Hope I Don't Get Sick...Ever!

Well, I soon will be free of the truck, which means no more insurance bills.  Next step is to opt out of  Medicare B.  That will get me back to what I had before for my Social Security check,  another $100 per month.  I just might be able to make it that way.  I'm also going to contact the bank, and see about removing some of those awful overdraft fees. 

And I guess I have to face actuality, and give up some of my dreams.  It looks like I'll be stuck here for the rest of my life,  no moving back to the beach, no trip to Australia.  I don't know which hurts worse.

Medicare Disaster! How Dumb and Naive Can I Be!

Well, I made it to 65, and got my first Medicare check...along with a hard slap in the face by REALITY CHECK!!! Ouch!   Somehow, I had the idea that a Medicare check was in addition to my Social Security check.   NOOOO!!! I found out the hard way, with bouncing checks and bank overdraft fees all over the place.  The fact is Medicare is taken out of my already meager Social Security check.  I'm poor as a church mouse (wherever that adage came from), but, somehow, I will survive.

One thing that will help right away is that my old truck will soon be out of here.  I am selling it to an environmental-conscious re-cycler of scrap metal.  That feels good to my New Age spirit.  It will feel good to be able to pay a bit of the overdrafts, too.

Without truck insurance, I just might make it.  Or, if worse comes to worse, I suppose I could look for a walking-distance job. What a depressing thought! Ugh!!    Oh well, another lesson, and Thank you Very Much ADD!!!

Reinventing Myself

I'm becoming what I always thought I would be in my autumn years: an eccentric old wise woman.  Well, not too sure about wise, considering some of the dumb ADD things I still do, but eccentric, most definitely!

I'm back to my New Age self, and enjoying it!  For Halloween, I dressed up like a Medicine Woman just for fun.  Nobody came to my door for Trick or Treat, so I put on some Native American music and danced.  It was fun and spiritual.

Now I do Zen meditation.  And I changed my Facebook name back to Astranda:  AstrandaLynn AngelStar Winborn.  It fits me well now.  I'm also getting more artistic, and illustrating my blogs. 

In short, I'm reinventing myself, and enjoying it.  :)

Can't Believe It: Medicare!!

Less than a month and I'll be 65!! Medicare kicks in next month, right around my birthday.  So I'll be getting a little extra money now.  But of course it will all go for medical insurance,  no free ride there.  I'm rarely sick, but it's best to be prepared, I guess.