All That Wiggles Is Not Jello

 I guess we could say that things are not always as they seem, yes?  

In today's mail, I received a refund check from the hospital with which I do business, for "overpayment".  It was about $250, and my heart began to race.  Yay!  More money to get through the month!  I just paid a bill last week online, and when I did, it looked like I actually owed more, so I got suspicious with the refund.  Thus, I called...and boy, am I glad I did!  The refund check was in error...a computer glitch that spits out stuff due to algorithms or whatever.

What people don't know is that hospitals have several accounts:  physicians, facilities, and whatever else.  You can pay one and think you are done, but then the others rear up.  When I called Billing today, I got a peach of a representative.  I told her that I had a refund check but was suspicious of it.  In the course of our conversation, she determined that the refund check was part of a computer glitch.  She explained it all and was quite specific about what I could expect after the call.  She voided the refund check and applied the funds to the THREE accounts still open for me.  That left me with a balance of less than $50.  I'm delighted to have it all taken care of, even if I still owe a little bit.  

Meanwhile, I will be spending Thanksgiving with my sister and bro-in-law in Missouri.  We will pig out and rejoice in our blessings!  Of course, that all puts me in a different mode.  Now I have to start the packing/planning process.  What to take...what to leave behind...God help me!

The "all that wiggles is not Jello" thing originated with my mother and her siblings. When Aunt Net (Calnetta, who was big-bosomed) came to dinner, their mother dared not present a Jello dessert for fear her kids would say something about the jiggle looking like Aunt Net.  Funny now.  Treacherous then!