increasing bummage

Well this sucks! Stacie becomes unemployed tomorrow and the end of this month we lose our medical insurance. I have an appointment next week with the surgeon to set a goal weight to get the bariactric bypass surgery I guess I will cancel that one . My wonderful in laws were willing to help pay the COBRA so I could still get the surgery. I greatly appreciate this. Then we find out yesterday that domestic partners are not covered under cobra. OK plan B. I contacted Kaiser to see about an individual policy. That was another epic fail. The plans were less expensive then COBRA but the coverage was MUCH less. AND Bariactric surgery was not covered under any individual plan. So I am back to no insurance effective Feb 1. I guess I am going to have to lose the weight the hard way. Diet and exercise. I am going to watch Craig's List for a free home gym (saw one just last week that I can set up in the garage to save on gym membership. Wow today is just a real bummer.
Ottar

Catch 22? screwed either way

The state says "your child must go to school". You try to hold up your end by sending him to school. Your child refuses to get his LAZY CARCASS OUT OF BED so he does not go to school on time. You explain to the school board that he refuses to go. The authorities respond with "you are the parent make him go". OF COURSE why did I not think of that I will force him to go. BUT WAIT if you strike your child for discipline or to get his lazy ass moving to go you as the adult go to JAIL! So if he refuses to listen you are caught between the rock and the hard place. If you smack him to get moving you go to jail, if he doesn't go to school you go to jail for being responsible for a truant.
Not only has the state taken away your power over them THE LITTLE FUCKERS KNOW IT. How many times have we heard that if you discipline your kid that they are going to call CPS? Don't get me wrong CPS has stopped many true abuses but the bureaucratic empire builders have created a monster backed up by ruling of whiny ass liberal judges and spineless legislatures. So my question here is what do you do? its a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation.
Ottar