Along with a lot of other people, I have been concerned about my sister on the Jersey Shore. She had emailed last weekend that if we didn’t hear from her, she had lost power. No one had any idea it would end up the way it has, so I have been wondering how she has fared. She was able to leave a message on my other sister’s phone yesterday to let us know she is fine, no electricity. Candy had found a blogger from Ocean Grove, so there were pictures of the pilings where the pier used to be. Apparently there is damage but seem to have avoided the worst of it. When Hurricane Irene went through, Ellen never lost the electricity. Now there is talk of a Nor’easter coming – let’s hope people have electricity before that happens. My heart goes out to all those who are still wondering or who have lost loved ones in this storm.
While I was waiting for news, I have been working on two sets of paperwork. Actually, I have been working on the Medicaid ones for quite a while. I have begun to see there is more to my Mom’s financial state than I realized, so that has meant contacting companies or people to find out more details. I have had to fax my Durable Power of Attorney to so many places just so they would talk to me. One is in Rhode Island and when I fax, I just get a message saying I am not authorized to use this system. I called the company again, the very nice lady told me it wasn’t me, it was them – I was given the right fax number. So I will continue to try until it goes through. Heck of a time to have to deal with East Coast businesses.
I went over to see the social worker Denise to have her go over the forms we worked on last week. I want to be sure I have as much info and the forms are done correctly – I hope that will speed the process. I am so glad I went because I had forgotten some things we talked about, so now the forms are ready. I still have some things to copy but I hope to get it in the mail today. I am sure they will come back with requests, I wanted to eliminate as many of those as I can. I even found my birth certificate from the hospital – I have a copy from Sacramento – yes, I am a California girl, a native prune picker – that I am still looking for in our papers. Moving several times seems to misplace some things and turn up others.
We are also applying for a mortgage for this house, it seems the most sensibly financially at this point. So we have had forms to fill out and sign, then we were sent a slew full on-line – we just had to eSign. A new thing – they just have what looks like a yellow sticky flag that says Sign Here. When I click on it, it shows it typed in blue, then later when Eddie did his part, I saw my name had changed styles. They ask the most interesting questions, we didn’t have to do this stuff when we bought our house in Fort Wayne, Stephens City or Bethlehem. We try to make things as simple as possible, even so, it seemed as if we had a lot to sign. The last time was probably the mid – 90’s in Fort Wayne. I suspect the flow of forms and requests will be coming in for that as well as the ones for Medicaid. If I had my druthers, I’d druther do one set, then do the next set after the first was finished. At no time have I been offered my druthers.
Just came home and checked messages – while I was in the shower this morning, my older sister called to say they are fine, no damage but no electricity. I am so sorry I missed her call. I definitely have to get a phone with a louder ringer! I also finished the Medicaid application and finally mailed it today. Maybe I can relax a bit and not have nightmares about not finding papers I need; actually sleep comfortably since nothing can happen until they receive it Monday. Still papers to collect – I will start back again on Monday.Now I have to work on the mortgage stuff. This afternoon I have my massage and I am SOOO looking forward to it. Even managed to have my hair cut as well. That is mainly due to my foulups today and last Friday – I have an appointment with a client on Nov 9th, yet for some reason I keep thinking it was this Friday – same for last week. I knew it was the 9th but I kept putting in my calendar on the wrong Friday – this hasn’t happened before and I am wondering if I am going nuts or just have too much to deal with at the moment. It’s time to pat myself on the back and say “Good Job!” rather than beat myself up for not having every single solitary paper and form absolutely and completely done perfectly.
Tags: Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Medicaid, Mother, sisters
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