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- There was a chance of snow (1 to 2") in the Annapolis area Friday night.
- There was a prediction of high winds all along the Eastern Seaboard for Saturday.
- The snow coming in for Sunday to Monday was coming in very late, and could bring as much as 8".
So, I proposed leaving Sunday morning to avoid fighting the wind on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday and to enjoy the possible snow Friday night. We would get home before the snow on Sunday/Monday and get to spend one more day with the kids and grandkids. No one voted against this.
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Tuttle asked why we were leaving at all, "What's the hurry, you're retired?"
Well, yes, yes I am. Mondays do not exist for me anymore. However, we are transitioning from my company's health care plan to Medicare/Medicare Part B/ Tricare for Life. Though all the paperwork has been completed, the documents proving all this are "in the mail" and are being held at the Post Office until Monday. So we need those, ASAP. I have a prescription awaiting pickup as well, seems one of my eye drops hadn't been properly refilled. Rather than have my eye doc send it to a place down here, I will pick it up there. Also need to let the pharmacy know that I'm retired.
Man, I love saying that.
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So one more day in the beauty of Maryland before heading back home. As we're coming back in three weeks for Finnegan's birthday it's not like we'll be gone for long. Because you know ...
I'm retired.
Enjoy Monday my brothers and sisters of the gotta-go-to-work clan, you'll get here someday. It feels like forever, but looking back it doesn't seem so long ago that I was raising my right hand and swearing an oath.
Though it be fifty years this month.
Seems long, but it ain't really.
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Ciao!
You do know that "I'm retired" now confers "Old Fart" status (ask me how I know), congrats on unlocking that level Sarge......... :) Weather events become more important in dictating travel plans.
ReplyDeleteJust had a friend remind me that it was 40 years ago that we were in Singapore for New Year's.
DeleteTime flies when you're having fun! Just don't forget to take the trash out before the garbage truck comes... they still care what day it is :-)
ReplyDeleteHave you yet told yourself "I shoulda done this sooner!", Sarge? You likely will at some point. The " travel restrictions" are actually a big deal; we don't HAVE to "be there" nearly as urgently as before; and that's a mighty good thing!
ReplyDeleteComing up on 52 years for swearing in - quite a run since then...
Boat Guy
You will be VERY happy with the Medicare/Tricare for Life coverage. Best of all if you never need it to cover anything but routine checkups and meds. But, if something big and nasty pops up, it should be TOTALLY covered for you or the Missus. No deductibles, no co-pays, no stacks of confusing bills to mess with. [Except a pittance for prescription meds, basically the cost for delivery for most, a bit more if you go "off formulary."]
ReplyDeleteJust sit back and let the quacks work their magic tricks and fix you up, and you can worry about your writing, drumming or travel. Back when we were young and invincible, that "free healthcare for life" seemed sort of valueless to us warriors, but olde pharts seem to find it tremendously nice to have.
My wife went thru several months of cancer treatments (very successfully, thankfully!) and a week in the ICU. Total out of pocket- ZERO.
Hope you never have to verify this, but it is comforting to know that you've got it, just in case.
Cngrats on using your new found schedule flexibility so soon!
John Blackshoe
That is a fine decision making process Sarge, and I am completely 100% in support it.
ReplyDeleteBut yes, getting the paperwork in order is critical.
I think you are going to encourage me all the more to speed my way through my remaining years.
You've earned it and deserve to enjoy it. For me, I will retire when I'm buried.
ReplyDeleteOne of the many benefits of "being retired" is you can go to the grocery store any day of the week, it doesn't HAVE to be Saturday or Sunday. Same for the bank, the mechanic to get the oil changed, etc, etc. You can stand in the longer line, or nicely let that rushed person who beat feet to nip in front of you in and just say "it's ok, I'm in no rush, I'm retired". Do it once or twice, and enjoy the looks ya get when ya do.
ReplyDeleteI even pulled it on a couple of obviously retired folks, who were rushing around in the grocery store...it took the wife back a bit, and then she said "good point, we are too"...obviously a concept that they hadn't explored, or at least not recently.
Safe travels!!
Suz
Made it home in record time, left Annapolis at approximately 0845. stopped for sustenance at Dunkin', headed north.
ReplyDeleteStopped at a restaurant about 10 miles from home. Stopped for milk and bagels for the morning, unloaded the car.
Pretty much Mission Complete at 1630. I'll let you do the math. but the distance is officially 405 miles if you do the GW in NY.
Which we did.
Low traffic was the key. those on the road (with the exception of Connecticut) seemed to know their business.
Now I shall sleep and upon the morrow, discover what the new "normal" is.
Cheers.
Get up, scratch your whatever and greet the first day of the rest of your life! It's Monday....
DeleteWhat is this "Monday" you speak of?
DeleteSarge, I remember one Christmas down in my house in MN when I was working. The day after Christmas, anticipating a long weekend, I was idly listening to the weather forecast at 06:30 "A major winter storm moving in, beginning with freezing rain this afternoon". An hour and a half later, I was packed up and the house powered down and secured. "Took a final look around and I was gone". Got back to Grand Forks at noon. Sunshine and clear roads all the way. An hour later, the freezing rain started right on schedule.
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