Thursday, April 26, 1984

Just as I was getting ready to go to work today, our Great Gas God agent stopped by to shut off my utilities. I frantically called our local office to try to stall them until the HEAP program gets funded. I managed to pay them $106.00, but had to sign an agreement to pay $80.00, plus what my current bill will be each month, until November. I hope that the HEAP program gets re-funded soon, because I can't make the upcoming payment on the fourteenth of June. I was late to work by fifteen minutes.

About one-half hour after I got to work, I had a phone call from Cecil. Tracy had come home and moved all of her stuff out, but she also let my dogs out, and the dog catcher picked them up. Since I haven't had the money to get their rabies shots, I don't know what will happen, but I will find out tomorrow.

Then to top everything off, when coming home from work, the heater hose on my car broke, and I had to stop on the expressway, when the temperature light came on. Luckily the car behind me stopped and the male driver tried to fix the leak. When he couldn't fix it, he and his two women passengers, drove me to the nearest gas station. The gas station attendant agreed to stay open 'til I could get there. The man drove me back to my car, and by then the car had cooled down enough for me to drive to the station myself. The station ended up staying open an extra one-half hour, and it only cost me $11.00.