ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER BLOG

THIS IS WEDNESDAY WE HAD PLANNED TO GO TO THE MALL IN CHANDLER BUT DAD HAD A DENTAL APPOINTMENT AND WE HAD TO CANCEL.

HE IS REQUIRED TO PAY 2500 FOR REPAIRS TO HIS TEETH. WHEN WE CAME TO THIS TOWN HE HAD ALL HIS TEETH AND NOW THEY HAVE PULLED A LOT OF THEM OUT AND DEMANDED 6,000 TO REPAIR THEIR DAMAGES. SO IN THE MEANTIME DAD HAD MORE TROUBLE ON HIS OTHER SIDE AND THEY WANT 2500 FOR THAT.
I CANNOT REMEMBER ANY DENTIST IN CALIF WHO CHARGED AS MUCH AS THIS ONE FOR SERVICES AND THEY DID NOT PULL TEETH INDISCRIMINATELY LIKE THIS ONE . I THINK THEY ARE BUYING YACHTS AT OUR EXPENSE AND COUNTRY HOMES THEY DO NOT NEED TO CHARGE THIS MUCH. SUCH ABSOLUTE GREED. OUR INSURANCE CO. ONCE CAUGHT THEM DOUBLE BILLING US. THEY DENIED EVERYTHING.
AT ANY RATE I REALLY REALLY REALLY HATE GREEDY DENTISTS MORE THAN THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

SO DO NOT HAVE YOUR TEETH REPAIRED IN ARIZONA.
THEY WILL TAKE EVERY PENNY OF YOUR MONEY .

OK THAT IS MY ADVICE FOR THE DAY.

TUESDAY AND ITS HOT

YESTERDAY I KEPT REMEMBERING MY CHILDHOOD AFTER TALKING ABOUT IT WITH A FRIEND ONLINE.

THERE WAS A TIME DURING THE DEPRESSION WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL ABOUT 3 YRS OLD OR SO WHEN WE RAN OUT OF ALL FOOD EXCEPT OATMEAL AND CORNMEAL AND SUGAR. MAMA DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT OUR NEIGHBORS WERE QUITE WELL TO DO THEY WERE ALSO RELATIVES AND HAD MANAGED TO HOLD ONTO THE PROPERTY AND MONEY GRANDPA LEFT THEM.
OUR MOTHER WAS MARRIED TO THIS MAN WHO TALKED HER INTO SIGNING OVER ALL THE PROPERTY GRAMPA GAVE HER OVER TO HIS NAME AND THEN THEY DIVORCED AND HE TOOK IT ALL AND THTA IS HOW WE GOT SO POVERTY RIDDEN. MAMA WASN'T GOOD AT MANAGING HER INHERITANCE.

NOT LONG AGO THIS SAME MAN LEFT ALL THIS FORTUNE TO MY HALF BROTHER AND HALF SISTER WHO WERE HIS KIDS . I GOT NONE OF IT AND THYE BOTH WERE VERY ANGRY THAT HE GAVE SOEM OF HIS MONEY TO A YOUNG WOMAN HE LIKED. NEVER ONNCE DID THEY THINK OF IT AS OUR MOTHERS PROPERTY.

BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STORY... MY MAMA HAD MY BROTHER GO AND "BORROW" A QUART OF MILK FROM THESE RELATIVES DOORSTEP THEY HAD 4 AND SO WE ATE THAT DAY.
WE HAD DEPRESSION WELFARE ALLOTMENTS ABOUT $30 A MONTH FOR 6 PEOPLE.
THANK GOD FOR ROOSEVELT WE WOULD HAVE STARVED COMPLETELY OTHERWISE.
WE WERE NOT ALONE MOST PEOPLE AT THAT TIME WERE IN THE SAME FIX. SOMETIMES OUR MOM GOT TO WASH DISHES IN A RESTAURANT AND SHE BROUGHT HOME LEFTOVER SOUP FOR US. IT WASNT VERY GOOD.

I GREW UP SO ASHAMED OF HAVING TO LIVE ON WELFARE MONEY I PRAYED NO ONE WOULD KNOW.

SO WHAT DID I DO? I BECAME A SOCIAL WORKER TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE AND TRY TO HELP THEM KEEP SHAME TO A MINIMUM. I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR LITTLE KIDS TO HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHES AND SHELTER. NO ONE SHOUDL EVER JUDGE A PERSON WITH DISABLITIES FROM HAVING THIS PROVIDED. AND BEING UNEMPLOYED IS A DISABILITY ' YOU'LL KNOW WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU.
THATS IT FOR NOW

LTNS

HI Y'ALL.

I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY MINDING OTHER'S BUSY-NESS THAT I FORGOT MY BLOG. HAHHA, I HAD A WEEK OF BAD ILLNESS I COULDN'T EAT OR EVEN SLEEP WELL OR GET UP MUCH. THEN I GOT A HORRIBLE ITCHY ALLERGY THEN I GOT ANOTHER ALLERGY TO ANTIBIOTICS FOR MY BLADDER INFECTION.

YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE DERMATOLOGIST FOR THE THIRD TIME. MY ITCHY IS GETTING BETTER AND I HAD TO TAKE CIPRO FOR MY UTI SO I HAVE THAT UNTIL SATURDAY. THEN I CAN GO BACK TO MY OLD ROUTINE OF LIVING AGAIN.

SEEMS I'M ALLERGIC TO A BUNCH OF STUFF.



ANYWAYS THAT IS BORING JUST SPLAINING WHY I WAS GONE, LUCY. TODAY WE HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK FOR $2 FOR DAD TO THROW AWAY. THEN I HAVE TO GET MY LATEST PRESCRIPTION FOR MY SKIN THINGS. THEN DAD WILL FORCE ME TO COME HOME SO HE CAN WATCH MORE BORING RERUNS OF JUDGE S JOE AND JUDY.



WATCHING IGNORANT IDIOTS IS HIS FAVORITE THING . I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE WOULDN'T GET TIRED OF STUPIDITY IN HUMANITY .

I PERSONALLY, LIKE MOVIES AND CRIME STUDIES. I GUESS MY LONG CAREER WORKING WITH THE CRIMINALLY INSANE CARRIES THRU TO NOW. DAD ONLY LIKES TO WATCH ARRESTS AND JAIL STUFFS, THAT'S WHERE THEY ALL ACT STUPIDEST.



I GUESS MY INTEREST IN THIS AREA WAS BECAUSE NOBODY LOVES A CRIMINAL AND HIS DEEDS, ADD TO THAT THAT REAGAN CUT OUT ALL PROGRAMS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL IN THE US AND THEY ENDED UP IN PRISON FOR TREATMENT, AND THE STATE HOSPITALS NO LONGER EXIST TO HANDLE MENTAL ILLNESS AND I AM A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, IT IS NATURAL THAT I WOULD END UP WHERE EVER THEY ARE HOUSED.



WHEN YOU WORK WITH MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE YOU START TO LEARN ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF HUMAN MINDS. EVERY MIND IS A WORLD IN ITSELF AND THE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS THAT ARE THERE ARE FASCINATING.

THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY YOU MEET PEOPLE WHO THINK IN WAYS YOU HAD NO INKLING EXISTED. EVERY DAY A NEW FRESH MIND TO THINK ABOUT AND STRATEGIZE HOW TO HELP IT CONFORM WITH REALITY IN A WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE NO HARM TO SELF OR OTHERS. ALSO TO HELP THEM ADJUST TO THE WORLD AS IT IS RATHER THAN HOW THEY ARE SEEING IT. THAT ISN'T TO SAY THEY ARE ALL WRONG, IT IS JUST TO SAY THAT IN ORDER TO SECURE FREEDOM AND LIVE AMONGST THE GENERAL POPULATION THEY NEED TO LEARN TO COPE. AND WHEN NECESSARY COMPLY WITH TAKING MEDS THAT HELP THEM THINK CLEARLY.



MY MOTTO IS "HAPPINESS IS A CLEAR MIND". I LIKE TO BE CLEAR MYSELF AND I NEVER CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE DRUGS THAT CONFUSE THEIR BRAINS AND CAUSE THEM UNTOLD MISERY. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO GET THOSE PERSONS TO FUNCTION THEY CANNOT FACE REALITY THEY WANT TO HIDE FROM IT ALL.

WELP I GUESS ILL STOP FOR NOW YOU ARE CAUGHT UP. LATER I WILL TELL YOU MORE STORIES FROM REAL LIFE IN AN OLD LADY'S MIND.