A Rare Late Day
@just4him (305417)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
December 3, 2018 12:27pm CST
It is seldom I wake an hour late for anything. This morning I did. I opened my eyes at 4:05. I was tempted not to go to the pool but decided to anyway, especially since I had grocery shopping to do. The car was frosted over, so used the ice scraper instead of just letting the car thaw out.
I didn't get an opportunity to check the weather this morning, so was happy it was nice out, chilly, but it is almost winter. Unofficially, it is. The water felt good this morning and I got a nice workout in the pool. Then it was time to get groceries.
My fridge and freezer were almost bare and by the look of the shopping cart and the total for groceries, I can attest to that. I always worry that I got too much for the freezer, but it all fit. 
I got an e-mail from Social Services. It's nice to know they are on top of keeping me poor. Social Security is giving a 2.8% Cost of Living Raise next month. My food share went down because my income is going up. 
Pretty soon I won't need Social Services. I'll be making too much for them to give me anything for food. It would be nice if I could live on $19 a month for food. If you can do it, tell me how you manage it. I hope they won't stop the housing benefit. So far, that one is the best thing I have going.
So, anyway, I thought I would let you know why I was so late getting here today. I woke late. I did get 8 hours of sleep, also rare.
I'll be getting to work on my book soon. I'm hoping to do two chapters today. We'll see how that goes.
How is your day going? Thanks for reading.
This is my goal board. I'll be erasing it and posting the 2019 goals soon.
I got an e-mail from Social Services. It's nice to know they are on top of keeping me poor. Social Security is giving a 2.8% Cost of Living Raise next month. My food share went down because my income is going up. Pretty soon I won't need Social Services. I'll be making too much for them to give me anything for food. It would be nice if I could live on $19 a month for food. If you can do it, tell me how you manage it. I hope they won't stop the housing benefit. So far, that one is the best thing I have going.
So, anyway, I thought I would let you know why I was so late getting here today. I woke late. I did get 8 hours of sleep, also rare.
I'll be getting to work on my book soon. I'm hoping to do two chapters today. We'll see how that goes.
How is your day going? Thanks for reading.
This is my goal board. I'll be erasing it and posting the 2019 goals soon.17 people like this
18 responses
@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
3 Dec 18
@just4him I don't know how the heck you can get up so early in the morning. I wish I could. As for social security I am thinking that they get some kind of devious pleasure out of keeping up so poor. I love your goal board, they are so important for a creative person to use to help keep them on track.
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Dec 18
I think they're unrealistic. They figure everything you make and determine how much a single person household would be comfortable with. I need to include my earnings from myLot and Swagbucks as it's income. Not much, but they count everything. If you make a lot less than the determined amount for your household, then the amount you get is higher. If not, it's lower. With Social Security giving a 2.8% raise next year, my allotted amount for food has gone down.
I was on Welfare many years ago and hated it then and did everything I could to get off it and vowed never to be part of the system again. I've done well since getting off it but losing my job, my income, and my home put me right back in the system. It's a lose/lose situation.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
3 Dec 18
I can't get up that early. How do you do it?
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
3 Dec 18
@just4him Oh my goodness! I am barely rolling over at that time.
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@kobesbuddy (74424)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Dec 18
When I got a job that paid minimum wage, the first thing Social Services did, they took away my food stamps and health insurance coverage. What a slap across the face! I was getting $12 a month for food stamps, I told them to keep it. I suffered financially because I wasn't lazy, like some of their other clients.
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Dec 18
I don't like dealing with Social Services, but I have no choice. I would be living under a bridge if I had to live on what I get from Social Security alone. And I'm at an age when working is not an option. I have too many physical limitations to work, even if I do think of myself as healthy. I have a lifting limitation due to a crushed vertebra and I can't stand for too long or do a lot of walking. I wish I could. So, I sit here writing books and hope to start earning money as an author to get out of the system.
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Dec 18
@kobesbuddy That's terrible. Didn't you need to show your bank statement so they would know what you were making?
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@kobesbuddy (74424)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Dec 18
@just4him I got cheated different times, through SS. Bruce was paying child support sporadicly. If he felt like it, he paid. If he didn't feel like it, he didn't pay. So every two weeks I prayed in the bill money. Bruce drank up every dime he earned. SS had on record, that I was receiving that money every week. We lived on next to nothing, at times.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
4 Dec 18
A funny thing about that raise:
Why wouldn't those getting SS get the raise on the previous year's earnings, b/c they do base that percentage on the cost of living for 2018, don't they? Shouldn't they owe you money?
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Dec 18
We got a 2% raise this year. We're getting more next year.
@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
4 Dec 18
I know the hassle of trying to live on a fixed income. Not fun.
I give you a lot of credit for getting up so early to go to the pool. At 4am I'm snuggled in bed
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Dec 18
This morning, I wish I were snuggled in bed as I can't go to the pool. I went and bruised a rib yesterday and even sitting here is a struggle breathing through the pain. 
I was up at my usual time, unable to sleep.
I was up at my usual time, unable to sleep.
@JESSY3236 (18886)
• United States
4 Dec 18
I wish I could sleep late. But Lily is always getting me up, or I have to pee. Today I got up my usual time and went to sleep in the recliner with Lily.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
4 Dec 18
good to know you have your whiteboard where you put your objectives. at least you won't miss a thing.
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Dec 18
Yes, it is. It's a habit, and I love getting into the pool early.
@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Dec 18
It's been a while since I had 8 hours. My typical is 5.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Dec 18
And I woke up after only 6 hours of sleep and I feel fine.
That was a lot of goals!
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Dec 18
I'll be able to take Thread of Evidence off the board next year as it will be published. The green stars are books I'm working on, and the others need editing. They're finished.
