here's that update

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So...let me guess...it's time for an update from me.

Thanksgiving was decent. Went to the Sotelo's like 2 years ago/ This time there was 8 of us. Last time there was closer to 14 or 15. Christmas was also okay. Christmas Eve, we went back to the Sotelo's and Christmas Day we went to John and Colleen. Lora spent a ton of money on me. I would feel bad about it, but she told me, when we were out Christmas shopping, that she promised my mom to help me as much as possible since my mom was moving across the country. Oh that's great to know considering about a month after my mom moved, she wouldn't return any of my calls or text messages and that was why I had to move in with my sister! Now she's all about buying my clothes I need to update my wardrobe and making sure Kim and I aren't without food because my EBT was canceled at the end of the year (but that's another story I'll get into in a bit). But whatever. Like I said, I would feel bad about her spending a lot of money on me, but I don't.

I'm 99% set up as Kim's caregiver with IHSS. Thursday I go for an orientation and to set up my w-2 info. I was hoping that Kim would qualify for at least 50 hours a month, but they only have her 48 hrs and 2 mins. I'm kind of salty at how low the hours are, but at least I don't have to pay rent to anyone so I can keep up with my personal bills and start paying my mom back for money she's given me over the last 2 or 3 years. Anyway...the pay is minimum wage and I'll get paid every 2 weeks plus the backpay from when I started caring for Kim on October 16.

My EBT was canceled at the end of the year because I was honest and said that I'm in school and working, but not getting paid by the county because they're taking their sweet time. So what does that mean for me? I'm stuck with no way to get food because Kim lives on a fixed income - she barely has enough for rent and utilities and $45 left over. Groceries run about $50 every 2 weeks. So the EBT people said if I'm in school, I need to be working 20 hours and getting minimum wage. I appealed that. They cut me off without a way to get food, and yes, I'm surrounded by kind people who have taken me grocery shopping, but the county dropped the ball on this. Like...oh, you're in school so you must have a way to pay for that, so that means you have money for food. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT! Now I'm waiting for when I'll get to have my actual appeal date and then more waiting for them to determine if when they'll give me money for groceries. I just want something to cover me until I start getting paid from IHSS.

Finished the semester on December 15. Two B's and a D. Unfortunately I have to make up the class I got a D in because it's my lower level math and I need that to go on to the next level...and eventually transfer for my Bachelor's degree. Spring semester at LBCC starts on Feb 5 and I'll be taking 4 classes - 2 online and 2 in person on Mondays and Wednesdays.

I'm back into choir at church. I'm teaching Sunday school for the 8-10-year-olds twice a year (2-three month sections) and teach children's church once a month. I'm all for being more involved...to a certain extent.

Now it's time for lunch. I'm trying to get Kim on a steady eating habit but she sometimes takes this literally...like she ate breakfast at 10:20 am, so she can't eat lunch before 2:20 pm because that's 4 hours. It's frustrating, but she's eating regularly, and that's better than before.



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Ten Words Tuesday!

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Merry Tuesday my doves! I remain classics_lover pinch-hit hosting this week. Tuesday's theme is Ten Words! Prompts can be anything but fills must be limited to 10 words or multiples of 10. Go wild!

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...

+ Hawaii Five-O, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, wingman

+ Any (please no SPN), any, Puppy!

+ Dragon Age, any, ooops


We use AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2017 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.

While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheets and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.


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