The Transition Times

After spending 35 minutes on hold waiting for Social Security to answer . . . “Around March 7,” means seven to ten days.  Oh.  It was only seven days later. I should call back on Thursday afternoon if I haven’t received the payment by then.  Okay . . .

Instead of saying, “Thank you,” and hanging up, I asked if this was the way each of the monthly payments would be made.  “No,” she explained.

So, apparently while she was explaining, she had been looking at her computer screen.  And, Surprise!  “We’ve already sent the payment to your bank — twice.  Your bank keeps sending it back.”  Huh? No explanation, I just needed to check with my bank to see what’s wrong.

While we were talking, she confirmed my bank account number.  And . . . my account number has A LOT of zeros in it.  Somewhere along the line, not all of the zeros made it into the system.

My first Social Security payment has now been direct deposited into my account!  Yay!

Now, I just have to wait two more years to qualify for Medicare coverage (Or, should that be two years from the date I applied for disability which was eight months ago?  Who knows?  Shrug.).  Whatever, that’s assuming that there’s no health care reform between now and then.