the boring and sad facts of my life

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I have been trying to talk to a human being at the Dept of Children and Families since August 28. I've had no SNAP because I couldn't complete my application process without a phone interview, but every time I called the number they sent me via snail mail, I got a recording that said my case manager was unavailable and her mailbox was full. I called OVER AND OVER. I got her once (August 28th) and she said she'd call me back as soon as she could, but then she never did and I called and called and called some more and still got that same message about her being unavailable and her mailbox being full...

Oh, yeah, and if I'd press "0" for the operator, I'd get another message that said "no one is available to help you right now, please try again".

Fucking government programs. They set these things up to help people who are IN NEED. And then they make it nearly impossible to get the damned help. I know the case workers aren't at fault. They are most definitely overworked and overloaded, but COME ON.

Anyway, today I finally got to speak to the case manager again and completed my phone interview and supposedly she'll get it all worked out and then finally, FINALLY, I will get my SNAP and be able to get some damn groceries.

I was so stressed out but hopefully it will be okay now.

Okay, that's all. That's the update. The only other thing going on around here is mom being sick which means me doing more stuff around the house. And getting up with Meg at 5am every morning since mom usually does that part - getting meg ready for school and sending her off on the bus - and it's really screwed with my sleep. For some reason I'm sleeping so much more. I go back to bed once Meg is off to school and end up sleeping many extra hours. :(