I had been thinking about a different car for some time. The convertible is not terribly safe in an accident, it is hard to lift things into the trunk. I sit down low in the seat, visibility is poor, have to ask friends every time I want to haul anything. It was purchased for Cowboy in 2007 as an enticement to give up his motorcycle. He loves convertibles and has owned several. When I met him he was driving a FIAT spider. Talk about being unprotected and sitting down low ! Of course we sold it when we married. You couldn't get us and my two teens in a two seater.
I was sitting there at the car wash thinking that I actually had some extra time on Wednesday and how might I spend it? I decided to go look at cars. Well, actually I already knew what I wanted, a Toyota RAV4. My eldest grandson has one, I had driven it and I really like its look. So off I went. As so many people do, I came home with a new SUV. I really love it. It was scary spending that much money but I should be able to drive this vehicle for 10 years easy.
I went to the home yesterday. I didn't get into a discussion about the car. Will do that Sunday, maybe take him for a ride. Yesterday we had to meet with a fellow from the VA Fiduciary agent.
This all started a bout 2 years ago when I had the doctor write a letter to the VA telling them that Cowboy had dementia and I would have to handle his affairs. All I was after was for those folks to be willing to talk to me about issues that might come up. They don't recognize a power of attorney. The VA sent me a letter, called me on the phone and then started issuing paper checks every month showing my name as "spouse payee of" Cowboy. Don't know why they didn't just keep direct depositing it. Then when I tried to get that changed it literally took months, multiple phone calls, a visit to the State VA Commission for help, more phone calls, a form mailed in, more phone calls. FINALLY I was directed to the right place and they got it set up for direct deposit. Well, apparently that triggered an audit because the whole thing was handled incorrectly by whomever way back when.
We met with an agent yesterday at the home. They wanted to see Cowboy and I had to produce his ID, my ID, answer a whole bunch of questions (like how much education I had), and provide them with our income, liabilities, assets, etc. All of this is in place because of all the fraud there is out there, which is so sad. Actually, he was very nice, said I kept excellent records, etc. Cowboy just sat there and didn't really get any of it.
After the agent left and Cowboy had his lunch we started back to his room. He asks me "Are you through with work for the day?" He must have been in the past somewhere, I haven't worked in years. I just said yes and we went on to his room. I got him settled for a nap and headed back home.
This morning I went to a neighborhood ladies breakfast and then to Home Depot where I bought some flowers and soil. Then to the grocery store and home. Looking forward to sunshine and puttering around the house for a couple of days.
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