WE WIN SOME AND WE LOSE SOME

STUCK IN A HOLDING PATTERN

Thursday, 8:30 AM. 20 degrees F, wind WSW, calm with occasional gusts.  The sky has a low overcast, the humidity is 81% and the barometer has begun to trend down, currently at 30.4".  We are stuck in a holding pattern, one day like another.
   With both myself and Joan still not over the flu (guess that's what it is) we thought maybe we ought to ask our doctors about a prescription for the new anti-viral remedy Tamiflu.  Turns out I have had the bug too long for it to be useful but Joan got a prescription and we went to the Walgreens in Ashland to pick it up, along with running some other necessary errands.
   The pharmacy had no liquid Tamiflu left but did have capsules.  When we drove in to pick the prescription up the druggist announced the cost would be $50.  When asked what the insurance co-pay was, he said that was the co-pay, full price was $150.  Joan said no thanks, she would rather have a new pair of shoes.
   While in Ashland we stopped and filled up with gas, the price having come down to $1.99 a gallon.      
   We win some and we lose some.