Lookin’ at Blue Skies. For Now.

By Jan Chait Happy birthday to me! I now qualify for all senior citizen’s discounts. And Medicare. If I could figure out how to apply for it. Luckily, we still have insurance and my husband’s employer is self-funded so it doesn’t fall under the “Affordable” Care Act. Yet. But I still must get Medicare so it becomes my secondary insurance. That’s probably a good way to spend my birthday. My Sweet Baboo and I spent the weekend in Cincinnati with friends from Virginia. They were about four hours away from there and we live around three hours away, so it was a good place to meet in the middle. We did some holiday shopping — Christmas for her and Hanukkah for me — at Barnes and Noble and IKEA; ate at an awesome fish restaurant for dinner one night; meandered through a rainforest, a desert, an orchid room, and a bonsai display at Krohn Conservatory; and just generally kicked back and schmoozed. On the way home, Baboo and I stopped at Jungle Jim’s, which is a humongous grocery store with food from all over the world. I stocked up on nipa sap (a palm vinegar from the Philippines) and pepper paste from Korea. We also came home with a variety of cheeses and my husband’s favorite foods — clearance and sale items. For once, all things related to diabetes were going well, unlike a time last month when it seemed as if the dominoes would never stop falling. My scooter had kicked up its heels, clutched a bunch of lilies in its...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - Category: Diabetes Authors: Source Type: blogs