TERRY
As I write at 9:15 AM Terry is finished with the paper and is enjoying a breakfast sandwich of South Bend back yard egg, cheese and ham! How about that for a delicious start to the day??? I would say Terry is same same today. She has spent time the last two days in the living room after walking there with the help of the walker and my steady hand on the belt around her waist. I am hoping she is up for that again today. I am not sure it helps her get better but "for sure" it is good for her to get out of bed and use those legs a bit. As I write she is watching some old old TV shows like Lucy, George Burns, Bob Hope etc. When one watches them it is easy to realize that times today are much much different than back in the 50s and 60s.
Well there is not tennis today and what the heck. Now that I am 75 maybe I need some days off!!! Oh, I forget that I am only one day older!
I got word yesterday that sons Aaron AND Travis are dealing with sighs of covid. It sounds like they are kind of sick but will be better as the week winds down. Aaron is working from home for now and Travis has had the entire month of January off as that is when he takes his vacation days but I do think he is supposed to go back to work around February 2nd or so.
I may have mentioned this yesterday but not sure. Back in 2020 Terry was part of a home sale which added income for us. Guess what?? Come January of 2021 SS sent me a letter saying that our income was so high in 2020 that they would reduce my SS by about 90%! They did say they would look at it again in a year. So come a year later which is 2022 I get SS the 4th Thursday of the month. AND guess what! They kept their word and now I am getting the full amount again. I say that but somehow they mix my St. Paul Teaching retirement into the whole mix so my SS is not full! IF I did not have the teaching retirement my SS would be about three or four times what I now get. BUT still every little bit helps so now I have to figure out what to do with a couple hundred dollars. I think I can handle that. IF I remember way way back when I started teaching in St. Paul I had to make a decision about what they would take out for retirement. The choices were 100% Teacher's retirement, 100% SS or 50/50 for both. I choose the first option. Enough about money for today. I THINK there is enough coming in to live on BUT with inflation who knows?
Cousin Lenay was in Halver and Alta's family who lived within a few miles of us. She is, I think, a couple years older than I. She and her husband now live in AR. Her husband Harlis passed away from congestive heart failure a few days ago which is what brother Dave died of also. It brings to mind that as the days, weeks, months and years go by life tends to be fleeting. I just looked in the trusty old school annuals and it shows Lenay as a senior in 1961 which would put her 4 years older than I. I think that puts her a year younger than sister Joan. I am pretty sure Joan flew to AZ to take in their wedding anniversary not long ago.
Well I think I have rambled on enough this morning. Will close as the delicious cup of FP is down to the bottom of the cup.
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