Nice!

I still have part of my sticker collection in a Garfield stationary box up on my closet. It has whole sheets of unused scratch and sniffs in it. The taco-scented ones are my favorite. I bought DD some of the TREND stickers you're referring too. My vintage ones smell more! I would think about taking a pic of some of them, but I'm laid up in bed with a toothache. 😩

Life simply has not turned out as I'd hoped/expected. These past several years have been extremely challenging for me. I am stretched to my max both mentally and emotionally. My mental load is extreme. My "free time" is limited. Little of this relates to homeschooling, except that homeschooling keeps me tied in place and restricts my ability to improve certain other facets of life. DD has been fabulous in stepping up and taking a more-independent role in her studies. She's doing some dual credit. Her first ACT scores were good. But, I feel as those I am failing her overall. I really need some kind of homeschooler's checklist to help me get through the next year and half. She's finishing up her junior year, and I fear missing important upcoming deadlines. (I already missed some summer opportunities but found different ones last minute.) Any suggestions?

I still miss her. She was wise and so helpful to me. I've wondered how her son has fared without her over the years.

Our DMV gives out yellow and black "Permit Driver" signs to tape to your back window.

Yes. We walked all over that place all times of day this time last year. You probably feel a bit leery sometimes, but I do think you'll be okay. See whether you can catch an early Mardi Gras walking parade while you're there.

This is interesting. I believe I received a letter in the mail telling me about the change in the program. When I talked to Nurtec OneSource on the phone, I asked whether it was just me (or people with my particular insurance) getting kicked off or everyone. They said everyone. Maybe that wasn't true. Hopefully, you'll get to stay. According to that phone call, I might be able to get another script or two filled this year. They said from January 1st on, anyone using the program in the future, would only get a maximum of two scripts filled. I'm going to try to get my script filled early next week since that's when I should be eligible again. Then, I'm going to turn around and have my doctor prescribe whatever off-label one he wants and try to make do, I guess. Maybe I could squeeze that second script out of Nurtec at some point. I remember talking on the phone to Nurtec OnceSource the first couple of times I got it for free. I asked them how long I would continue to get it for free. They said indefinitely, as long as I had insurance. I remembering thinking, yeah right. All good things always end, but it was quite a bit sooner than I had hoped. I thought maybe they had had success with the insurance companies, though. Not really, it seems.

Nope. It is fairly difficult. They provided two comps. One was generous, the other was not. Both were used. And, the mileage for both were between 1,000 and 1,600 miles. I have found a couple of new-car comps where the mileage is closer to ours. One is 381 miles. The mileage of our Mazda was 399. The trick I think is going to be finding two comps close enough to what we paid to average better. Their high-low thing is annoying and undoubtedly by design. If we present just one comp that is nearly exact to our totaled car, they may kick out their "generous" comp and then the total with out on-point comp would average lower with their low-ball comp. But, maybe they can't legally change the offer down. Ours, which is why I don't understand why they would use the low-ball comp.

Insurance is offering us $38,700. Sticker price on the car was $40,500. Total amount with financing and fees was $42,005.60. I got a payoff quote from Mazda, if we pay it off by the end of the month, which I don't know will happen, we will only have to pay $56 of the $1,445.60 in finances charges. We have gap insurance, but we are not upside on the loan, so we are essentially being penalized for putting so much down as a down payment. We will lose $1,915.87 of what we paid on the car, if we accept the offer. Is this a fair, or at least typical, offer?

I wonder what the person thinks when they never get a thank you. I always thank my well wishers.

I would definitely tell them they have the wrong number. As a matter of fact, I always do. Spam aside, of course.

Yes! I have chronic migraine. I can't use a medication that "treats" them because they are so frequent. I never know where one ends and the next one begins. They can last days. I need a medicine that prevents them. Off-label stuff does not prevent, so I don't even understand why I have to "try" them.

Good Rx in a no go. Still $1,030 for the 8-pill dosage. I need the 16-pill dosage too, which I'm not sure my insurance will cover even with prior authorization. The 8-pill dosage is all that shows up in their database.

I know nothing about bunions, but I do love my Altra Timp trail runners for hiking. I recently found a pair of Altras at Ross that are a different model that I wear as an everyday shoe. I bought my first pair of Altras after breaking my foot. I needed something to protect it when stepping on rocks, etc. while hiking. I also needed better traction to help keep me from falling while on the trail. (I also use poles.) Lone Peak and Timp were constantly recommended by hikers online. Since then, I bought Lone Peak for my husband and daughter. My husband loves them and wants more Altra shoes. My daughter likes to be contrary about them because she claims she doesn't like hiking. Lol. (She actually just doesn't like hiking with my husband because he's too hard core for her.)

One thing that I've considered is taking whatever med is prescribed for about a week. If the migraines come back, or I can't handle the side effects, then I would switch back over to my remaining Nurtec pills until the 30 days are up for the new med. Then, I'd try whatever is next and do the same. I'm not sure it's safe to switch back and forth like this, though. I also don't know how to lie to my doctor. (I'm a sucky lier and generally don't believe in it.) I really like him. If we were to have a face-to-face discussion, I think I would just ask him whether I could pretend to take them. He would laugh, I think, and possibly help me figure out the lesser of the evils to just get through the process. But, I don't know for sure.