Yep. I work for a small business where they absolutely cannot afford to offer us health insurance. I know they would if they could. I choose to work here because it's a great place to work and they absolutely do not bat an eye when I need off for anything going on with my kids. There aren't many places willing to be that flexible with me. So the trade off is I don't have health insurance. The girls are covered through their Dad and state health insurance. I broke my ankle. Now I'm in a scramble to find a specialist willing to work with me. The closest I have found is someone who wants $120 up front for me to be seen. After that I apply for financial aid through Jewish Hospital. Sounds great right? Only I don't have $120. I don't have $20. So tomorrow I will begin the process of finding someone else who will see me.
Since I've always been so honest with you guys I'll offer up the newest fact I found out today. My food stamps were cut by over $100 a month. I get to feed my family on $338 a month. No that's not a typo. I worked a ton of extra hours over the summer, hours I will not be able to work during the school year. So not only will I not be making as much money but the food stamps were cut. So now my family will starve for only have a month. It's going to be a Ramen soup kind of eating from now on. Looks like the second job hunt will begin in earnest. Well not until this damn ankle heals. Shit.
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That's the end of meals like this.
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I'm trying really hard to find my gratitude here. This makes it difficult. I suppose the fact that I will now become really creative in what I serve my kids is a positive. I won't be able to buy any junk food so my waistline will be happy. I'll be dropping lots of weight because I will be STARVING. I will become really good at using coupons. That's a positive. There's some gratitude in that.
The ankle gratitude? Not so much. Anyone want to throw out some ideas?
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