APNARCOPLEXIC

I've been having trouble with getting packages delivered to my home for some reason lately....recently found out that apparently, they've been leaving my packages outside at the wrong address...where the unit in that condo building was vacant for the last part of January and seems to be getting work done to it now.

Two deliveries lost, that I know of. Since I get other deliveries without notice, I might not know that I'm missing something. In the first case, I got an email from UPS Surepost saying the package had been delivered by the post office...but I got nothing. The second time, was for CPAP supplies from CPAP.com, so I was tracking its progress. When it showed up, I wasn't home so they left a note. I asked for it to be redelivered, but nobody showed up with it. Later I found it to be marked as delivered. After calling USPS to find out where it is....I got call from supervisor saying the carrier came to my address, knocked and left it. But, nobody knocked on my door at the time in question.

And, I was sitting by the door at the time in question....I was on the phone for the February Midwest Narcolepsy Support Group meeting, which ran past 12pm.... so couldn't get supervisor to explain why there was no knock. The next day, a UPS delivery person mentioned that he had seen packages for me left at another address, said I should go check it out. There wasn't anything there....but since then I found another person that confirmed that packages were being left there. Hinted that if they hadn't been picked up by somebody else, they might have gotten hauled off the dump with the construction debris that had been piling up by the door.

Fortunately, two shippers that I know of, agreed to send me replacement shipments. The first wanted a different address to send the shipment to, so I provided them with my UPS Store address. That might take a while to get, since I originally ordered the item on January 4th, and it didn't ship until January 17th and allegedly get delivered on January 23rd...it was surely too large to fit in parcel locker.... It was one of those special purchase sites, for greatly discounted one day sale...so I'm surprised that they would replace the order. CPAP.com chose to resend using the same method to the same address. It arrived yesterday, and apparently after 5pm (5:05pm), but I wasn't home, since I aim to catch the 5:38pm bus home....and in general typicality it was running late. I thought about requesting redelivery...for Wednesday, since I had plans for this afternoon, and didn't want to risk wasting the whole day waiting for a no show again, etc. Plus I only sent an email about what I found out last night, so I don't know if they would've done anything to fix it yet.

After some thought though, I decided that what I might attempt to do, is get up early on a weekend....which is challenging, since I'm still sleeping on Daylight Saving Time. Doesn't help that I spent 8 nights on PST and 4 nights on MST...where not changing my CDT sleep schedule fit with sleeping in those time zones. Not sure what kind of schedule I'm going to sleep on when I spend some more time in PST.

And, be really early...and try to catch the 9:02am bus to the mall....get a haircut, do some shopping, indulge in a Smashburger, before visiting the post office before it closes at noon on Saturday. (M-F 8:30-4:30 and S 9:30-12:00). Well, I slept in a bit, and things moved slower in some areas than expected. In the end I missed, in it taking longer than expected to find two matched socks.

So, I opted to catch the 10:02am bus. It was running a touch late....and after the student union it was packed...people got left behind packed. Large groups of students going to Dillons East on Saturady.... So, I got off at the mall, got a aircut, did a little shopping before and after...and then decided to go to the post office to get my package before deciding if I would either do SmashBurger or catch the next bus home. There was quite the wait at the post office, I guess I don't know what its like, since its been more than 5 years since I was there. And, the last time was to renew my passport.

When, I came out it was about 20 minutes before the 11:30am bus back home....I didn't really want to be carrying the package around and didn't feel like I would enjoy having not enough or too much time at Smashburger either way. So, I waited for the bus to show up and ride it home. It was a pretty empty bus....2 people the whole way back...and then there was one.

So, home before USPS would typically show up...and there's some packages that should arrive today...so I can wait and see if those arrive correctly.

Now the CPAP.com order is kind of strange....

Last year when I first tried out life on QHDHP it had a much reduced DME benefit, so I had opted to purchased most of my CPAP supplies using on line sources... such as a Bravo II Nasal Pillow mask from CPAP.com. Though later in the year when I had satisfied my out of pocket maximum, I did start using the DME benefit to get a backup Full Face Mask (a Quattro FX). Though I continued to use the Bravo II most of the time. I've replaced the nasal pillows on it a bunch of times....having purchased like 8 at one time and a few others here and there to pad orders that I made around black friday/cyber monday. And, I've replaced the headgear for it a couple of times as well. But, the non-replaceable parts are starting to having problems, so I decided that I should replace it before my next trip.... Valentine's Day.

Even though this year the DME coverage is the same on all 3 plans now, and I met my out-of-pocket on January 2nd, when they processed the first refill of Xyrem for the year. I'm limited on when I can get replacements from my DME. And, it isn't 6 months since I got the backup mask. I dislike full face masks, and usually use them only a handful of days each year. It was less than that this year....since the flu was probably only bad a couple of nights for me this year. Probably the flu shot being close to right helped this year.

Plus while the Bravo II has been pretty good compared to my other masks, it still gives me problems....seems that they just aren't going to make a mask that avoids the area my scalp where my Seborrhea is troublesome. So, I'm thinking what I want to try is the CPAP Pro (http://www.nomask.com).... hopefully my DME can get that for me, since that's expensive enough that having insurance pay makes more sense than me paying for it. Even though return is probably not something I would consider for this....it would be if it doesn't work at first, keep trying to make it work. The next step afterwards might be to try shaving my head to see if that helps clear up the scalp condition, or reduces the irritation from headgear. Since it gets worse as my hair grows out, so keep my hair short helps a bit. Though getting a haircut every 5 weeks as really about as frequent as things should go...though its only been 4 weeks since my last hair cut this time.

Will probably stock up on more pillows after I get back....

Too bad I can't say I've been as productive since getting back from the mall/post office. But, being on the computer does tend to consume a lot of time, especially since I'm heavily updating/rebuilding large ports of my installed packages on two FreeBSD workstations (home and work). Should be more fun when I get around to building the two FreeBSD servers I've been wanting to....

I did ruin laundry that I started before I left this morning.....some whites got into my colored load, which included several brand new black items.