Tone Parsons

Today is the day that I’m supposed to find out if my private long term disability insurance company has decided to turn my bennifits back on or not.

I’ve been in appeal since June (they take their sweet time on these things) and I’d like to get paid again.

I called my claims manager a few minutes ago and left a voice mail asking her to call me back.  Now I’m sitting here, a complete ball of nerves, waiting for her call.

I’ll update just as soon as I find out what the decision was.

Wish me luck!

I was showing my wife how to use our media center tonight, and I came to a conclusion….

I’m a total Depeche Mode fanboy.

While this comes as no shock to those who know me, I didn’t realize exactly how much I had spent buying music from this one band until I sorted my mp3’s by total tracks.

253 songs seems like a lot until you realize that I own the same song several times (greatest hits cd’s, remixes, etc).

Oh… and don’t judge me by the Eminem collection… it’s a guilty pleasure.

Today is international talk like a pirate day!!

To celebrate, every post on this blog has been transformed into authentic pirate speak!  Of course, tomorrow, it will all change back to the way it was before (you have to love plugins!!)

Prepare to be boarded!! (or just bored)

I met with my attorney yesterday and he impressed both my wife and I, so we hired him.

I also filled out the final appeal with Social Security Disability asking for a hearing (the lawyer will represent me).  He stated that it should be pretty straight forward, since I have a fully documented condition, and gave my chances of winning at about 95%.

He’s also taking the case on contingency, so if he doesn’t win, I don’t owe him a dime.  If he does win, he gets 25%, or just over $5,000… which ever is lower (that sounds fair to me!).

He also went over the paperwork with my private insurance disability company and said that they should turn it back on with the appeal I have with them.  If not, he’s more than willing to take that case on too! (they said they’ll have an answer for me by September 29th).