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Carol H Tucker
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“When things are taking their ordinary course, it is hard to remember what matters.” ~ -Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
Back in the day, I kept calendars in which you could write – and yes I had a Franklin Day Planner and I loved it. Keeping a careful calendar was a necessity when Frank was working shift work because Baltimore County’s Police Dept did a 5-3-5-2 rotation and he varied from day to afternoon to night shifts -- I had to keep up with which days were off and which shift he was on next and it got quite complicated at times. Because there was room on each day, I would write something about the day on it and at the end of each calendar there was always a couple blank pages and I would fill them with reflections and noodling about the past year and the year to come. I still have all of them in a box, which as a historian, I fondly delude myself my kids or grandkids will be interested in reading about my life. Just another box in the Disaster Area that will probably be thrown out…. The notebook-sized Franklin Planners with all the meeting notes and notes about the books I was reading and the organizational development trope has already gone to the recycling bin.
All of this is in the way of an intro to my musing about the past year, in case you didn’t realize where I was going with this.
The biggest news of the year is that our little family grew – Lorelei was born in August!
I got to take two vacations this year, which is pretty unusual. The first was in April out to Las Cruses to visit my oldest friend and her husband. This had been planned for the end of 2014, but had to be deferred, but the upshot was that I got to see the desert and mountains in spring for a change. They are great hosts and a very good time was had. The second was an impulsive one – there was a perfect storm of a 25% discount on rooms, expiring reward points [really, a round trip ticket for $11.25?], and the announcement that the Osborne Lights were leaving Hollywood Studios after this year. It was my second solo foray to WDW and it went much better than the first one did – but I went into hock to do it..
2015 saw a big change in my financial picture because I turned 65. The insurance company [both thru Frank’s pension plan and here at work] immediately shifted me over to Medicare, even though I am working full-time and even with the CIGNA Surround coverage, the costs for coverage immediately tripled for me. In addition? The life insurance that I have here at work was immediately reduced by 35%. Nice to know that the bottom lines of the insurance companies is more important that making affordable insurance available for seniors, isn’t it?
Health wise I seem to be doing a bit better. I have lost weight and the blood sugar levels are under better control now. The ankles don’t seem to swell as much and as often, and I have found fitting into shoes easier, but I still cannot wear heels without pain. The MRSA is a fact of life for me, and erupts now and then. And my gums definitely need care, but I haven’t gotten myself to a dentist yet since all the ones that I can find as recommended do not accept insurance. Kula is still on this restricted diet for thyroid condition. He continues to lose weight and has become hard of hearing and sometimes doesn’t seem to see very well. He leaves me little “gifts” on the floor to let me know when he is displeased, but fortunately still uses the litter box to pee in.
Well that is enough about me!
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