LMAO......Yeah Old Guy.....I am enjoying my life and I think I'm currently on number seven.
Unlike you OG, I have no grandkids to spoil and at my age (57) I still have 2 kids in school so I guess I fit the wrong mold. No, not college...not even high school. Tris is autistic in Special Ed. and Michael is in the 7th grade. So I'm one of those parents looking for a grandparent to help our asses out!!!!
I'd like to apologize for owning a van but we still have one because it was the last one we bought when we were still fostering (35 kids over ten years) and that was back in '94 so the old girl has a few miles on her but we can't afford to replace her just yet. See we just had to replace that ego symbol BMW of ours. Of course it was even older and had a bit over 300,000 miles on it but I apologize for owning such a yuppie symbol.
I would have rebuilt the Bimmer as that was my occupation but I can't do as much as I used to, actually, I'm not allowed. I never thought I'd live this long so I didn't bother taking care of myself and now I'm paying the price! But let me keep it simple for you......just shy of a million bucks in medical bills over the past 10 years. Is that simple enough? Luckily we have great insurance but there is still a lot of "deductibles" and co-pays on that amount. I'm doing great now but I take a few meds. Again we have great insurance though as the meds only cost about a thousand last year, but the insurance paid an additional SEVEN thousand. We couldn't afford that insurance without Karen's job.
Ya' see we had already moved out to "God's Country" when all this went down and now Karen has to drive 100 miles a day to get to and from that good job......at 3 bucks a gallon. But frankly we can't afford to move BACK to the city either. We're just screwed and I want to send The Shrub a great big kiss for all he's done for our country.
But ya' know I AM happy and I AM enjoying life. I know you don't believe that but it is true....ask anyone here who knows me. Karen is the greatest thing that ever happened to me followed by my kids and then my friends, many of whom are right here on the 'Cat and have seen us through much of the above. About the only time I get even slightly upset is when some clueless broke-dick mamalucca tries to tell me how to live with some lame-ass, stupid fuckin' bullshit that doesn't work for us struggling pissants down here in the everyday world.
Keep it simple and have a nice day..............oy..............