open enrollment

its that time of year again...the dreaded moment for filling out health insurance forms. i think i'm a reasonably intelligent person but every year, i'm half terrified of these forms. they are weird and complicated. and since we seem to change insurance carriers every year, i never have the chance to fill out the same for twice, to sort of get the hang of it. i fear that the people in my HR department are going to review my forms and think, "wow, that christen must be a real loser. why can't she fill out this simple form properly?" and i'm always afraid that i'm going to check one little box wrong and then not be able to have insurance until january 2019 or something.

and then later today i get to go have my very first MRI (paid for by the current health insurance).