Feeling tired in many different ways and looking for ways to relax and clear some stress - 🙃🥱🤪
Good morning! Welcome to my blog and Life Journey. I’m posting for those of you who want to know what’s going on in my life. I can’t promise exciting posts. I can offer the posts as a sleep aid to peruse when you’re having trouble falling asleep. 😂🥱 Who needs Lyrica!?
I’m currently working on something akin to probate for the small amount left in my mom’s account. My lawyer seems to think we can get by without actually going through probate by filing something called a Small Estates Affidavit. Don’t I sound special and prosperous to be able to say, “My lawyer ?” Yeah, so not! I am again incredibly thankful to Don Behle, who handled the Guardianship papers for my sister at no charge and the Power of Attorney for Finances the one for Healthcare Pro Bono. I don’t know what we would have done otherwise. I asked him if there was an affidavit for an Itty Bitty Estates Affidavit. He didn’t think it was nearly as amusing as I did. A lot of this trouble could have been avoided if I knew I needed to get my name added to my mom’s account. I didn’t realize that until her mental status was beyond being able to consent to that. Even filing the Small Estates Affidavit is going to be $450.00. *Cough. Cough* I’d hate to see how much it would cost to file a Large Estates Affidavit. I also get the joy of calling her Life Insurance company every stinking day. They have the least user friendly directions when you call, and REALLY not user friendly website! I wish they would just release the check(s), so I can pay for her funeral service, choose and pay for her and Debbie’s cemetery plot, and get mom and Debbie’s headstone ordered. I also get to try to get the company who took receivership of all of the Christian Horizon bills and accounts, to get a check closing mom’s trust fund reissued. They insisted on sending it over to Arcadia, who never managed to cash it. I’ll be really happy when all of this is taken care of!!
The most joyful thing I get to deal with is the lovely Illinois Department of Employment Security, who has decided I can’t get Unemployment because I obviously purposely did bad work so I could get Unemployment. Anyone who even remotely knows me, knows that’s not even remotely likely. I loved working at State Farm and never wanted to leave. I told the unemployment people if they talked to any of my supervisors, they would tell them it was clearly untrue that I tried to do a bad job. I worked my butt off. I have found that I am not well suited for call center jobs, or jobs that are micromanaged and every interaction is timed. I have to have an appeal hearing. Whopeeee! I reached out to several of my past bosses, and a couple of past coworkers to be character witnesses, or at least send in statements. To my surprise everyone I reached out to agreed to write something. One of my past bosses even offered to come to a hearing if it was in person. Thankfully it isn’t, but he’s going to send in a statement. I am truly amazed they all agreed!
I’m also having the fun of looking for and applying for jobs. I truly wish if you already knew who you were going to put in the position before the position was posted you would just not bother posting the position at all. Nothing is more frustrating than hopping through all the hoops to apply for a great position, or even an ok position, only to find out you were never going to be considered to begin with.
Besides all that fun, I’m trying to get everything done around the house and pay bills. It’s an exciting life I live. Try not to be too jealous! 😉 Fear not, I still have plenty of laundry, and cleaning to do to keep me busy throughout the weekend.
