Countdown to Homelessness...Day 14

You have to have the instincts of a mercenary to navigate the social services systems. There’s no central place that links up all the information and, as of yet, I haven’t found a person who can tell me what we qualify for and what we don’t. It’s hit and miss detective work. I’m learning how to be pushy and elbow my way through all the language and forms that seem to act more as deterrents to helping people.

Don’t have much time to post much today—too many forms to fill out and lines to stand in. But my son and I accomplished our goal yesterday which was to make our apartment ready to be shown by our landlord to interested lookers. (Well, there is always more to do!) And it’s going to get busier and busier.

On top of all of this, my son’s girlfriend found out last night that her little brother and dad have come down with H1N1... so she’s staying with us... Thank goodness she hasn’t been near them in several days...

My friends on Twitter have been very kind and helpful. We were offered a place to live...unfortunately, it’s in the Netherlands! People have offered to send help—what an amazing world we live in.

Gotta go now. Thank you so much to everyone who has shown us so much kindness!

Notes to Self:
• Remember to eat....
• try not to spend too long following the Iranian situation on Twitter...
• Sleep!
• Remember your Ten Coping Principles...especially # 10 (because you know that you get depressed when you’re tired...)
• Don’t lose your check list!

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