Bonjour à tous! (Hi everybody!)

I  leave for Geneva in exactly two weeks. It's completely mind-blowing, and I'm having trouble getting everything done. It became even more real for me as I helped my best friend pack over Skype yesterday and texted her while she was at the airport, departing for her own study abroad experience in England.

I'm using this blog both as a journal for myself and to keep my friends and family updated while I'm in Europe. As much as I'd love to talk to all of you daily, it simply isn't possible, (especially with the time difference) so you can keep yourselves updated on ma vie genevoise (my Genevan life) here!

As I write this I'm getting prepped for Geneva, doing all the little things so I won't be worrying about them at the last minute. Creating this blog is one of the things I wanted to do, so I'm finally starting!

One of those oh-so-fun tasks I'm working on today is dealing with my insurance company regarding my prescriptions and taking them abroad with me. I want to take 6 months worth of one of my prescriptions to Geneva with me in my suitcase so I don't have to worry about mail-order or finding the right equivalent in Europe. Sounds simple, no?

WRONG.

1. Call insurance in early January. Speak to very nice woman who tells me I need to call my doctor's office 2 weeks before I leave (today) and ask them to put in a script to the pharmacy stating I get 6 months at once. Then I will need to call back the insurance company and remind them to approve it. Ok, sounds simple.

2. Call doctor's office today. Speak to another very nice woman who is a little confused about what I need but we ultimately get the script submitted to the pharmacy.

3. Call the insurance company to remind them. Speak to a man in Phoenix with a funny accent. He tells me oh no, we'll fill it for you at our retail pharmacy and mail it all to you and yes, it will get there before you leave for Geneva. But first my doctor has to call in the prescription at this number.

4. Call back my doctor's office, and of course I don't get to speak to the same woman as before. Now I have to explain this epically long story to her and explain that she needs to call this number to put in the prescription. Ok, she says, but I might not be able to because I might not have all the information about you that I need. 

5. Receive a call from my pharmacy, asking what's going on. They say that they received the script from my doctor, then they called my insurance agency about it and were told that I need to call a number to get permission for the script. I tell them no, we're not doing that anymore, just forget about it.

6. Still haven't heard from my doctor's office about whether they were able to put in the script. 

WHY IS THIS ALL SO DIFFICULT?! Simple problem, super complicated answer. Meh.

So I'm going to go continue with my super long list of things to get done, now that I've fought with my phone for over an hour and can check "start blog" off my list.