Someone is molting! Anansi is getting big! ❤

Someone is molting! Anansi is getting big! ❤

Turns out that I am off all of the jobs today.

Turns out that I am off all of the jobs today. Woo!  Basically I got a freebie 3-day weekend that I wasn't expecting.  I'm not complaining!  🙂

I am legit probably doing nothing again today.  😃

Getting ready for bed.

Getting ready for bed.  I know it's late, but I'm just now crashing out.  I woke up at 10 this morning, but only because I had to pee so bad it hurt.  😂  Then I went back to bed until 2.  No regrets.

Over the last 2-ish weeks I've kicked ass on getting the house back in shape.  I'm not gross and I didn't lose all of my standards when things got hard last semester, but I did let some things slide.  I still have some cluttered areas to deal with, but seriously - I am starting to feel relaxed here again.  For the first time in ages not everywhere I look in this house is stressing me out.  I just can't even deal when things are not in order so this is MUCH better.

My guys went to a pool party today and I sat home and enjoyed my clean house and my ani-pals.  I LITERALLY sat on the couch all day unless I was hungry or had to pee.  I know that must sound so lame in comparison to a pool party, but I'm really not a "group of people person" and I DESPERATELY needed some time to myself.  It was amazing and magical.  The dogs didn't even ask me to let them out once until the guys came home.  ❤

I hate to admit that I am really bummed that classes start back on the 31st.  I've got about a week to finish anything I want to do and / or relax.  It just hasn't felt like a vacation because I'm working so much.  If not one place, then another.  And I need to.  I just wish I didn't have to work myself so hard that I feel like a grumpy nub of a person who's only major joy in life at the moment is getting 4 hours alone in a clean house.  It's not a great place to be in life.  Thankfully, 4th of July is coming so I will have some time off of work then.  I fully intend to take a whole week off of every job - if not two.

Anyway.  It's 2 in the morning so it's already Monday.  Guess I'd better sleep so I can work some more.  Woo.  I hope everyone had a nice weekend!  ❤

When you spend the weekend...

When you spend the weekend changing his dirt, and also make him a second level, then rush home today because his fancy new food was delivered, and all he wants to do is tear shit up and eat bricks. 😣😂

The day started off hopeful enough...

The day started off hopeful enough and I had a productive day at work, but then things took a turn.  I called the food stamp office to try to make sure my form got to the right person (because I gave him my original copy [like a dummy] so the info was gone if it didn't make it to him).  Well, that pretty well ruined my day.

I left a couple of messages for the guy who was supposed to receive my form and he never got back to me.  I called the office and spoke to "customer service" who tried to lecture me on the meaning of being eligible for food stamps and also who tried to start in on me with that "Your paperwork was late" bullshit.  I don't normally do this, but I straight yelled at her.  I recognized her voice and it was the same woman who's been unhelpfully jerking me around for a week and a half.  When she tried to talk to me about eligibility I cut her off - saying that I didn't want to hear that.  She tried to talk to me about being late with my forms and I raised my voice to tell her that the supervisor admitted they had it on time so to quit with all that.

I love my curse words - she is quite lucky that I kept my composure enough to not use them on her.  I, too, work in customer service and rude customers can ruin my day.  However, when you are screwing around with someone's ability to feed their family that's a little more serious than receiving the wrong color of bracelet or whatever.  Also, when I am dealing with upset customers my goal is to fix their problem and help them - not push them into a rage by lecturing them.  Some people are just assholes.  I was not so nice to her and I am not usually like this, but hope I ruined her day as much as she did mine.  That is not the way you treat people.

Long story short:  The supervisor did as he said he would - which is amazing.  However, I'm getting half of the food stamp amount that I normally do.  I am guessing that it's because I was off for a week and a half.  I don't know.  Whatever.  It's better than nothing and it will help.  Too bad I spent real money on food - including a cheap box of brownies that I stress ate before I rage napped.  Still have enough money to pay one bill, though, so I guess that's something.

I'm ever so grateful to the great state of Alabama for taking such good care of one its hardworking single parent students who volunteers her time, energy, and part of what little money she makes helping others.  Just kidding. Fuck this place.  I never thought it was a great idea for all the cool people to leave this state because then it will never get better, but it's not getting any of my tax money when I get my money job, for real.  I am officially done with this place ASAP.

Just got off the phone...

Just got off the phone with the food stamp supervisor who CALLED ME.  I guess after all of the angry messages they received over the weekend they really didn't want to see my face!  He confirmed that the holdup on my case was not that they did not receive my fax on time (they did and I KNEW THAT!) - part of one of the pages didn't come through.  I can believe that because faxes are finicky.  If only ANYONE had bothered to tell me that a week and a half ago!

Long story short:  I am taking him the missing page on my way to work.  He will get my case processed today.  Food stamps will be on my card tomorrow.  WOO!  I'm still going to wait until tomorrow to pay bills, though.  JUST IN CASE.

Ugh. Didn't realize it was midnight.

Ugh. Didn't realize it was midnight. Oh well. 😕

Slept super late today. Needed it.

Saw a friend today. Needed that also.

Cleaned the dogs' room. Needed that SO BAD. I hadn't put much effort into that room since last semester started.

Needless to say I feel accomplished. 🙂

Just not looking forward to tomorrow. I SO do not want to spend time at the food stamp office, but they are screwing me over. Can't have that right now.

Get ready for Monday, friends. It's coming and we can't stop it!