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stitchwhich) wrote2023-03-01 05:52 pm
stitchwhich) wrote2023-03-01 05:52 pm
Windfall
Do you remember me posting about having to call Social Security in order to schedule a phone appointment for my husband to apply for his benefits? (He cannot achieve success using the online forms.) That was back in September. Well. In December they finally got around to scheduling his appointment for the last week of February. Yes, February.
But there was a huge silver lining around the cloud bank of anger generated by our frustration. It seems that his application (and also my surprise one!) was automatically backdated to the month when we contacted their office to request an appointment so he (and later the same day, I) was credited all those months of missed payments in one lump sum. Which was immediately deposited into our checking account. As a result, I have dragooned him in to get the fitted shoe inserts he needed to address his walking pain, he has an appointment to get his dentures relaced and new ones fitted, our bathrooms are now electrically compliant with safety regs and one has a new outlet so we can install a heated bidet, and a plumber is coming over tomorrow to fix a constricted drainage pipe in the kitchen.
Next up is buying drywall for the bathrooms to finish the walls. And maybe, maybe, I will see what it costs to get a couple of my molars replaced. Maybe. We've the money for it but saving as much as we can for our upcoming retirement is a priority too. Then again, we won't have a dental policy once he retires and that does minorly offset some of the cost of my dental repairs. Juggling our needs is something of a headache.
But there was a huge silver lining around the cloud bank of anger generated by our frustration. It seems that his application (and also my surprise one!) was automatically backdated to the month when we contacted their office to request an appointment so he (and later the same day, I) was credited all those months of missed payments in one lump sum. Which was immediately deposited into our checking account. As a result, I have dragooned him in to get the fitted shoe inserts he needed to address his walking pain, he has an appointment to get his dentures relaced and new ones fitted, our bathrooms are now electrically compliant with safety regs and one has a new outlet so we can install a heated bidet, and a plumber is coming over tomorrow to fix a constricted drainage pipe in the kitchen.
Next up is buying drywall for the bathrooms to finish the walls. And maybe, maybe, I will see what it costs to get a couple of my molars replaced. Maybe. We've the money for it but saving as much as we can for our upcoming retirement is a priority too. Then again, we won't have a dental policy once he retires and that does minorly offset some of the cost of my dental repairs. Juggling our needs is something of a headache.