Seniors

I've already warned him if anyone phones and calls him "grandpa" to immediately give me the phone. He's step-grandpa, and came to that late in life, both his and theirs, so it's a natural move for him in this situation. I honestly don't know why he did what he did with the gift cards, other than he's already had a thing about authority figures (which is what they were presenting as). He's an long time ago ex-junkie, schizophrenic, and has always been outside the law in some way. The fact it took 1/3 of his life to turn himself around only told me what kind of man he truly is, deep inside. Yeah, I fell in love at first word!

We're doing better now. David's sis sent down $500, and that allowed us to get a utility bill paid before it was cut off, and get some food into the house. The cats ran out of treats, but they had their crunchies and Fancy Feast. The dog even got his pup-A-Roni. (LOL)

This months SS checks came in, and allowed me to get the bills paid for now, and a massive trip to the grocery store, which promptly has set me back, physically, for the last two days. Last night I made a soup that turned out SO good, and I haven't stopped throwing up since. I think I burned my esophagus, but nothing I take in will stay down. I finally have food in the house again and now i can't eat? Damn... if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have none at all (ain't that the way the saying goes?!). My lupus is in flaring and I can't keep down the meds.

Sorry, I"m so grateful to those who got me to this place, but I had a really raw night and now the day doesn't look like its gonna be much better. Meanwhile, it's been two days since I've been able to hold anything down, so I'm also "hangry"...