Defenestrate

So … this last week was a lesson in learning how / where to sleep. I kept fighting sleeping in the front. The back is very tight, but I can roll over on my side. I have slept on my side for as long as I can remember. I cannot sleep on my back. So now, we are moving items from the backseat to the front seat in the evenings. And on N8, I finally started sleeping longer than 3 hours a night. (Which means I still feel exhausted as my body is catching up on rest.)

On Day 7, we were contacted by Dave’s friend — Jerry C — asking how IHS had helped us. Dave kinda laid into him that we have had 6 contacts, but no one has done an intake on us. Jerry sat there quiet. We gave him the names of the people that we had contacted but had no real contact back. Jerry called IHS. I am guessing that a former interim director calling and going, “Umm. What are you doing?” is why we had contact from a Case Manager who met with us within an hour of Jerry calling. She put us on two emergency housing lists that accept pets. There are like 6 shelters, but only 2 accept pets.

Speaking of pets: Brook is doing great. She is pooping and peeing in her litter box. She literally is a night-only active cat. She’ll get up when we are driving and just be like “rub me.” But then she’ll go hide underneath the driver’s side seat where we made a cave with a soft carpet to lay upon. She also is not TRYING to escape the car — which is so good.

… I had three job interviews this week. I should find out Monday. If I get any job, it income qualifies us for pretty much every single bedroom apartment. Dave’s SSI income starts on Feb. 8th. (In fact, we’ll accrue almost 3k that week — most of it will go into saving for a place to live.)

Oh … Dave and I are working out at the YMCA about 4x this last week. I went to stretch my knee last night, and my knee, briefly, popped out of joint. It popped in a few seconds later. Today, it is extremely tender to the touch.

I miss you all.