Day 211: 6 Months

 

July 30th, 2011With today being roughly the 6-month of me and Geetha, we subsequently spent the entire day together. I surprised her in the morning with flowers and Sprinkles, as we got ready for a day full of action, adventure, shopping, eating, and napping. We watched the last episode of Season 5 of 24 before heading straight to UTC to get replacement sunglasses. The new ones I got weren’t exactly the same as the aqua blue ones I had before, but I think they’ll do quite a decent job of protecting my eyes from UV radiation, but more importantly death. I also painfully survived a trip in Forever 21, Victoria’s Secret, and Cotton On. Afterwards, I grabbed a quick meal at McDonald’s feasting on many of the wonderful selections from the dollar menu, as well as taking advantage of the 79 cent big gulp. It left a bad taste in my stomach though, as we went back to Geetha’s place to get ready for a night on the town.

When we were done getting ready, we proceeded to campus to go to the Bookstore to shop for Geetha’s dad’s hat. With that mission accomplished came the main goal of the night: secure dinner in our stomach through busing to La Jolla Cove through the use of the 31. Having gotten off at the appropriate stop, I snapped a picture for the day, as we ordered delicious fried rice and Korean food at Fugu’s Sushi and Wok. Being not a sushi fan, I’m glad Geetha enjoyed the meal for the most part. (We had huge headaches along the way though, so we stopped at CVS pharmacy to feast on headache medication.) We bused back to her place, prepared some of her stuff to transitionally stay at my place, before heading back to my place to watch episodes of 24 and Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. She fell asleep twice on the couch giving me an appropriate time to complete this blog post. Good night!

On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman was enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by Congress. The Medicare program, providing hospital and medical insurance for Americans age 65 or older, was signed into law as an amendment to the Social Security Act of 1935. Some 19 million people enrolled in Medicare when it went into effect in 1966. In 1972, eligibility for the program was extended to Americans under 65 with certain disabilities and people of all ages with permanent kidney disease requiring dialysis or transplant. In December 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), which added outpatient prescription drug benefits to Medicare. TERRIBLE TIMES IN HISTORY…

Latest figures from the US Treasury Department show that the country has an operating cash balance of $73.7bn (£45.3bn). Apple’s most recent financial results put its reserves at $76.4bn. The US House of Representatives is due to vote on a bill to raise the country’s debt ceiling, allowing it to borrow more money to cover spending commitments. SAD BUT TRUE.

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