Thursday Morning in New Diary

I survived another day. I didn’t do very well yesterday. My case manager came and picked me up at 8:50am. We stopped at the bank. I got money out for rent. I also got a cash advance for $40 for meds and laundry. Then we went to Gumby’s. We both got three cartons of menthol Deans. I bought a lighter with mine. My order came to $45. Chocolatechip’s order came to $%42 something. From Gumby’s we went to Wal Mart.

I did my grocery shopping. I bought a lot of groceries. I got two sums for dinner last night. I also got a pound of chipped chopped ham and a pound of Swiss cheese. Then I bought 20 tv dinners. I also bought a frozen pizza then I bought a jar of creamer. I bought a pound of ground beef and two jars of sloppy joe mix. Then I bought a package of frozen sausage paddies. I then bought some eggs a real butter and a package of cheese. I bought a case of pop and then I bought a huge box of pancake mix. I also bought a huge bottle of dishwashing liquid. Total I spent at Wal Mart was $144.22

It was very cold outside. Coldness affected my arthritis. I was in a lot of pain . I had a hard time walking around in Wal Mart. Anyways I got my groceries. I put them away and that wore me out for the day. I felt very exhausted and drained. I was supposed to go out to a doctor’s appointment at 3.I just couldn’t go back out in the cold . I felt so tired and sick all day. I ended up cancelling my appointment.

MY worker Stephanie came around 12:38. She was down at the HUD office. She was faxing in log sheets. She was really upset about her other client. She took a bus this morning to the clients apartment. She knocked on her door and then no answer. She ended up calling 911. because she thought something had happened. It turned out that the client went to the hospital. She did not bother telling my worker about being in the hospital. Stephanie was really upset about it.

It was bitter cold outside. She was stuck up there. She wouldn’t have been able to get a bus for another 2 1/2 hours. She was bit frantic wondering what to do. She called the cab company and they told her they would pick her up in two hours. Then she called her minister an he came to pick her up and take her home.

Then she was talking about her agency WV Choice. They are not paying her right. It has something to do with the log cheats they have to send in. This is a record of the amount of time spent with each client. According to her the other client is not signing her name to 0lightgly. The agency is claiming they can’t read the signature. She said she might not be getting paid for the time she spent with the other client

She does not like working for this client. She was saying yesterday that they might be giving her another client in the same building. They were supposed to let her know about it. If she gets this other client she said she will drop the second client. I told her that I hope you can drop her because she sounds like she is more trouble than she is worth.

Well she stayed for two hours Chocolatechip came up after she left. She was saying that my case manager was trying to get a hold of me. I was in the bathroom and couldn’t here the phone ring. Anyways I got another doctor’s appt. It is for next Monday on the 10th and 3:45 I said that will work out better becau7se it is supposed o be a bit warmer next Monday .

We had dinner at 4. Chocolatechip didn’t like her sub. I felt really bad about it. I offered her to fix her a ham sandwich. She declined. I said she could fix a toasted cheese sandwich. She said that she didn’t feel like fixing anything She hardly had anything to eat . Said she can go to the snack machine later on tonight. Then she left early. We didn’t chat for too long on FB. Said she was tired and went to bed early.

I didn’t have a very good night. I was worried about Chocolatechip. Also worried about finances. Anxiety was a bit high last night. My head felt kind of funny. I had a few dizzy spells. I couldn’t get to sleep. I must have stayed up later than usual because I didn’t wake up; until 7:45

I didn’t do very well this morning. Arthritis was very bad. I had pain in my neck hips and knees. I was so stiff and sore I had a hard time moving around. I really felt miserable. I chatted with Chocolatechip on FB . She is on an advisory board of Overbrook Towers. They are having meeting at 10. I asked if she could come up. She said she wasn’t ready. We talked for a awhile and I waited for my worker to show up.

Worker came at 9 today. She did her usual good job. She fixed me breakfast. Chocolatechip dropped by around 10. She announced a bombshell. Starting next summer this place will be smoke free because of a a new federal law that bans smoking in all federal buildings. I said I will just quit because I’,m not going outside in cold weather to smoke. Anne was saying we could go out and that will force you to go out and socialize. I said I would rather quit.

While they were talking I was looking at my Nook. I was looking at my wish list. For some reason I had a strong urge to buy a book. No matter how hard I am up for money I always find a way to buy a book. I need more books like I need a whole in the head. I ended up buying a book called The American Senate for $10.99Why can’t I just say no to this shit!

Well that is about it.