MediWHAT? OK, I am officially OLD

Okay, welcome to the storied human. This is Lynne Thompson, I'm going to do a short solo today, because I didn't have an interview this past weekend, and I do have something I want to talk to you about. I am kind of old, I'm turning 65 in a little bit like towards the end of March. And I literally got my Medicare card a couple of weeks ago. And today, when I went for my regular endocrinologist test for my thyroid, I go twice a year, I went to the same Quest Diagnostics lab. She looks up my record, and she says, Oh, it's bouncing back from your, from your insurance. And I said, Oh, well, I'll get my card out. And it occurred to me that my husband had pulled me off of his insurance. I'm only on there for dental and for vision. And I had to pull out my Medicare card. And believe me, the first time you pull out your Medicare card, you definitely do not feel young. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm excited about being on Medicare. I paid into it my whole life. It saves us some money, my husband's younger, and he still pays for his insurance. But pulling out that Medicare card really was a moment. And she said okay, we'll put this in and see if it goes. So I was actually thinking I should probably do an episode on Medicare. Because if it does apply to you, there's a lot you know, it will soon apply to you. There's a lot to learn. But anyway, talk about feeling old. But happy. I mean, I also get senior discounts and stuff. In fact, if you're 50 or over, you can join AARP and I just noticed they have tons of discounts. Benefits galore, you get 10% off at restaurants like the Bonefish grill and a lot of others I can't remember, but you get a lot of like travel discounts. I think I noticed online exercise classes. You don't have to be old. I mean, you just have to be 50. So it's a different world. I'm looking forward to retiring in a little bit. Yeah, I could do a whole podcast about that. But yeah, it was a moment. So when did you feel older? I mean, I, you can be young and you have those moments, right? I remember the first time I was carded, I felt really old. The first time I wasn't carded, sorry, the last time I was carded. I was 29 years old. And it was my birthday, I was buying a bottle of wine. And I almost kissed the guy behind the counter was like, that was a moment. But then I always felt old after that, because I never got carded again. So that's what we said. But there are great benefits to getting older. I'm noticing great benefits. And some aches and pains. But I'll take the benefits. One of which is you just don't care the same way about what people think, which is a lovely freedom, especially if you're a woman. Just don't give a you know what. So this is all I wanted to talk about my super short episode about feeling older and actually having Medicare and I truly am excited about having Medicare. I think it's a great privilege to live long enough to have it and to have worked enough to have it. There's no downside. So have a great day. And I hope it's warm where you are. It's not very warm here. And I'll talk to you soon on the story human. Thank you