Today I called the SSA and (cough) made an appointment to apply for Medicare. Medicare. Isn't that for old folks? Yep, and that now includes me. I turn 65 in June and like the good little cross-your-t's person I am, I did what they say you're supposed to do: call SSA three months before your 65th birthday to apply for benefits. Deb answered my call to their 800 number and made an appointment for me March 5th, Riverside office. March 5th - two days away? She gave such a hearty laugh and asked if I was surprised to get an appointment so soon. Did I expect to have a much longer wait? Well, yeah. I hoped to have enough time to sort of get used to the idea. But I'm a quick study and by Wednesday I'll be ready. Sort of.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Red Letter Day
See the baby? In three months she gets Medicare!
Today I called the SSA and (cough) made an appointment to apply for Medicare. Medicare. Isn't that for old folks? Yep, and that now includes me. I turn 65 in June and like the good little cross-your-t's person I am, I did what they say you're supposed to do: call SSA three months before your 65th birthday to apply for benefits. Deb answered my call to their 800 number and made an appointment for me March 5th, Riverside office. March 5th - two days away? She gave such a hearty laugh and asked if I was surprised to get an appointment so soon. Did I expect to have a much longer wait? Well, yeah. I hoped to have enough time to sort of get used to the idea. But I'm a quick study and by Wednesday I'll be ready. Sort of.
Today I called the SSA and (cough) made an appointment to apply for Medicare. Medicare. Isn't that for old folks? Yep, and that now includes me. I turn 65 in June and like the good little cross-your-t's person I am, I did what they say you're supposed to do: call SSA three months before your 65th birthday to apply for benefits. Deb answered my call to their 800 number and made an appointment for me March 5th, Riverside office. March 5th - two days away? She gave such a hearty laugh and asked if I was surprised to get an appointment so soon. Did I expect to have a much longer wait? Well, yeah. I hoped to have enough time to sort of get used to the idea. But I'm a quick study and by Wednesday I'll be ready. Sort of.
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I felt very strange the day I sat in the SSA office to apply for benefits. I was much too young to be this old.
HA! You two poor old folks...I still have 18 months to go....I do collect my S.S. $$$$ however. But, Idaho being the progressive state that it is (WHAT?) when I applied for that I did it over the phone!!! Yup, we are all too young for this pert of our aging...but it is nice to get a check for staying home and doing housework just like I always have!
that's PART....I am far from pert.
Mom, I like that - too young to be this old. My new mantra.
Rosemary, can hardly wait to get paid for just breathing! And pert fits - you wear it well!
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