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[bientot]

So I've spent the last week offline - for some reason my computer has timed out on everything. I could get to gmail by using the html version, and even managed to get a couple of messages out, but no blogs or anything like that. Tonight a friend brought over a tiny baby laptop (it says 'ASPIREone' on it, it's about 7"x10" and the keyboard is way smaller than my fingers!) and I'm so glad to be able to get back online again! I figured I should let people know why I've been so quiet....

I'm so grateful to loree for giving me a Kindle, which has kept me from total withdrawal - I've been enjoying some very long fanfic (I'll try to pull together some recs) and she remains my personal goddess.

Other news - my claim for Social Security Disability has been approved and I will be getting gubmint chex as soon as (yes, really) I prove I'm a citizen. It's a little complicated, since I was born in Germany, but I'm working on it and am much encouraged by the promise of an income sometime soon.

I'm so far behind here I may never catch up - please let me know if I've missed something important!

Comments

[morgandawn]

congrats on the SSDI approval (although frowns for you having to need it).

[bientot]

I'd been thinking about it for a while, since the whole getting-to-work-and-getting-home-again process was using so many of my few remaining spoons, so when I got fired and no longer had the work-based insurance to motivate me, and knew there was no chance of finding another job in the condition I'm in, I figured it was time to bite the bullet and go for it. It was almost a surprise to be accepted first time around, as I'd been told that most people are turned down routinely on first application, and have to go back over and over (and with a lawyer) to get through it. I'm so relieved it went smoothly and I passed muster first time around. (The Social Security doctor who evaluated me had one main question - why I'd waited so long to apply.)

Thanks for the thoughts!!