Dixie called yesterday morning at 9:45 to say she was heading
out, so I jumped out and into her SUV and off we went to the Social Security
building. Because she’s been so forgetful and even said she’s been forgetting
the way to places she’s been going for 30 years, I worried she may get lost on
me, but she didn’t. We also didn’t have to wait a century either.
She had told me not to worry if I couldn’t go along, but I
assured her I was available and happy to be of help. She sent me a message this
morning thanking me for being such a big help. She said she didn’t realize how
much help she truly needed and was grateful for my assistance. Yeah, she uses a
walking stick and has a hard time just getting up out of a chair that I had to
kind of tug on her arm. Plus, she was dropping things like important papers as
well.
The room wasn’t that big and there were about 30 or 40 people.
After the uniform guard checked our handbags, she went to one of these little
computers that you input info on. She had to put in Diane’s social security
number because she was there to get proof that she’s still getting Social
Security in order to keep Medi-Cal going. It’s a complicated and screwed-up
system but that’s just the way it works. They’re not illegals. She and Diane
have to fight for basic rights and benefits.
The woman never shuts up, I swear! LOL, not even I talked nearly
as much on my chattiest of days. She even loves to chat with strangers. There
was a couple there that she knew too, and they got to talking. She kept
apologizing for talking to them and I said it was no problem at all.
Not only has she been forgetful, but she often has to stop and
think of the words she wants to use and all that. Oh, she’s forgetful all
right. We were chatting with the guy sitting across from us whose mother was
with him. She was pretty old, too. I asked Dixie how she managed to see without
glasses and said I needed them for everything.
“So get them,” she says, and the guy and I burst out laughing.
It’s like, hello, duh!
Then she looks at me and sees I’m wearing glasses and goes,
“Well, I never pay attention to people’s faces,”
Haha, but she noticed my makeup right away and complimented me
on it. I was a glitter whore. Gold glitter eyeshadow, pink glitter mascara, and
blue eyeliner.
Anyway, it was good to get out and to help her and we even
enjoyed the change of weather which brought cooler temps and some actual rain.
But now I’m ready to have summer back. I was freezing my ass off this morning
and I had to put my big bulky robe on which I always hate since I hate long
sleeves. It’s supposed to be in the upper 80s today, so that will warm things
back up. It was 84% humid yesterday.
It was weird because it was the first time anyone else other
than Tom drove me anywhere since Eddy, his former coworker in Oregon, drove
Blondie and me from the duplex to the house when we were moving while Tom took
care of the truck with the expired plate.
Again Molly peaked in on my blog and again I asked myself why it
bothered me and again I came up with the same answer… I don’t know, it just
does. If she’s reading my blog then she’s reading my tweets. Therefore, I’m
back to FO with my blog and I’ve protected my tweets unless I want to tweet to
someone I’m not connected to. Created a bogus account so I can blog publicly
without her or Aly seeing it unless they somehow find it. In that case, they
would have to stumble upon it accidentally since I signed up with a temporary
email.
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