Day Two of Lockdown

 Have you ever dealt with insurance companies?  Of course you have.  That was one of my tasks today - to submit our medical and pharmacy bills for reimbursement.

One of the hurdles is our age....we are tentatively stepping forward into the world of technology, but it is not second nature to us.  Today, I printed up 4 copies of the 7-page document we must submit.  I have copies of the ones we submitted last year, and I had laboriously filled out every blank and then put all papers and receipts into an envelope and sent it off post haste to Texas.

Today, I discovered that while I can submit it that way again, a better way is to simply download the document, fill it in online, snap a picture of the receipts, and send it all through the magic of the internet to Texas.  I spent awhile on the telephone with a very kind and courteous young woman who answered every question with patience and thoroughness.

We had a 2-hour Zoom meeting with our zone.  We went to a large grocery store just outside the city limits (driving), and then we  attended a Zoom meeting this evening with the entire mission.  I'm washing our clothes these days on the regular setting, which takes 2 1/2 hours, since we really do have the time to attend to the washing machine!

Day 2 of the lockdown is now put to bed.

Tomorrow morning, I will sit at the computer until the insurance papers are filled out and sent.  It's a good thing there are no distractions!

This magnificent quote was shared with us:

To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour. -Winston Churchill

I couldn't help but think that this lockdown could lull us into a sort of lazy stupor.  There is a reason(s) that SK and I are here, and as long as we are diligent in staying spiritually prepared and as long as we keep trying to reach out, to help and to buoy up our young adults, we can eventually return home feeling like we gave it our best. 

Just bearing that in mind, that "spent but content" feeling upon completing our time here, will be a tremendous reward.


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melissa said…
I have no doubt you are giving it your best!
November 6, 2020 at 11:54 PM
Lia said…
That quote is fabulous!
November 10, 2020 at 7:12 AM
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