Our neighborhood is not replete with “little children”. Somehow on Halloween the number of children that “trick or treat” swells to a large turnout. The best costume was the “Grim Reaper” dressed in black with a shiny sickle.
I understand that retirees like me on Social Security will be getting a 1.5% raise in January. The increase can be used to pay the 20% increase in medical insurance.
The earliest I can remember attending a UW-Badger football game was 1980 when Grasshopper No. 2 began her exploits in the University Marching Band. Your Mom and I would buy tickets through the University ticket office for each individual game. Nana and Grandpa George were included many times. In the early 1990’s, Barry Alverez came on the scene and suddenly the stands were filled. We had to convert to season tickets (4). The first tickets were in the “nose bleed” section of the upper deck. I think we were two rows from the top of the stadium before moving to our current seats. Why do I mention this you ask? This is the first time in 33 years that your Mom and I will not attend a Badger football game. There are 3 games left in the current football season but our tickets are either “spoken for” or sold. Alas, things change.
Medical insurance when you are retired is a “mine field”. Premiums for insurance change erratically. Deductibles are hard to calculate. Co-pays vary. If you are heavy into medications, you have to worry about the “doughnut hole” which during the fiscal year can have you exposed to full medication prices without insurance protection. I have been thinking about switching to a better program but with all the confusion associated with Obamacare, I’m afraid to change anything right now. So I will wait for any potential changes until next year.
I will be watching the football scores tonight as Middleton High School plays Oconomowoc in the State Playoff Championship. Grandson Mitchell is on the Middleton team as a sophomore and according to his Mom, he is psyched.
This weekend you get an extra hour of sleep as we “fall back” due to daylight saving time. That is a good thing.
Love,
Dad