Re: anjil's GOOD NEWS & other OT

[Guest guest]

Hey Jily! IT's so good to have you flying high again and so happy! Glad the

news was good and you're feeling relaxed and happy!!

When are we having our pj party?

[Guest guest]

Hi Angel Anjil!

It's so good to hear from you again, Jilly! You've really been missed! I'm

so glad you finally got your unemployment. Now you can relax a little and

maybe enjoy life a little more, right?

I hope everything else is going good for you as well? Any special plans for

your Valentine for Valentine's day???

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

Congrat's Jil on your SSD, I just won mine last week too! That's so Great

and I'm so happy for you!

Sincerely, S.

anjil's GOOD NEWS & other OT

> hi all my sweet CEDAngels!! i hope this finds you staying warm & cozy (i

> know that's a lousy thing to say to some of you), but i'm praying it warms

up for

> you.

>

> yesterday i got the best news in the mail!! to catch some of you up....i

was

> let go from my job of 17 yrs on 10/17/03. i had quit in 11/02 to go on

> disability, to that was challenging, altho i did finally get it. i

continued to

> work part-time (you can work p.t. & still receive your SSD as long as you

don't

> work TOO many hours). call your cpa or your local SS office cuz they'll

know

> the answer. anyway, when i applied for unemployment benefits, they denied

me.

> a young man interviewed me by telephone, asking questions like how many

min.

> can you sit, stand, etc. well, i was honest in my answers, which

sometimes

> makes us wonder if that's the right thing to do. but, that's just how i

> am....i tell the truth. then, i appealed the decision & on 01/13/03, had

a hearing.

> a man in a room with a table & chair of his own, along w/a conference

table

> & a bunch of chairs. the guy was very stern & when i offered good morning

he

> sort of grumbled. he said there's your chart & pointed to a chair in the

> reception room. mom & i looked at each other w/a look on our faces like

" YIKES!! " .

> there wasn't much in the folder, other than the contents of the telephone

> interview & a form my sleezy boss filled out. " i asked ms. manning if she

would

> stay and work full time but she refused " . first of all, he never asked me

> that, which i told the judge & if he HAD asked me, i would've said you

know i

> can only work PT. i think he thought he would get out of having to pay

anything

> into my unemployment funds if he told that big fat lie. the longer i'm

away

> from him, the happier i am & the more i realize what a complete turd he's

> always been. if i told you some of the stuff he has done in the past &

some of

> the things HE'S done, you wouldn't believe me. but it's all behind me

now.

> between my $1129 SSD (i was 49 when i got it, w/EDS, FMS, TOS, OA, HA's &

> migraines and DDD) & my $370/wk unemployment cks, i think i can relax now

& not worry

> where my next bowl of ice cream is coming from! the cks are good for one

yr,

> same as the disability ones were. i feel so relaxed & fortunate. i sat

in

> my car (where i was reading my mail) & just was grateful to God for

watching

> over me. i had been looking for a job for weeks (for the first couple of

> months, i was so depressed, i didn't do much of anything, to be honest).

either the

> job paid hardly anything, or they wanted too many hours or they wanted me

to

> use my own car. so, fortunately, i don't have to worry about that for

awhile.

> one other weird part of this story is, my boss also fired the gal who was

> the receptionist. now he DID ask her the question of would you be willing

to

> work FT & she said no. but she got her unemployment ck two wks later, on

the

> dot. how does that work? you'd think that would've stopped her from

receiving

> it? who knows. she wants me to write a letter of reference for her (she

won't

> ask our boss cuz the wkend she went back to return her key, she decided to

> also take with her a brand new computer tower, a digital camera [w/out the

> charger, doo doo brain] & some other stuff. so she doesn't have the balls

to ask

> him for a ltr. last time she asked me for it, i said, but i don't have

any

> letterhead to write it on. she said that doesn't matter, just use your own

name &

> address. but i don't feel right, saying anything positive about her.

altho,

> they say they can't be sure it was her, earlier that same wk, when our

> computer tutor came to help her, she brought her favorite leather jacket &

when she

> left, she forgot it. guess what....it wasn't there when she came back to

get

> it. isn't that a little weird?

>

> i think i will just say i don't think it's appropriate for me to write the

> ltr since i didn't work really closely w/her & wasn't really aware of her

work

> habits. that's a joke, all she did was talk on personal calls all day,

the

> kitchen would run out of everything cuz she was so lazy she didn't wanna

get out

> of her chair & she let my pretty garden die cuz she was too busy talking

on

> her cell phone to go out front in the patio to water the flowers. she

really

> was pitiful & i'm not surprised he let her go. but i'm not surprised he

let me

> go either cuz i couldn't concentrate anymore w/all the pain. i made too

many

> mistakes. i felt bad about it, but i couldn't help it. so, i'm sure he's

> better off w/out me, too.

>

> so, that's me happy news for today!! only my mom just called & took her

car

> in to go a new speedometer. she drove her car into the stall, RIGHT into

the

> stall & through the back wall & busted her radiator. it's funny this

happened

> right now. she's 81. she relies on her car very heavily. but she is a

> horrible driver!! i always drive when we go anywhere. i was just talking

to my

> daughter & my sister about this very subject & look what happens. at

least

> she's ok. but this scares me. the other day i had to have a talk w/her

about

> playing her stereo too loud. she's so deaf these days, she wouldn't hear

a

> siren at all the way she blasts her music. she took it pretty well when i

told

> her that, but who knows if she's doing it or not.

>

> thank you again, all my CEDAngels, for your support & understanding during

my

> little meltdown last yr. you're all SOOOO amazing. i can't tell you how

> much you all mean to me. sometimes you're so low, you feel like you'll

rub off

> on everyone else if you stay around. i know that sounds really dumb, but

> that's how i felt.

>

> love & anjil hugs () : )

> jil xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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