Today I decide to be wealthy.
Last night I was up until 3 a.m. working on papers needed to continue our participation in a government program. This is how we are still in our house--we qualified for a program that "loans" us our mortgage for a year. It seems that there are new requirements from time to time.
I am afraid of making a mistake that will cause us to lose the program, and our home, and where will we stay then? These are papers about budgeting; I should have been doing this 20, even 30 years ago, but the same problems then are the same now: There is no regular income. And there is no line for tithing on the paper. (The church has given us food and cleaning supplies and Christmas gift cards.)
We got the papers in, apparently at the same time someone was calling our house in a panic to tell us to get them in. I'd already talked with the NeighborImpact worker on Tuesday, and he said no worries, just get them in by Friday. So I procrastinated and did my unemployment resign in and housework instead. I even did my yoga and exercises in the evening. (Why do I have such a hard time doing them, when I feel so good afterwards?)
After dropping the papers off at Worksource, we went to Sisters, and Doug changed a lightbulb that was on top of a very tall light pole, and he did a few other things around the building. The owner is one of our first customers, and we've had him for at least 10 years.
Tomorrow will be spent sending out letters and applications for the week. I remind myself that the more I send out, the greater the chances of someone helping me to connect with a job that I will succeed in.
My mother-in-law called, and let us know that she is sending us some money, and is sending some to the girls too. (I wept after I gave the phone to my husband.) So the bills will be paid in January, while I continue to look for work. My unemployment amount will be way less than it has been, and I will not receive anything for my so-called "waiting week," which is a week where one waits to see if the last employer will call with another job--as if!
Today I decide to be wealthy.
Last night I was up until 3 a.m. working on papers needed to continue our participation in a government program. This is how we are still in our house--we qualified for a program that "loans" us our mortgage for a year. It seems that there are new requirements from time to time.
I am afraid of making a mistake that will cause us to lose the program, and our home, and where will we stay then? These are papers about budgeting; I should have been doing this 20, even 30 years ago, but the same problems then are the same now: There is no regular income. And there is no line for tithing on the paper. (The church has given us food and cleaning supplies and Christmas gift cards.)
We got the papers in, apparently at the same time someone was calling our house in a panic to tell us to get them in. I'd already talked with the NeighborImpact worker on Tuesday, and he said no worries, just get them in by Friday. So I procrastinated and did my unemployment resign in and housework instead. I even did my yoga and exercises in the evening. (Why do I have such a hard time doing them, when I feel so good afterwards?)
After dropping the papers off at Worksource, we went to Sisters, and Doug changed a lightbulb that was on top of a very tall light pole, and he did a few other things around the building. The owner is one of our first customers, and we've had him for at least 10 years.
Tomorrow will be spent sending out letters and applications for the week. I remind myself that the more I send out, the greater the chances of someone helping me to connect with a job that I will succeed in.
My mother-in-law called, and let us know that she is sending us some money, and is sending some to the girls too. (I wept after I gave the phone to my husband.) So the bills will be paid in January, while I continue to look for work. My unemployment amount will be way less than it has been, and I will not receive anything for my so-called "waiting week," which is a week where one waits to see if the last employer will call with another job--as if!
Today I decide to be wealthy.
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