Waiting in line at the local Disco

... with my water and health insurance bills in hand. It would have been hard to imagine this just a couple of months ago, back in Manhattan. Ok, some of the problem with this image is semantic: "Disco" is the name of our local grocery store, where you can buy yummy $2 wines, sacks of yogurt, racks of meat. And because we're "Disco Plus" members, we earn points with purchases to be redeemed for magazines, backpacks and sauté pans. (Ian really wants a sauté pan, but I have a thing for backpacks, so we’ll have to discuss that when the time comes…) Disco is also the place where one can pay household bills. Today marked our first payment for OSDE, our health insurance here, with limited coverage back in the U.S. of A. Per month, we each pay $166 Argentine pesos, or $58 U.S. dollars (same symbol for both currencies = a little confusing at times). If I’m not mistaken, this plan includes visits to private hospitals, dentistry, psychotherapy… After freelance writers’ health insurance in NYC, this seems too good to be true, so I may need post an update once I’ve actually sampled the services.