Midafternoon, a thought hit my mind, something I considered worth posting about. I processed an image (after wrestling with Adobe over the background) and uploaded it, sat down to type, and… Nothing. My brain went completely empty. All the issues that I had read about and considered over the past few days vanished.
I took a nap. By that time, the kids were both home, the dogs needed to go outside, and there was more mail from the Social Security Administration to deal with. Kids did their chores, I fixed a simple dinner and we ate it, and now here I am, once again, staring at a screen without a clue what originally urged me to start this post in the first place.
What I do know is that SSI is driving me nuts. Late last week, I received a summary of a phone call we’d had the week before. The instructions said to contact them within 10 days to correct any errors. There were two. I called them around noon today and was told, “We can’t handle that over the phone, you need to go to your local office.”
Great. Lovely. The office isn’t *that* far from me, but it’s definitely further than I can walk. The office is also busy from the moment it opens. There is no such thing as a “quick” trip. I don’t drive. I don’t have money for an Uber. I have a problem.
This isn’t a unique enough problem to cause anger. Yes, it’s frustrating, but I’ve grown accustomed to being frustrated with government agencies. Despite the best efforts of the individuals there, I feel they often do more harm than good.
Seriously, it just happened again. Of course, you can’t tell, but I’ve spent another 30 minutes sitting here staring at nothing. There was another topic in my mind, but I don’t have a clue what it was. Is this how dementia begins? When it first started happening I blamed the chemo but now it seems to be getting worse.
Meanwhile, the kids are arguing over ice cream. So much for being mature.