When the Pharmacy Screws Up

Yesterday I picked up my 10-year-old son's medication from our local pharmacy.

He's taken this medicine before, so I was immediately suspicious when I opened the bottle and the medicine inside looked totally different. But, I rationalized that maybe it was just a generic or some other form of the same meds ... until I checked the description on the pill bottle, and it clearly didn't match the pills inside.




See where it says "Round White Tablet" ... and see how the pills are oblong, red and white?!

I took the medication back to the Pharmacy, and they confirmed that yes, they had messed up, and the medicine they gave me was NOT in fact the medication that was supposed to be in the bottle!

Holy Crap.

That's a HUGE mistake.

They apologized, refunded the copay (which was under $3), and gave me a $20 gift card.

And they escaped a potential lawsuit. 

How often does this happen?!

Don't let them know they made a mistake, or they might take it back.

There's been a big misunderstanding.

I think they got the wrong person.

Surely this was meant for Thea at Texas Word Triangle...

Somehow, I have been awarded a Hot Mamas award.

How did they know I get so warm?
As a teenager I loved to crank the AC down to arctic-like temperatures at night.
My favorite animal was a penguin.
Did you know that you can meet a live penguin at Galveston's Moody Gardens?

Sorry, I got sidetracked.

Anyway, I think the Hot Dads who bestowed this award upon me
must have gotten hit in the head.

So, don't tell them they made a mistake...
I'll take the award anyway.

You know, I did get called a hot mama once...
By this homeless guy outside a gas station...
actually, maybe he asked if I had "Pot, Mama."

hmmmm...

Have you taken the 10 steps to buying a home?

All the hot mamas are doing it.

Did you know that Coffee Cake tastes nothing like Coffee?

My Mistakes & Assumptions

Am I the only one who had no idea about this?

I don't drink coffee, and I don't like the taste of coffee,
so I always steered clear of coffee cake
because I assumed it tasted like coffee.

Hah.

I was wrong.

I made a big mistake this week.
I am usually the one to pay our bills around here.

And I missed a payment...to the electric company.

And they didn't like that.




They cut our power.
I immediately rectified my mistake and paid the bill...
but it took them 24 hours to turn it back on.

So, we packed up the family and spent the night at my mom's.
Me, Texas Homeboy, the kids, my elderly father & the dog.

I was SO embarrassed.
and humiliated.
and irritated with myself.


Our dog Annie was a nervous wreck at my mom's house...
because Kachi the big bully kitty terrorizes her there.




Poor Annie.

BTW, I just told my kids that I needed their help cleaning out my car
(because the car is full of their stuff)
and they both ran out of the room.

I'm thinking about going after them with water guns...

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!

Mistakes

I found a quote today written by Elbert Hubbard (who's he?):

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

This is me. I'm constantly worrying and fearing that I'm going to make mistakes. It's not a fun way to live. It keeps me from trying things, it holds me back. And, does this keep me from making mistakes? No, I still make them. I wish I didn't fear failure so much. I don't feel like I live up to my potential. I try to learn from my mistakes, because that's all we can do, right?

I make plenty of little mistakes, like setting our sprinkler system to go off at 6am but it went off today at 6pm instead. Oops. I'm hoping the HOA nazis don't notice. People are fanatical about water schedules here, and our neighbors haven't been the most welcoming.

I make big mistakes, like forgetting to pay an insurance bill and losing auto insurance for a month. Oops. Turns out they punish you if you don't have insurance and make you pay even more once you sign back up. (And this even though we didn't have wrecks or speeding tickets on our records!)

Looking back on my life, there are decisions I wish I could change. One of them involved going off to college. I wish I had choosen a different one than the one I went to. I applied to four colleges (and got into all four), but I chose to attend SMU, the one that my boyfriend was going to, my best friend was going to, had the most people I knew going to, etc. At the time, I thought I wanted to go there because it looked fun but I think I needed that security as well. It was a hard time in my life. My parents were separating and my little sister was leaving for boarding school, and I felt like my family was falling apart.

In retrospect, it was a bad plan. My best friend and I decided to be roommates. Bad idea. We had a huge falling out about a month or so into school, and it ruined our relationship. We didn't speak for years, we weren't involved in each other's weddings and births of our first children.

I wonder what life would have been like if I had gone to Trinity University instead. Maybe I could have finished my degree and gone into a career in medicine. Would I be happier? Would I be more successful? Who would I be? Would I have my children? I can't imagine my life without them.

Do I regret my decisions? No, I can't, because it led me to where I am now, with my husband and two wonderful children. Has the journey been tough? Yes. Do I feel like I know who I am and what I need to do with my life now? No, I don't. I think I lost myself somewhere along the way. But, I can't regret it. It's made me who I am now, for better or worse. I can only grow from this point onward.

So, if I can stop fearing every step I take foward, I think I could actually get somewhere. I've made mistakes, and I've learned from them. I know I'll make more, but that just makes life interesting, right? I keep telling myself that.

What mistakes have you made (big or small)?