adjusting (1st week)

living with a 58 yr old woman with COPD, partially deaf, chain smoker, who's only been in Tahlequah for 6 weeks is quite the challenge.  i need a lot of prayer for her over-bearing personality.  she's out of some of her meds and had given some small loans to a former roommate, who has a gambling problem; so she's going to have to 'hang in there' until her next pay period to get her meds.  unless by some miracle one of her kids or this former roommate or the do-do neighbor pays her back the money they all owe her this weekend, so she can get her meds and chill out! 

the straw that broke the camel's back tonight was the extra noise she made by bringing her breathing treatment machine into the living room while we were watching t.v. 

so when she finished her treatment and went outside i turned on the closed captioning to finish out the show.  J is loud in her regular speaking voice, and insists on talking while the show is on, rather than wait until commercials.  this is also how she misses half of the show and will ask me during the next show what happened in the previous program. 

i get that she's been by herself at this house for almost a month, and she is quite the chatterbox but PLEASE be considerate of others. 

i've listened to her drone on and on and on about her oldest son & his problems, the do-do neighbor that nobody likes, her last roommate, basically everything that has happened around here the last 6 weeks...no i'm not her counselor but i need to carve out some quiet time so that i don't get sucked into her drama and get side-tracked myself. 

next week i have appointments every other day, so i will be out of the house away from her for a couple days next week.  trying to stretch out those days as much as possible with my limited travelling monies. 

i may spend half of the weekend in my room reading just to keep my sanity.

new digs this weekend

had a look at the new place this morning and i'm already loving it.  its a small house on a 'country road' neighborhood, still in Tahlequah.  its a 9 month stay at this place, which gives me time to apply for disability, continue looking for work and getting to know the town a bit more. the hospital is a straight shot up the road as well. 

there is another person in the house, her name is Jeanie; will meet her this weekend. 

the rules are a lot more relaxed compared to this shelter as well.  plus i can have an overnight pass if needed.  mom's already talking about going up to KC soon for a visit. 

case management meeting

met with my case manager yesterday at CREOKS and i have an interesting option to stay in town at another temporary housing place.  will have a look at it on tuesday morning and then make a more informed decision.

mildly amused

so i got one of those IRS scammer robocalls from this number (206) 535-1208 Seattle, WA this afternoon, telling me that the IRS is about to sue me in court and to call them back at the number listed above, to avoid going to court...blah blah blah.

what's amusing to me is the scammers have no idea that i'm broke as hell, unemployed (no income at all) and living in a homeless shelter...talk about hitting a  dry well as far as would-be scam victims go 😂😂😂 

anxiety ridden

had a meeting with the Vocation Rehab counselor this morning; everything is pretty much on hold until i secure housing & income for myself before i can move forward with technical school training.  i have to talk to the administrator at the shelter to see if they will let me stay past my 60-days until the new semester starts in august.  if she says no, then i'm back to Vinita until i can find a place to live.
the counselor did say since Vinita is still in Cherokee Nation district they still may be able to help me if i find a school around there where i can get some office administration training.  most of these programs are at least a year long; so i will have to find housing either on or off campus for that year.

while i was there at Cherokee Nation complex, i stopped by Day Training to see where i was on the list for day jobs....well apparently all but one page of my paperwork has disappeared!!  so now i have to start all over again since my paperwork was never entered in their system and they can't find the original hard copies that i turned in to them.  the receptionist apologized for the screw-up because whoever was at the front desk should have handed it over to one of the counselors there in the office and it wasn't done.  for some reason one page was there (the job search sign-in sheet) but nothing else was found.  i'm just hoping no one took the other pages from the office since i did have personal information on it (social security numbers, date of birth, etc.)

one of the pages i have to re-do has to be signed/stamped by WorkForce, and they are closed until next tuesday, because they are re-locating and monday is a holiday!

i'm trying not to be too pissed off at this display of incompetence right now.  the personal info on the paperwork is what bothers me more than anything.