Posted 13 June 2014 - 07:07 PM
Ok, I think it's time to resurrect this discussion. I'm no Carleeta (gee, how I miss her yipppeees!).... But here goes...
1. Yesterday I removed everything from my walkin closet, and began a very intensive cleaning process....this is literally one of my cymbalta piles of poop meeses.....the night before I discovered that my elderly cat had done his "business" ( thank God only the solid kind) on the floor way in the back, and, OMG, in an empty space up on one of the shelves (he must've jumped from my bureau to the top of the door, and hopped over from there...pretty good for an old cat). I gather that this was his way of telling me that his box was not being kept sufficiently neat and tidy...so, the time tested cat smell neutralizer of vinegar (distilled cheapo, not my precious Bragg's), hydrogen peroxide and baking soda came to my rescue....tomorrow I'll was the floors, walls and all shelves with vinegar and laundry detergent.
2. Yesterday evening had dinner with an old friend of mine of the ones I "lost" during the cymbalta years, and we renewed our friendship.
3. Today I called Narcotics Anonymous. I learned I "qualify"....and will go to my first meeting this week. (I made a post about this in cymbalta in the news.
4. I also made an appointment with my new witch doc...having been told by the one I've had for the past few months that he's leaving the clinic. Ok, 15 min. try to explain things to a new idiot. I'm getting good at this!
5. I also called the therapist the clinic referred me to, she told me she's not taking any new patients. (Maybe she should tell that to the clinic.) but, she referred me her "colleague," I called and left a message. On her voicemail she sounded more like a waitress at a New Jersey diner, but hey, I'm poor now, and like I said above, I'm getting good at explaining things to idiots in 15 min sessions.
6. I screwed up my courage at looked at the email account I use for professional contact, to see if I'd heard anything about that library job I was so excited about several weeks ago. The answer was no. Okay, back to square one, but heck, I'm getting comfortable living at square one....it's the space equivalent of 15 min.
7. Having seen how insane I've really been during the years of poison, I called a very good ssdi firm and spoke with one of their paralegals. After some questions and discussion, he said they'd take my case and handle it from start to finish. He's sending me the new client forms immediately. I won't go into the specifics, but yes, it could take time...up to two years if it goes all the way to a hearing. On the other hand, based on just the facts as I listened to myself speak, I'm a basket case. If I sound baskety enuf to social security, he said approval could around 8 months. He also said that I can try to work part time during this whole process...but there's a limit to what I can earn ,,, that limit is more money than I need to pay my rent. I'm good with that. Oh, yeah....this whole thing took just a bit more than 15 min.
So happy to hear from you - we have all missed you!!! It must have been a wonderful trip - even with the "missing partial sentences" and I'm sure you have many pictures to prove it. Wow - 3 weeks!
