Two things had to be accomplished today, the weekly shopping and a trip to the ZUS office to fill out a new declaration.
Food shopping was easy, it takes us less than a hour. We spent 103zl($35) for food for the coming week. Joan needed extra flour because she is making two apple pies tomorrow, one for us and one for a friend who said she has never seen an apple pie. It reminds us of when we lived the Michigan. There was an abandoned farm with an orchard close to our land and it must have had at least 30 apple trees of different varieties. Being abandoned it was no problem to go there each fall and pick all of the apples we wanted. We kept them stored in the basement and apple pie baking was almost a ritual for many weeks. We also managed to put many out in front of our house to feed the wild deer.
ZUS was the other thing I had to take care of. Even though we have a contract with it, each month it is necessary to go to the office on D膮browskiego street to fill out a Declaration of intent to use the insurance policy. You can't just make a monthly payment without a declaration. I can understand not being able to pay by the year or even six months at a time because the price is always changing. Pricing is done on a quarterly basis and this time I was able to file declarations for the months of October, November and December. Once that was done all I have to do is transfer the money each month into their accout. The price of health insurance is unbelieveably cheaper than the U.S. I know I've written about it in other blogs so I won't go into it again.
I thought it would take me 2-3 hours to get it done but it only took 1 hour, including bus travel time. Ten minutes on the bus, a 5 minute walk to the ZUS office, 30 minutes in the office and then the return trip home. A great weather day so the walk was nice. Good to be out of the house among people again after our illness that kept us inside.
Dwie rzeczy musia艂y by膰 znakomite dzisiaj, tygodniowe sprawunki i podr贸偶 do biura ZUS by wype艂ni膰 now膮 deklaracj臋.
呕ywno艣膰 robi膮ca zakupy by艂a 艂atwa, to bierze nam mniej ni偶 godzina. Sp臋dzili艣my 103zl($35) dla 偶ywno艣ci przez nadejd膮cy tydzie艅. Joan potrzebna ekstra m膮ka poniewa偶 ona robi dwa jutro szarlotek , jeden dla nas i jednego dla przyjaciela, kt贸ry m贸wi艂, 偶e ona nigdy nie zobaczy艂a szarlotki. To przypomina nam z kiedy 偶yli艣my Michigan. Tam by艂a porzucona farma z sadem blisko naszej ziemi i to musia艂o mie膰 przynajmniej 30 jab艂oni r贸偶nych rozmaito艣ci. Bycie porzucony to nie by艂 偶aden problem by p贸j艣膰 tam ka偶dego spadku i zerwa膰 wszystkie z jab艂ek, kt贸rych chcieli艣my. Utrzymali艣my ich wprowadzili艣my do pami臋ci suteren臋 i szarlotka piek膮ca si臋 by艂a prawie rytua艂 przez du偶o tygodni. Te偶 poradzili艣my sobie by zwichn膮膰 wiele przed naszym domem by nakarmi膰 dzikiego jelenia.
ZUS by艂 inna rzecz, kt贸r膮 musia艂em zaj膮膰 si臋. Nawet gdyby mamy kontrakt z tym, ka偶dego miesi膮ca to jest konieczne p贸j艣膰 do biura na D膮browskiego ulicy by wype艂ni膰 Deklaracj臋 zamiaru by u偶y膰 polisy ubezpieczeniowej. Nie mo偶esz w艂a艣nie zrobi膰 miesi臋cznej zap艂aty bez deklaracji. Mog臋 zrozumie膰 nie b臋d膮ce wyp艂acalny przez rok albo nawet sze艣膰 miesi臋cy jednocze艣nie poniewa偶 cena zawsze zmienia si臋. Wycenianie jest zrobione na kwartalnej podstawie i tym razem mog艂em w艂o偶y膰 deklaracje przez miesi膮ce pa藕dziernika, listopada i grudnia. Raz to by艂o zrobione wszystko, co musz臋 czyni膰 jest transfer pieni膮dze ka偶dego miesi膮ca do ich accout. Cena ubezpieczenia zdrowotnego jest unbelieveably ta艅szy ni偶 Stany Zjednoczone, kt贸re znam, 偶e napisa艂em o tym w innym blogs tak nie p贸jd臋 do tego znowu.
Pomy艣la艂em, 偶e to wzi臋艂oby mnie godziny 2-3 by dosta膰 to zrobiony ale to tylko zaj臋艂o 1 godzin臋, w艂膮czaj膮c czas podr贸偶y autobusu. Dziesi臋膰 minut na autobusie, 5 minuty chodzi do biura ZUS , 30 minut w biurze i wtedy powr贸t potykaj膮 si臋 do domu. Wspania艂y meteorologiczny dzie艅 tak spacer {ch贸d} by艂 mi艂y. Dobry by by膰 z domu po艣r贸d ludzi znowu po naszej chorobie, kt贸ra trzyma艂a nas wewn膮trz.