For The Record
Mar. 7th, 2020 08:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrdreamjeansToday, I had my first eye exam since 2013.
Today, I received my first prescription for eye glasses.
Today, I filled that prescription.
Today, I discovered how expensive glasses can be.
My eyes are very healthy; no signs of cataracts or glaucoma. I'm even marginal on requiring glasses, not bad for my mid-60's. I was on new ground and filled the prescription right away (probably should have waited to fill it at Costco, but I was so surprised that readers were no longer enough. So, bifocals, it is.) I will be reimbursed up to $150 by my BCBS Medicare Advantage PPO for vision wear. I'll still be out $445. I made a downpayment today.
Of course, I chose the most expensive frames just because I liked them best. Titanium ... in blue ... round ... I will look like Hairy Potter ... The glasses will be ready in two weeks.
Update: A Leap Year Anniversary! 40 years of Union Membership and counting!
I received the note below on 2/29/20:
Neil,
"Today, Mar 1, 2020, is your Equity anniversary! You applied to join the union on 2/29/1980, and we're so glad that you're with us today. Equity's leadership and staff are always hard at work to ensure that the union can do its job: protect you in the workplace, fight for arts funding, organize more work opportunities and so much more."
What a wonderful life getting to do what you love to do! Thank you Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tommy Tune for the size of my pension and thanks to director/choreographer Larry Fuller and other mentors for believing in me!
Today, I received my first prescription for eye glasses.
Today, I filled that prescription.
Today, I discovered how expensive glasses can be.
My eyes are very healthy; no signs of cataracts or glaucoma. I'm even marginal on requiring glasses, not bad for my mid-60's. I was on new ground and filled the prescription right away (probably should have waited to fill it at Costco, but I was so surprised that readers were no longer enough. So, bifocals, it is.) I will be reimbursed up to $150 by my BCBS Medicare Advantage PPO for vision wear. I'll still be out $445. I made a downpayment today.
Of course, I chose the most expensive frames just because I liked them best. Titanium ... in blue ... round ... I will look like Hairy Potter ... The glasses will be ready in two weeks.
Update: A Leap Year Anniversary! 40 years of Union Membership and counting!
I received the note below on 2/29/20:
Neil,
"Today, Mar 1, 2020, is your Equity anniversary! You applied to join the union on 2/29/1980, and we're so glad that you're with us today. Equity's leadership and staff are always hard at work to ensure that the union can do its job: protect you in the workplace, fight for arts funding, organize more work opportunities and so much more."
What a wonderful life getting to do what you love to do! Thank you Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tommy Tune for the size of my pension and thanks to director/choreographer Larry Fuller and other mentors for believing in me!
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