Hooray!! After more than a week home, Mikey went to work today which means there was work today!!! We have applied for unemployment for temporary lay off and I have restarted the process of applying for Jarrett's SSI & maybe some for Max (I don't know if pituitary dwarfism is considered a disability or not) since Mikey's lack of a paycheck means we probably fall in the income limits again. I did fill out the bulk of the application online and called yesterday to set up an appointment for the rest of the bureaucratic BS and I got the most clueless person I have ever spoken with. I couldn't seem to get her to understand that I have gotten benefits before, but then Mikey made too much money so we didn't qualify anymore but now that he has so little work( which means he doesn't make as much money) we probably qualify again so send me the forms I have to sign and let's get on with it. She seemed to think that I thought being poor was a disability and suggested applying for food stamps. Finally she got the message and I got a phone appointment which means I don't have to drive to Cambridge for the interview.
Jarrett came back Monday morning (5:30 am. Why ,when he can't go in until 8 ,bring Jarrett back so early? It doesn't take 2 1/2 hours to get to Kent Island from my house. Now after Monday, it's a different story, his bus comes at 6:30.) and his dad had MAJOR Attitude! I get that glasses are not cheap, that's why neither Mikey nor I have had our eyes done in the last 3 years. But he is also the one that said he would get Jarrett's glasses. Jarrett lost his glasses, it can't be helped. All the counselors helped us look for them for over an hour and we couldn't find them . I can't help what they cost, nor can I help pay for them since right now we don't have the money to pay bills. He was also very annoyed that I don't know my way around Easton all that well, we go to Delaware for everything. Everytime he asked if I knew where something was and I said no he said Jesus Christ!! like it's a crime not to drive 35 miles to get something I can get in DE which is actually closer to my house (and no sales tax!). Of course, this is the same person who can't remember to purchase or give Jarrett his Zyrtec. He once asked me for a list of what to get after I got on his case several times and then didn't get any of it. He also refuses to listen to the doctor's advice about what causes Jarrett to have migraines or about watching what Jarrett eats because his weight is starting to become a problem that we need to concern ourselves with ( especially since all the men on his dad's side are overweight and diabetic).
Mikey's mom called yesterday to see if he was working and if he was to get him to come by her house and pick up the school clothes and stuff she got for the boys. She has always done things like this since we've been together, even before we had Max, she bought things for Jarrett. Max is thrilled with the shirts she gave him last time he was over, since they are very much like the stripey ones Jarrett favors. Max is so ready to go to Pre-K!! Jarrett is not so very excited about middle school, but maybe after orientation when he can check out the school, his teachers and his schedule he'll feel better.
We are starting to plan a baby shower for my baby brother, Matt and his girlfriend Kimmy. They are having a baby girl, Alyssa Marie O'Callaghan, due in November. We're planning the shower for mid-October.
I also have to start working on Jarrett's birthday party. First he wanted a Willy Wonka theme, then he changed to Wall-E, and finally we have decided on Joey the Pirate Monkey, so I need to get my butt in gear and crank out some DVDs and Tshirts!! My baby will be 11 in October! I also need to put some finishing touches on both boys rooms ( blinds curtains and for Jarrett's room I want to use a flat sheet as a curtain for the closet opening). Last weekend I got a computer desk for Jarrett's desktop that my Dad got him for Christmas at the age of 2 and set that up, plus rearranged some other furniture, the bookcase that the movies live on has moved from behind the door to net to the computer desk and a small bookcase from my room is now behind the door for books.
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