Social Security

I just contacted the Social Security Disability office, where I applied back in December, to see if Aeryn qualifies for benefits. I was told that her benefits are "allowed". Who know what THAT means. LOL! I guess its a good thing so I won't complain (too much).

I was then told to call the field office (downtown) to see what to do next. The lady that answered the phone again stated that her benefits were "allowed" and that I need to come into the office to bring in more information (ANOTHER appointment... yay). When I asked her WHAT information I needed to bring in... SHE DOESNT KNOW!! Really? Don't you work there? Why are you answering the phones if you don't have the information that people need when they call? She says that I can either wait for a letter in the mail (up to 30 MORE days) or I can come into the office to find out what I need to bring BACK (that means TWO appointments). I can't win!

Well, I guess I see where my next off days will be spent. Can't do it this week because tomorrow we have to go to the school where Aeryn will be attending Kindergarten in the Fall to meet with the teachers and set up her new IEPs and things. Then after that we have our usual Friday events (speech and occupational therapies from 2pm to 3:30pm). I'm not off again until Wednesday and Thursday of next week. **in my Kevin Hart voice** SOOOOOOOO... I guess we know where I will be!

I think I'm glad my life is hectic. I don't have time to get into any trouble lately it seems.

PLAY ON PLAYETTE (not sure where that came from... it has been stuck in my head for days. Anybody remember the name of the song that it came from?? LOL)

Problem solved

I think I have finally solved the problem of the daycare meltdowns! The MP4 player as had an awesome effect. She no longer wishes to sit in Kim's office in the mornings. She goes straight to class and doesn't even look back.

I guess now this is giving me time to focus on and stress out about the other issues that single parenthood has to offer. Dealing with Aeryn and autism has slowly made me forget that I am doing this all alone (some days). Other days it hits me like a ton of bricks that everything that has to be done for this family has to be done by me or it will never get done because there is no one else there to pick up the slack where I leave off. Therefore, I am always on duty. Luckily I have somewhat of a support system all around. People that are willing to go out of their way to help me do certain things because they know that it will lift a little bit of the burden off of me.

I have a few (very few) friends online that I can talk to about ANYTHING and they are always there to listen. My sister has no problem spending her off days from work taking me to do my grocery shopping (WE LOVE YOU FOR THAT). The apartment complex manager and his wife have given my 14 yr old a job in the front office to help me keep her out of trouble and also help build responsibility and money management. The daycare director and the other workers over there take the time out of their day to walk the twins back and forth across the street to my apartment complex in time for the school bus everyday so I wouldn't have to switch daycares due to the school districts strict bus pickup and drop off boundaries.

So even though my life feels like one huge game of tug of war after another (to me). It's really not so bad.

I have 4 children who love me to death, a sister that is willing to help any way possible (when time permits), a daycare staff that cares more about my children than the money, apartment managers that are willing to help me keep my children out of trouble, and a bunch of friends that are always open to listening to me have my breakdowns and conniptions no matter how big or small!

I got WAAAAY off topic with this one but OH WELL! It's MY blog. I can say what I want. LOL!

Have a good day everyone. I'm gonna go try to find something to get into that won't get me into any trouble...