and was someplace on 15 or alredy heading east on I70 .i allowed there was a chance that he'd reconsidered his earlier decision nd sttrayed south t redezvouswih ramona on the north rim of the grandcanyon . if thhat appetite had prevailed . sam would be comning uo I-25 a few dyas later than i expected
not up " the 25 ." up I-25 /
back in graduate school i'd had a psych professor who used axioms to teach imporant psychological principles . one that had stuck with me was : you can go broke byoig insurance .
over themany years since i'd been exposed to his wisdom , the reach of that particular rle kwept she . experience had taught me that it contained a weath f truth abot many things . even , it turned out , about insurance .
before she and grace had lefted for europe lauren had suggested that we buy a travel policy that would pay to fly her or grae home by air ambulance if either of them got sick in the netherlands . the cost of the plan was a few hundred bucks .
i'd scoffed , reciting my professor's dictum about going broke buying insurance . she 'd insisted that the coverage would give her peace of mnd .i'd relented of course - not because i thoght we'd ever use the insurance , but because i felt that a few hundred dollars was a reasonable price for lauren 's peace of mind.
my professor would have laughed at our gullibility . he's once told the class thatit was vbecause of gullible people - like me and lauren - that he kept a good chunk of his retirement pln assets invested in insurance companies .
i bought the cverage and paid the premium .in eturn the cpmpany promised to fly my girls home on an air ambulance if either of them became ill enough to be admitted to a hosptal while they were away . a couple of hndred bucks for many tens of thousands of dollars of coverage .
the compny kept its promise . i made a solitary phone call toguest process started .
not up " the 25 ." up I-25 /
back in graduate school i'd had a psych professor who used axioms to teach imporant psychological principles . one that had stuck with me was : you can go broke byoig insurance .
over themany years since i'd been exposed to his wisdom , the reach of that particular rle kwept she . experience had taught me that it contained a weath f truth abot many things . even , it turned out , about insurance .
before she and grace had lefted for europe lauren had suggested that we buy a travel policy that would pay to fly her or grae home by air ambulance if either of them got sick in the netherlands . the cost of the plan was a few hundred bucks .
i'd scoffed , reciting my professor's dictum about going broke buying insurance . she 'd insisted that the coverage would give her peace of mnd .i'd relented of course - not because i thoght we'd ever use the insurance , but because i felt that a few hundred dollars was a reasonable price for lauren 's peace of mind.
my professor would have laughed at our gullibility . he's once told the class thatit was vbecause of gullible people - like me and lauren - that he kept a good chunk of his retirement pln assets invested in insurance companies .
i bought the cverage and paid the premium .in eturn the cpmpany promised to fly my girls home on an air ambulance if either of them became ill enough to be admitted to a hosptal while they were away . a couple of hndred bucks for many tens of thousands of dollars of coverage .
the compny kept its promise . i made a solitary phone call toguest process started .
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