::thud::

[hummingwolf]

Got a letter in the mail from Social Services today. I have been approved for cash assistance and medical assistance effective Dec. 1, 2003 and for food stamps effective Nov. 1, 2003. I may not have access to the benefits on my electronic benefits card until I call them up at the office next week and I don't know if I'll be on the same medical plan as I was before the bureaucratic foulup, but I have been approved for the next year and don't have to keep fighting this particular branch of bureaucracy anymore.

I was shaking with relief for a good while after getting this letter.

Finally, I can eat carrots again--the raw, crunchy kind instead of the mushy canned kind! I can buy fresh fish and fresh chicken! I can buy olive oil so I can fry the fresh fish and fresh chicken! I can get fresh green veggies and fresh fruits and I can stock up on lots & lots of Mint M&Ms!

Now back to dealing with Social Security, rotten health, and relatives. Heh.

Comments

YAY!

[bunney.livejournal.com]

So, these benefits are good for the *whole* year? That's faboo!

/me gives CB an extra-snug hug

Re: YAY!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well, for a year after the effective approval date--so Nov. 1 for food stamps, and Dec. 1 for the rest. Unless something changes, that is, which I rather hope it does since it'd be great to get the Social Security benefits I applied for eons ago.

/me hugs back.

[madralaoi.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Finally, some help! :)
Hope things get better for you now, with money and such.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

::hugs back::

Yeah, it's a big relief to be able to get food and go to the doctor again.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

/un hugs HW and sits down to share a hot choc

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Mmm... chocolate.

And hugs!

THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bearybipolar.livejournal.com]

::BIG BEAR JUMPING UP AND DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!::

woOT!

Re: THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a big relief. Here's hoping there're no more bureaucratic foulups involved to keep me from getting some fresh food & doctor's appointments soon!

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Yay! Wow, I don't eat half that well on my benefits. Guess I got lazy. Oh, wait, that's what I have benefits for in the first place. :o\

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Heh. It probably helps that when I was first awarded food stamps, I got about 7 months' worth retroactively and had been stocking up ever since till the end of October. So when I do start spending food stamps again, I don't have to worry so much about buying necessities & so can buy food I want to eat. Which at the moment would be anything crunchy or crispy or cheesy or fresh.

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Cheesy. I could go for cheesy. I just fed the cat shredded turkey and cheese bits in gravy, and while I don't necessarily want her to share with me, it did get me craving cheese.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I don't think I've ever seen dried eggs at the local grocery store. Maybe I oughtta go looking in other stores so I can stock up in preparation for the next bureaucratic foulup, eh?

*Wonderful*!

[megthelegend.livejournal.com]

And about freakin' time!

I'm so pleased for you, hon.

::hugs::

Re: *Wonderful*!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

::hugs back::

I can hardly wait to be able to buy stuff again. And pay some of the smaller bills. And maybe go to half a zillion doctor's appointments I haven't been able to make.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Yay you!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yes!

::collapses in relief again::

[whitelinefever.livejournal.com]

Here's to M&M's and limited dealings with bureaucrats

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

And cheese. Did I forget to mention how very much I want some cheese now?

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

that's excellent, cb! merry christmas to you! i'm glad they didn't keep you dangling over the holidays. they're still dopes, but they came through for you. finally.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, merry Christmas indeed! And here I was thinking I wouldn't get any presents this year. heh.

Alllright!

[fiachra.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the bureaucrats got their recto-cranial inversions fixed long enough to makes sure you got food! :^)

Re: Alllright!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Let's hope there're no more foulups or mixups to keep me from using these benefits. I'm so very tired of fighting bureaucracy--it'd be nice to be able to rest from it all for a week or two.