What is a Deductible?

Tonight Ciccio received his health care benefits packet!! Hooray we are eligible for health insurance! It was an exciting moment until we started looking through the materials. Ahhh the American Health Care system. How the heck am I suppose to explain to Ciccio why we would pay $200 a month for health insurance and still have to pay a deductible if we get sick and still have to pay 20% after that deductible is paid??  Ciccio can't believe this system is legal, "They are STEALERS!"

I'm having a hard time justifying why being insured is better than not. In Italy, health care is free and if you have money, you can elect to see a private doctor.  It works.

-Monica

Christmas

Ok, Monica has been bugging me forever to write a new blog, I'm telling you ... If I became a writer, you are going to have to make pizza for me ! Anyway ... Today is Christmas, one of my favorite time to be a baby even if I do it pretty often, we exchanged our presents, we are going to have a wonderful dinner to honor and worship my home country, we have a lot of quality time but ... hold on ... just a second ... I just discovered this ... my stocking ... yes, the new one my mom has got for me ... that's full already !
Is that a Santa job too in the States ? He has so much staff to kerry around already ! No, no, no, we don't do that in Italy, we give ourself enough time to DIGEST our Christmas (just a week) and than on the 6 of january (I believe), guess who is coming ? LA BEFANA: she comes at night, whit her socks all broken, her black cone hat and she flies on her broom ! Her only exclusive job is to fill up your stocking whit all kind of chocolate and candies, if you have been good of course, other wise coal ! I remember when I was a kid, my friend Ciccillo got coals in his stocking and he started screaming and crying and throwing everything in the air, his parents were shocked and they could not do anything to hold him, they were frozen and they kept steering at him till he stopped and them they told him: "That's chocolate !"

Date

I'm sorry, I don't want  to be mean but somebody needs to explain it to me ... ok ? Here it is ... The best fish restaurant in town ... a couple comes in ... Do you like anything to drink to start : a water and a diet ... no starters ... no salads ... staring at the bread for 20 minutes (the time that the main course needs to be ready) ... a fried platter and a  FILET (poor meat ... was crying) that was requested BUTTERFLY WELL DONE (down the street you can found the best Big Mac EVER !!!) and ... PEOPLE ... all night long ... I'm saying ... all dinner long ... not even a word, so tough even to take the order ... ... ... ... ... Can you tell me ... please ... why did you waste your time and your gasoline ... and a table on a busy night that somebody else probably could not have ...

-Ciccio