While we had planned to go to Franklin KY today for their May Day protest, Craig has a bad cough and was up most of the night so we did not go. My Social Security phone appointment was supposed to be 2 PM so I set my alarm for 145 so I could be ready. At 1245, I got a call from a 1800 number and I wondered if it might be Social Security because most scam callers have 877 and 888 numbers now so I decided to answer it.
It was Social Security and the representative said she was running ahead of schedule. I had to go upstairs to get my computer to sign in while I was explaining the problem. I managed to mess up my sign in and got “locked out”. She went on to ask me a bunch of questions – not the entire application but key questions. After about 20 minutes she said application was complete and filed and I would be getting a hard copy in the mail to make sure it was correct.
She was able to give me my online access back and I was able to sign in.
After my recent experience, this was pretty easy. If the call had not been early and I had been focused on signing in, it would have been even easier. If we had gone to the protest, I would not have been home so it all worked out nicely.
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