in the next three weeks i have five separate appointments. one of those will come with a big ass bill to pay. i usually start my holiday shopping now, and spread it out so that i am done by december 1st. not happening this year. one less person to shop for is also some shit.
mama’s own first annual check up appointment which is a can of worms as she’s 70 and was a multiple pack a day smoker from her teens til age 69. she is a shitty patient who rawdogs 90% of her problems via extra strength acetaminophen.
the two of us are still not getting survivors benefits from social security- as of right now our combined checks from them total less than $2000 (she has two additional paychecks for providing help for me and my more severely autistic nephew, so we’re not entirely fucked, only mostly) but hers is meant to go up significantly as compared to mine. she’ll be getting the bulk of what my dad earned, as he’d been collecting a paycheck of some kind since he was a child and had worked full time until he retired at age 75.
buttttt we got two letters on the same day last weekend- one saying she had been removed as my rep payee for reasons that were untrue, and one saying she had been appointed as my rep payee. two days later, another appointment letter arrived. with the shutdown, calling them to clarify and or find out about the above mentioned survivors benefits is not happening any time soon.
my brother is likely going to be told to live elsewhere for being a spoiled manchild and not changing those behaviors after being called out multiple times since june. the last straw was her cleaning up shit he’d left untouched for months, literally.
then there’s all the potential inter-family shenanigans coming with my dad’s memorial bbq. people i do not like, sore subjects, forced interactions, and only one of my friends can actually come support me. idk if anyone else has rsvp’d with my sister. the one i kinda sorta really need there is laid up and will be for months.