We arrived early on the field and as we were waiting for our pilot, we received a call from our friend, Jerry. Our pilot was sick and parked by the briefing platform with his children. When we got there, the medics were there checking him out. He did not have anything life threatening and after a while, we drove him back to his hotel. (He did see a doctor later that day and it turned out to be an infection – on the mend now 10/09),
Because of the winds and some storms passing thru the area this morning, the competition was cancelled. However some balloons and special shapes did inflate – and some even took off! So here are even more pictures:
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Afterwards, Andy and I picked up our mail (thanks, Dave) and made a stop at Wal-Mart. Back at the motor home, we were going thru our mail and had some bad news. As of 12/31 of this year, Honeywell is dropping Andy for his medical insurance (supplemental to Medicare). They will still keep me (for now and not sure of the cost). What a SHOCK!! We are still trying to wrap our brains around this and not getting really angry!!! I am scared!! Last year we had out of pocket expenses of almost $14,000 and we had insurance. This year it is almost $10,000. That is a LOT of money. (Have I said we HAVE insurance and are relatively healthy!). So once we calm down some, we need to make a plan on what we are going to do next….. (I could go on and on but I don’t want to make this a political blog and in the end, it is what it is – we just have to deal with it and find out what we can do.)
Tomorrow will be a better day – :-)))
We did end the day having dinner out with friends, Madeline, Jerry, Judy, and Luke – great steaks and great time.
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