With unconventional paper I hope.

Kinkos was awesome. Just being there felt good.

Choosing paper > optimizing for keywords.

The thought of trying to find a job at our age in this economy makes my stomach hurt. Stay strong!

I wish there was a dole for people who are trying. Or, really, universal basic income.

The Days of Kinkos & Resume Paper Hello Darling Ones, Now that the government has deemed me unable to work enough to support myself due to my disability I've been thinking about my career as a cog in the capitalist machine. Really I've been thinking about Kinkos and, more specifically, resume paper. You young'uns might not know that resume paper was a thing. According to a quick Google search it might still be a thing, but I suspect not quite as big a thing as it was before the turn of the century.

The Days of Kinkos & Resume Paper

Hello Darling Ones, Now that the government has deemed me unable to work enough to support myself due to my disability I've been thinking about my career as a cog in the capitalist machine. Really I've been thinking about Kinkos and, more specifically, resume…

Yep. 1994, Eau Claire, WI. I was a Jodi come lately.

That was the first Mats song I ever heard!

Getting on the Dole Well, Darling Ones, The day I was anxiously anticipating has come & gone. Yesterday was my Social Security disability hearing. Three years after my stroke, two(ish) years after applying, two rejections, and roughly 15 minutes of a hearing, the judge granted my claim for Social Security disability. Ya girl is getting on the dole! I'm relieved and overwhelmed. My friends and fam are over the moon for me.

Getting on the Dole

Well, Darling Ones, The day I was anxiously anticipating has come & gone. Yesterday was my Social Security disability hearing. Three years after my stroke, two(ish) years after applying, two rejections, and roughly 15 minutes of a hearing, the judge granted my claim for Social…

Thank you! I’m still stunned & probably wont believe it until I see money in the bank.

It’s so difficult. And people act like it’s easy & so there’s tons of fraud (people who don’t need it get it, etc). It would be a lot of work to defraud the government of very little money.

Ya girl got on the dole! 3 years after my stroke, 2 years after applying, and 2 rejections, my application for disability benefits was approved.

There’s an owl hooting it up outside my window. An omen? Owls were my dad’s favorite. I need good omens. Tomorrow is my disability hearing. Cross your fingers for me.

Somewhere in the universe I hope Kevin is impressed I got prescription sunglasses for my janky eyes for only $36!

I would have been the same, trying to see how cheap I could get them. Game recognizes game.

Mine is pricy at Zenni too! Having bad eyes is expensive.

I’m just gonna order glasses from Zenni & keep the Medicaid ones as backups.

For the most part, poverty insurance has been good at covering stuff, which is why this surprised me. I get eye treatments every three months that cost $16k. I pay $0.

Which is also dumb. Insurance is such a racket.

It seems so arbitrary. You’re poor so choose between close up or distance vision. You can’t afford both.

Took my poverty insurance to the eye doctor. When you’re poor they don’t pay for bifocals & only let you choose from 16 frames.

I get ads for mobility aids & perfume.

Me browsing Instagram:
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Cat! ❤️

Yes! And I think I had setting where they were mixing the two songs together & it was just noise to me.

I’ve only been with Apple Music for four months & every time my brain screams “WHAT IS HAPPENING?”

Does anyone like the song transitions in Apple Music? I didn’t think so.

Watched Blue Moon because I’m a sucker for Linklater & Hawke.

I’m reading Louise Penny’s books on @amyrea.bsky.social’s recommendation. I finished #1 today after waiting months in the library line. Just checked out #2, which is miraculously available. The universe ❤️s me.

Co-signed,
Your favorite curmudgeonly spinster aunt

Been trying to remember who kidnapped Helen & started the Trojan war since my Tea Ladies meeting this afternoon. It was Paris! It came to me while I was brushing my teeth.

It sucked. But I’m still kicking!