US Journal
Sunday-Wed., May 5-8,
2013
Happy Cinco di Mayo!
I finished my application to receive Social Security
benefits. For those of you who don’t live in the US, I have paid into the U.S.
Social Security fund my whole life, and now I have retired and have enough
credits to start receiving benefits from them. I will receive a check monthly
until my death. It’s about half of the amount of my retirement benefits from
working in the schools, so I’m very pleased and am feeling quite wealthy!!! If
you knew the real amounts, you would laugh heartily at that comment!!! Every
little bit helps, though.
We’re going to open a swimming pool in our house if we get
any more rain in our basement! This rain is relentless, and has been a
challenge for 4 days. We missed church, a Cinco de Mayo lunch with Tom and
Beth, a visit to Montara Falls Retreat in North Georgia, and a visit to our
favorite Storico Fresco Pasta Shop because we had to change the towels and shop
vac every 2 or so hours. At it’s worst, I was drying 12 loads of towels in one
day! Today (Wednesday), we have finally seen the sun, and our basement is dry
again. It was good impetus to get rid of things in the basement, so we’re
taking a load to donate at MUST ministries every few days. Something good can
come out of every bad situation, right?
A DAY WITH NAVIA AND
NICK
I couldn’t have had a better time than I had today playing
with Navia and Nick! Nick is on his break from his Physical Therapy Doctorate
at Georgia State University, and Navia is on permanent break. She’s the cute-as-a-button
Pointer puppy dog!
Nick and I took Nadia for a walk in Grant Park, only to have
Nick chase her all around, trying to convince her to stay with us. We ended up
at an outdoor table eating pizza before we went to a dog supply store for a new
pinch collar that the dog trainer recommended for Navia. She’s a very smart
little 8 month-old, and she immediately knew who was boss!
Thanks, Nick and Navia, for a wonderful visit! Let’s do it
again soon!
Love, Mom (Nonna to you, Navia!)
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