UPDATE! i am REALLY overwhelmed now - grover purchased one of my necklaces on etsy - she chose the lavender one which allows me to repost the green and lavender one here! this really IS going to be a great christmas now! and i'm off to work all night and day to add more jewelry - inspired by you all! thank you again...
today, after fighting with my senior advantage plan for cutting me off without giving me time to re-enroll in another plan (meaning a 20% increase in premiums for the rest of my life), i was put back in through a special program called "five star" - it gives seniors a once in a year chance to re-enroll if coverage was dropped due to lagging payments. my back hurt because i wasn't getting the chiropractic treatments that added over an inch to my height.
my unemployment had been screwed up for months because they had to re-calculate my weekly benefit due to a change in my 09 earnings - that meant everything stopped as they paid me the difference owed for each extension. money was/is sketchy and tight.
i dropped my air card (land line isn't available in the cottage i rent - comcast won't run a cable, either) because i just couldn't afford it and my neighbor now graciously lets me tag onto theirs. (they were wired, for some reason, my cottage wasn't).
oh, and i am on week 98 of my unemployment. uh oh.
i was embarrassed to openly ask for consideration for a subscription - i have always taken care of myself (mostly, but sometimes with the help of a few good friends).
so, today was a GOOD day - i get to try to keep the healthcare until i can get assistance since my social security is so low (the 3.5 increase in benefits puts me $2 over the limit to allow free coverage, so i'll still have to pay something).
if you're still with me, hop across the squiggle - i promise you a happy ending! really!