At least prescription drugs. I don’t mind OTC drug commercials, but prescription drug commercials bug the shit out of me.
I’ve gotten a few referrals on NextDoor for moonlighting licensed plumbers, carpenters, and electricians.
Since covid it’s been hell trying to get anything done. I finally found a handyman to do a few things but he is exceptionally busy and I have to text him multiple times to make any progress.
I found him by word of mouth from a friend.
I am also looking to find another one. I found a few online and might give one a trial run with a simple project.
Our local area has a lamp store that has been very responsive and reasonable fixing electrical issues although I have not had anything major.
Maybe try asking around at local hardware stores?
Extremely minor: in a mobile game I play, I paid a not insignificant amount of currency to enter a limited time event. I thought I had more time than I did, and the event closed without me ever playing it, wasting my entry fee.
I haven’t spent a dime on this game and probably never will, but I’m annoyed and upset at myself to a level probably mildly higher than warranted, given my playing habits for this specific game. Maybe it’s just because I feel dumb.
Fuck this world, I want to get off. That is all.
Me too. I don’t think I will survive much longer. I can’t take everything.
Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Bollocks.
My mum died this morning,
Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Bollocks.
Does that mean that, in May, I have to post: “MAY I post a May rant?” 
My dad died many years ago. You have my extreme sympathy. Losing a parent is really, really tough.
Thanks. Yes it is. It wasn’t totally unexpected, she was diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer in August.
Still…
i so sorry. you can prepare for the moment, but the finality takes your breath away.
I’m so sorry. This a surreal time, take care of yourself.
I’m sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing.
I am very sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry, shit. That’s definitely not a mini-rant. 
I am so very sorry for your loss. You could talk about her… but only if you want to.
Dude. I am so sorry to hear that.
That won’t necessarily work - they might not approve the expenditure if it’s not “prescribed” (I once had my doctor write a prescription for me for an OTC med for that very reason).
But you can use the funds on stuff like eyewear, dental care, and so on; I once used it to buy a HEPA filter.
Not mini at all, for sure. My condolences on your loss.
Heart-y rant #1: The cardiologist who is coordinating my efforts to try to find out WTF is going on with my stamina etc, suggested the other day that it was time to start on low-dose aspirin. This makes sense for a number of reasons. So I went to the drugstore yesterday.
A bottle of 300 quarter dose tablets (81 mg?) was 12.98 - for the generic.
A bottle of 500 full dose tablets (325 mg) was 7.50.
So the lower-dose stuff costs about 12 times what the higher-dose costs, per milligram of aspirin. I mean, I can see it being a little more, it’s sort of a specialty thing (though there were loads of store and brand-name packages). And even at 12.98 for most of a year’s worth, it’s still cheap. I just thought it was pretty startling.
Hearty-y rant #2: I lucked into a cancellation for a specialist, so I saw him last week instead of LATE JANUARY. Got more testing scheduled (tilt table) for mid-December. Regular cardio wants to do a chemiical stress test, also - so far, so good. But will NOT schedule that until after the tilt table. So, January at the earliest.
I assume this is because the tilt table may turn up things that suggest a) the stress test is not needed, or b) the stress test is risky. I was hoping we could do these in parallel - because the testing is preventing me from scheduling OTHER procedures, which are NOT optional, and I’m not sure just what the hell I’m supposed to do. It’s not like I’m trying to get a tummy tuck or some other procedure that could be delayed indefinitely.
I work in a virtual call center, We can log off at five, earlier if the boss announces it in group chat. I had a call that ended at 5:58. The system gives us thirty seconds after a call ends to finish up paperwork and such. Earlier, the call had been disconnected. As is procedure, I took myself off queue, announced in the group chat what I was doing, and attempted to reach the caller at the number he had given me. This meant that if I did nothing, I would remain off queue and be unable to receive calls for the remaining ninety seconds of the work day. But, the bosses have warned us numerous times about doing that or similar things to avoid working late. I put myself back in ready status and hoped for the best.
I immediately got a call. A woman is applying for insurance for her newborn. I am still on the call (I am currently playing a required recording). I do not expect the call to end until at least six.