I got tired of waking up sick & tired, pulled the rag out of my behind & did some work in the past few days. No, I didn't rob a bank. Probably should've, wouldn't have to worry about how to pay the rent if I did but I hear the accomodations are pretty damned sparse in there. And I hear you can't bring your knitting needles in with you. What would I do with the stash???
So, I got off my ass & applied for my Canada Pension. It was so easy on line. Unbelievably so. I've had a worse time shopping for yarn!! So, that's done. I really, really planned on waiting till I was 70 to apply since it's going to be small but life got in the way. I'm finding it impossible to get a job when no one can understand me on the phone, so my choices are 1) get shacked up with someone who'll pay, 2) find someone older who wants a sloppy knitter for a Companion & will pay, 3) shoe-horn myself back into my ex-house with my ex & his 9 cats & let him pay, 4) fall on my knees at Welfare & wait 3 months for an appointment, 5) apply for my Pension, find some more taxes to do, apply for SAFER to help with the rent & sell what I can of my stash or 6) Sell my body.
Option 5 seemed the most likely in the end.
I also made a run to the doctor & changed two of the three medications I was on - they both had unlikely but possible side effects - dry cough. I could tell the difference in one day!!! Now I just have the 'sticky' cough.
And I gave in & asked for a long term Parking Pass. I'm okay on the flat surfaces but hills without my cane or stairs without rails are giving me hell. When that knee gets tired, it goes sideways.
I feel so much better somehow. One of my buddies took me out for coffee on Sunday & asked what I'd done to myself. He said I looked happy, looked like I'd lost a few pounds & wasn't coughing as much. Okay. I was happy. I'd left my wallet with my Starbucks card on my desk at home & had 37 cents, an Esso token, a plastic memory card blank & $15 in Canadian Tire money in my change purse. And he had money for a change. Yippeeeee
2 comments:
I think you probably feel better because you've made a decision and now have a path before you to follow. No more waiting for things to change but initiating the change yourself so you're more in control than you were. Good thing because I really don't think they'll let you knit much in jail!
I'm really wishing you all the best, Sharon. Big Hugs!!!
Yeah - you're so right Louisa. Procrastination & I do not get along well. I'd rather make the decision than wait for it to just 'happen'. Sometimes you have no choice but wait. I get bitchy when that happens. I may have to rename the Blog to 'Knitting by the Wayside' or 'Cheap Knitting' or something like that. Or 'The Knitted Tent'. or 'Knitting Onesies'.
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