I have run into some more government bureaucracy. The Home Energy Assistance Program, HEAP, needs a statement of my unemployment benefits. Being the stupid person that I am, I contacted the unemployment office about my dilemma, but I was told that I must write for a statement from another government agency. HEAP told me that the information will not arrive in time for me to qualify for the poor people's program, and that the unemployment office has never cooperated with the HEAP agency, even though the HEAP agency must have proof of my unemployment benefits. Luckily for me, I am on food stamps, and the Aid to Dependent Children's agency could, and gladly did, provide the necessary information. What would happen if my unemployment benefits were too much money to qualify me for food stamps, but not enough to disqualify me from the HEAP program? I would get no energy assistance, although I would be qualified for the program.
At 11:05AM and 6:14PM Mom's clock is keeping the correct time.
Mom's sister and her children have sent a plant, and I hope I can keep it alive, since everything seems to be dying around me, and I am withering on the vine.
My child called and wanted to bring some of the in-laws to go through Mom's things. I told her that they could all stay home and not make Mom's death a circus. Mom just died yesterday, and they want to rummage through her things. Are they all deranged, including my child?
I finally got some sleep, 17 1/2 hours worth. I'm still tired or maybe it's depression, diet or both of them. I must start taking better care of myself or I'm going to get sick, and I don't have any insurance either, the same as Love.
Why are people or races so petty? When the Reverend Jesse Jackson compared the racial slurs against the Jewish community to the racial slurs against the Black community, the Jewish community got very upset. I've been called "whitey" or "honky" and don't find it particularly offensive. No one is perfect and has perfect manners. There's always someone who is going to be offended. Of all the people in the world, it seems to me the 'chosen ones', or what Americans consider the chosen ones, needn't be as petty as the rest of the world.
