New Day

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Well, the sun is up and the fog has cleared away. I actually had about an hour to myself this morning which was GLORIOUS! Now the kids are dogpiling in the living room and I've got to get up and get them reading. Ah, the life of a mom...wouldn't trade it for all the "success" in the world!

Gradually, I'm learning more and more about this blogging thing and banner/link exchanges etc etc etc.

I went last week to apply for "welfare". DH says he has a job starting on September 3rd. I want to give him that chance to be the breadwinner for the first time in 6 years. But I'm not going to wait around for the money to come in again...and wait...and wait. We qualified for 'expedited' food benefits and the card arrived yesterday, with about 2-3 times as much $$$ on it as I had figured we'd get.

I realize this will make some people look down on me...but they've probably never had to wonder where their children's next meal is coming from. Or apologize for feeding them spaghetti or ramen for the 4th time in a week.

Getting a job for me is not the problem. Before we moved I had been working steadily for more than 6 years, first as a waitress, then as a transcriptionist/coder/report taker for the FWPD. I worked all three shifts. I had a baby during my last job and had to go back to work so my family could eat...and leave my preemie daughter of about 4 lbs at home without me. I used a breastpump in the ladies' room at work during my breaks, THAT was wierd. I got an extension cord, sat in a stall w/the door closed and pumped away so that my daughter would have breastmilk to help her grow.

If you just HAVE to judge me, that is your problem.

Ooooh, I'm a little touchy this morning, apparently. :) Did I mention that I have clinical depression and am down to my last Effexor? DH says his job has insurance with immediate benefit (no waiting 30 days, blah blah blah) and that would be good. With just a copay on this med at my old job, it cost us $30 for a month of my Effexor. Last time we had to pay cash, $220! *faint*

I added a link for Surf 4 the Earth. It's a way to build traffic to a blog or business/cause website. Check it out. It's actually kind of fun. :)