the spouses gets arrested? I used to work with a guy who had been married for nearly a decade to a woman. After about 10 yrs of marriage and 2 kids later, his wife got arrested for embezzlement. Stay or not stay? He stayed.
6) How much of a cheap skate are you? Our pastor's wife told me that if there is a difference in price of even 4 cents, our pastor is going for the cheaper one! Never mind if the more expensive (a whole 4 cents!!) one is better...like peanut butter....Its got to be JIF!! Some things you just cant compromise on! She said that he was a Colgate man and she was a Crest woman. These things matter people. If you think they don't, just bring home the wrong tooth paste...or let your man go out and buy the NO NAME BRAND tampons or wingless pads......Then let him explain that the NO NAMERS were cheaper! YEA.............
7) If you marry young and you are into the bar scene, like to look at porn, like to cuss a lot or hang out with less than desirable friends.....YOU BETTER DISCUSS THIS...because when your first baby comes along and Daddy still wants to participate in the aforementioned activities or Mommy cant stand to have her OWN social life cut into......THERE's GOING TO BE TROUBLE!!! If you marry a drunk, 9 times out of 10, they are going to still be a drunk after you marry!! If you marry someone that likes to go to the T&A bars, they are probably still going to want to go to those places even after you are married....Im just saying...
8) Even though the first year or two are still part of the Honeymoon Phase of marriage, please discuss what steps you plan to take when you get in a rut. Not just a personal rut but financial, sex, job, marital or otherwise. Any of these things CAN and probably will happen. Life isn't always easy. Life can be boring sometimes. Marriage can be boring at times. What are you going to do about it??
I've touched on a few topics of discussion. Unmarried people, you have to know that there are plenty more topics that NEED to be discussed. And of course, as life would have it, things change. What you think you know about what you want today, may change tomorrow. But having a game plan helps I think.
Personally, I believe that marriage takes a lot of work. I think that the most important way to stay married and have a healthy relationship is to trust in God. Pray together. Pray separately. As God if it is HIS WILL for you to marry this person. God will let you know. You have to keep your heart and mind open to his response. And for goodness sakes, don't be afraid to ask for help! If you are having marital troubles, don't wait until you hate each other before you talk to someone. And make sure that you are talking openly and lovingly to your spouse FIRST! Pete and I have had many discussions about our marriage...both good and bad. That's life. I just pray that we beat those 60 and 80% odds for failure. So far, so good!

Its Friday

This week sped by.......
I can hardly believe it! I am a week older! Man! Time flies!! It's hard for me to wrap my brain around turning 36 in April! I guess I'm like many people, I didn't appreciate my 20's like I should have. They slipped away much more quickly than I would have preferred. I was noticing in the mirror today that I have 3 facial lines on each side of my mouth....no doubt these rascals have become ingrained like wood due to smiling and grimacing. I would like to think that they were due to the more pleasant expression and not the more negative one. I have to admit that grimacing could come about for a number of reasons as of late: the wretched stomach viruses 1&2 that I had to endure in the last month, having laryngitis, having heart ablation (all within the last month), hearing that a couple of people I know lost their jobs in the last couple of weeks, having to listen to Lyndi's wretched screaming and whining over and over and over and over again, worrying about that one stinking hair on my jaw that doesn't seem to want to DIE!!!!, money and just the usual day to day "stuff"! However...
On the other hand, I KNOW I have been able to use those smile muscles a lot in this past month!! I found out that my friend Shannon is pregnant!! I am so happy and thankful that I have a really good job that I love! Sherrie and I spend endless amounts of time laughing about nothing in particular! I get to meet some really nice people on a daily basis at work! I got to eat Thanksgiving dinner despite having just had stomach virus #2!! I love my families (my own and Pete's). I love to hear stories about people giving to those in need, life's little miracles and stories of the GOOD that people actually do!!
If someone is reading this and is over the age of 40, I'm sure you could be saying,"suck it up whiney 35 year old and put your big girl panties on!" Life goes by very quickly for everyone! I just wish that I could remember more than what I do out of each day! I wish that I could store all of those little tee hee moments and awww moments that make life so enjoyable. Unfortunately, the early warning signs of dementia come out making it hard for me to remember this morning, let alone what I had for dinner tonight!
Ok, Ill quit whining! I did have a really good day today. I sure am glad that its the weekend again! This weekend I hope to get our tree up and lights up on the house. A friend of mine told me about a family tradition of hers: while putting up the Christmas tree, play the favorite Christmas tunes, drink lots of hot chocolate and everyone helps with the tree! I like the sound of that! Keeping Lyndi and Jack the cat from pulling the tree apart (and down) will be a huge trick! But maybe we can make it special for everyone!
Lots of love and WARM thoughts to you!

Wally World

I don't know about you and your family but I guess that my family spends a couple to a few thousand dollars at Walmart annually. I always go there for groceries, dry goods, kids clothes....the list goes on. I even use their pharmacy...or I did until I got shorted on Ambien from them.
For about the last year or so, my husband likes to go off on a tirade about Walmart and about their lack of service. I have always just ignored him and his rants. Yea, you have to wait in really long lines. They are always out of that THING that you need a lot of times. The pharmacy lines and waiting times are horrendous...especially when you have two small children that are nutting up.
BUT here is why I will not use Walmart anymore. I don't care if I have to pay more or not for the things I buy or if I have to go to multiple stores to get what I need.
On November 23, 2008 I had my prescriptions refilled. I had the Ambien that I use nightly for sleep refilled. I get 18 tablets of 10mg Ambien in a bottle. Despite the fact that my doctor has written that I can take 1/2 to 1 tablet (5mg-10mg nightly) at bedtime for sleep, my insurance company doesn't want to pay for 30 pills. So if I took one whole pill a night, I would only be able to get 18 nights of sleep (but that's a whole nuther story). So...Because I had a couple of pills left over from my last bottle (because I don't take 10mg every night...only rarely), I did not open the new prescription for a couple of days. When I did open the bottle, I noticed that it didn't seem to have as many pills in it as usual. I counted them. I counted 13. I recounted...13. I was 5 pills short. I told myself that I needed to call and ask them why I was missing 5 pills. I thought maybe it was an insurance issue even though the bottle said 18 pills on it. I didn't know. When I counted my pills it was at night and the pharmacy would have been closed. I took 1/2 a tablet. That was on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. So we did Thanksgiving and spent the weekend with Pete's parents in Augusta. I forgot to pack the Ambien in my bag so I didn't have them all weekend (no good sleep for me!!). Saturday night I took half a pill and Sunday night half a pill. Monday evening I called the pharmacy and spoke to the pharmacy intern. I knew exactly who I was talking to because I have gotten many prescriptions filled there and have seen him.
I explained the situation to him and asked if insurance had held back 5 pills for some reason. He checked my prescription and said that I was given 18 pills. Which I explained that I was not. So he said that they would have to count their stock to see if they were short. After some wait, he came back and said that their count matched what their master computer count stated. Huh! I told him that that was interesting because I still only got 13 tablets. I asked him if it was possible that someone pocketed the pills because I didn't have them. They had to be somewhere. He told me that the best they could do was to put a note on MY prescription stating that in order to get my rxs that I would have to have them counted first. I asked him how that would help them know if there was a theft problem if they just put a note on my rxs and not make some kind of report. What if someone else called and said they were missing meds too? How would they remember me and my complaint? They wouldn't be able to track anything. He handed me over to Nancy....the pharmacist.
Now, Nancy didn't tell me she was the pharmacist. I had to ask. I had to ask if she was familiar with the situation. Yes she said she had been told. She was very evasive. So I explained that I had not received the 5 pills and that the Intern wanted to put a note on my rxs and not make any sort of report or general notation. There was no tracking. She didn't seem to have a problem with his suggestion. Anyway, by the end of this whole conversation, she told me that their count was fine so she didn't know (and obviously was not concerned about what had happened to my 5 pills). She reminded me that Ambien was a controlled substance. I wasn't get my 5 pills being the drug seeker that I am. And I told Nancy that if she hadn't realized, I hadn't even said I WANTED those 5...my concern is that someone could be stealing meds from there and they weren't even interested in tracking a potential problem. I asked her "what if someone is pocketing meds?" She told me that she KNEW that no one from her pharmacy was stealing drugs. I asked her HOW she knew? Do they check each person at night before they go home? Pat each employee down and search purses? She said "We have something like that in place!" WHAT BS! All they seemed to be concerned with was that their master count matched their bottle count. But who is to say that someone didn't SAY they gave 18, kept 5 and only gave the 13 to me? How would they know the difference. Their master count would still be right.....
So I had to tell NANCY the pharmacist that I would have to have to move my rxs to some place else so that I wouldn't have to COUNT every pill I got to make sure no one was STEALING pills from me. Then I asked who she had to answer to. When I told her that it was disappointing to me that since they weren't interested in what I had to say, I would have to move my rxs, her response was, "that would be fine." Nice.
I called and made a complaint to their complaint HOT line. That was 3 days ago. No word back from ANYONE from Walmart.
So I say this...if you are going to use Walmarts pharmacy, you better count every pill you get from them...especially the controlled substances....yes even the Ambien. I don't know what kind of drug market there is out there for Ambien...but....And I dont know if someone isn't sleeping well that works there....I just don't know. But COUNT your drugs...and don't think that if you ever have a problem with them, that Nancy or the rest of the corporate folks are going to give a rats behind about you or your little complaints. Because in the end, NANCY thinks I'm some drug crazed seeker OF AMBIEN and that NO ONE in HER pharmacy would EVER STEAL meds.........RIGHT.......That NEVER happens!!
So for me and my family.......NO MORE WALMART!!! By the way, from what I understand, Kroger pharmacy and probably other pharmacies offer the $4 prescriptions if that't the sole reason you use Walmart's pharmacy. Lack of concern and inconvenience isn't in any way shape or form worth $4.