my back's against the record machine
Thursday, Apr. 02, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.
So I�m still in the perpetual hell of trying to get my unemployment benefits, despite having lost my job on January 16th. The Company just finished paying out my severance (which they delayed paying on until now for some reason) so hopefully it will get started both soon and retroactively, as, well, we need the money. Funny how money is so damn necessary.
In other news, the ILs are coming for a couple of weeks next Wednesday. They plan on renting a car and doing a couple of trips themselves while using our house as a �home base� which is, of course, just fine. Hubster and I have to buy a new mattress for the spare bed, as the one that�s currently in there is the Official Killer of REM Cycles due to its being as hard as a Depression-era�s nun�s soul. The truth is, I don�t mind a firm mattress, but lying on concrete would be more comfortable. In fact, because I am prone to gastrointestinal maladies I have spent a few nights sleeping on the bathroom floor. Once in a bathtub, but I don�t want to go into disgusting details. Let�s just all say �ewwww� together and move on.
The plan currently is to buy an IKEA mattress and just toss it on top of the mattress already there, so there will be a boxspring, a mattress almost as hard as a boxspring, and then the IKEA HOGBO mattress on top. Between these sleeping surfaces we will place a dried pea, I will start calling the MIL �Winifred� and Hubster will brush up on his yo-yo skills.
If any of you got those references, you get a freakin� huge gold star!
So anyway, I�m doing pretty good, all things considered. I got on a new anti-depressant which seems to be helping, and I�m doing my best to stay busy. I�ll be happier once I get a new job, especially if it�s something I�d enjoy doing. Not that the last job was bad, in fact, getting paid to knit and watch movies until the phone rang was pretty freaking sweet, but hey, it was also boring and low-pay with no room for advancement. I�ve had enough of jobs like that So I�m not looking for a job to have a job. Because doing that is kind of like, well, this:
And getting teabagged by a dog is only fun if you�re the dog. Unless you have certain kinds of issues, in which case, a new anti-depressant may be good for you as well.