Well, that's that...for now. The lady who called from SSI was nice. She knew how to do her job and was sympathetic (though that probably won't help me since she's not part of the decision). She did get a bit sick of me after 90 minutes...lol She was asking about all of my doctors and tests and medicines, and, well, I have (had) a bunch of those. I still have some stuff to submit online, and a few forms to mail out, but I'm in the system and this new application is rolling. Because my eyes messed up before I was 22 and I didn't work enough to get SSA (retirement) benefits, I might be able to go by my parents' work histories. I had my mom's info (she was in the other room), but she found my dad's stuff for me. I'm sure I'll have more stuff to fill out, but I should hear something about this application in a few months.
If I get this one approved, that can only help my pending appeal, I'd think. Plus I'd have some money coming in while I wait to get back pay from the denial that I'm appealing. It's still a ridiculous process, but I'm trying.
My voice is almost gone, my eyes still hurt, and I'm a bit extra woozy from all of this. I ended up not needing to do most of what I did yesterday (at least not for the phone thing today), but it was all useful to have done it. It sucks that I did all of that and don't feel good because of it now when I didn't need it today, though. Oh well.
My cat wouldn't leave me alone. I kept having to shoo her away. And people kept calling in. When there's call waiting, my phone doesn't beep, it gives some weird static noise and I can't hear the call I'm already on. It's very annoying. I didn't want to turn call waiting off in case the doctor called for my mom. She had her routine blood drawing this morning, and if something comes up fishy, they'll call her to tell her what to do. And, of course, I forgot some things upstairs and had to go back to get those. I get horrible reception up here, and she couldn't hear me. That's about when she started getting antsy to finish. To be fair, I did warn her about the phone. ;)
At least that part is done. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully someone with common sense gets my file this time. Even if it goes through, I'll still be poor, but I won't be quite so broke. It'll be nice to have a couple bucks. I already have a long list of stuff I need, like medicine and clothes and a phone.
Thanks for all of your support! I really appreciate it! Thanks for reading this! Spread the word! :P
Happy Thursday (it is Thursday, right?)!
-B
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