senashenta | Kiichigo

Okay, let's see... yesterday was the Sena's Cooking For Her Parents day. Mom picked me up around 2-ish, and we made a quick run out to the grocery store for eggs and pie shells before we went back to her house-- at which point Sarah called to let me know that a letter from the ODSP people had come in. So Mom packed me back in the car and we drove back to my place so that I could see if they finally got around to making a decision on my case.

...no such luck.

It's been three months (about) since I applied, and they finally just got back to me... to tell me that OW screwed up and didn't send in my finance report, and they couldn't do anything with my application until they got one. Insert WTFness right here.

So we called OW, who informed us that they had closed my file, and therefore couldn't send a finance report to the ODSP people until I re-applied. Okay. Does everyone remember way back when I was applying, and it took me three days and about ten hours on hold before I got through to apply in the first place?? Needless to say, all of this bullshit is taking a serious toll on me-- when I found out I'd have to fucking apply again, I freaked out.

Then, because I was freaking out, the woman on the phone at the time decided that, gee, actually she could just do an application for me right now, if I wanted.

So I applied. Again. And on Monday I have to go into that goddamn place. Again.

On the bright side, I will be getting some emergency funding until the ODSP kicks in-- the guy who dealt with my case to begin with (and closed it prematurely, apparently), told me several things that were completely incorrect, not the least of which are that:

1) I can't apply for/be on any kind of financial aid from the time I apply for ODSP until the time I'm accepted, or they won't accept me at all. This is utter CRAP. The ODSP people were like "uh... but how are you supposed to live if you have no money? That's stupid..."

and

2) That I shouldn't bother applying for ODSP at all because he *ahem* "knew people who were actually sick, and had been denied, so [I] didn't have a chance." WHAT THE FUCK. This is not something you tell a person when you're a social service worker.

Anyway. Hopefully I don't have to deal with that jackass anymore.

Right so. Interview on Monday.

After we dealt with all that, I worked on my cooking and we had chicken with stuffing, mashed potatoes and broccoli for supper. =^-^= Yum. I also made strawberry-rhubarb-apple pie for dessert. =3

And speaking of rhubarb! A few days ago when we visited my Grandparents I mentioned to Grandma that while I'd gotten a lot of strawberries frozen over the summer, I hadn't managed to get any rhubarb or raspberries, and it was kind of disappointing. But oh well, I'd just wait until next year and stock up then...

BUT. Then Grandma and Grandpa went down to Niagara Falls to visit my great-aunt Jackie and great-uncle Lawrence, and Grandma happened to mention the whole thing to Jackie. The thing to know about Aunt Jackie is that... she feeds people. She comes from a family that really revolves around food, and is also the most generous person that I've ever known.

So Grandma mentioned that I wanted some rhubarb and raspberries-- and it just so happened that And Jackie and Uncle Lawrence have neighbors on both sides who have rhubarb, and neighbors on one side who also have everbearing raspberry bushes. So she hied herself out and and got me a TON of both from her neighbors, and sent them home with Grandma for me. ^_^

Right now, they're all at Grandma's house, though, because when they tried to stop by on the way back to their place, I happened to be out doing groceries and the door was locked.

Still. I <3 my Aunt Jackie. ^^

Aaaaand...

Granite (left) and Bedrock (right)

Neko loves my bathrobe so much that he dragged it down off the bed and made a kitty-nest out of it. -_-;;

Tri, looking kinda like a bobblehead! XD

An uber-closeup of Tri, which I actually really like. :)

Ryu (on the log), Kisa (the darkest one) and Kagura (the one kinda behind Kisa).

WTFBBQ? Does it not look like they posed for this? @_@;; Anyhoo! left to right, Kagura, Hana, Noriko and Ryu.

Rin... who seems to have got a growth of some kind on the side of his head. As far as I know it just developed overnight. It wasn't there two days ago, and then last night it was. Mmmmm... not good...

And Tohru is in a little terrarium by herself now, because she looks about ready to BURST. I think there's about a week and a half to go, though. O_o;; She'll be HUGE by the time she gives birth!