An Arm and a Leg

I wonder how much an arm and a leg is really worth.  I’m going to guess that since I’m not a pro-athlete or model that they’re not worth very much.  I suppose I could sell a kidney or part of my liver.

I wasn’t able to get all the information together for DHS in time, so I spent hours (literally) calling the office.  Sometimes it would just repeatedly ring, other times the system would pick up (I would have saved a lot of time if I’d known there was a system that was supposed to pick up) so I navigated to get to an operator… ring, ring, ring, etc.  So then I had to go through all of the different choices in order to figure out where I was supposed to go to get someone to tell that I needed to reschedule.  I FINALLY found it and was eventually able to leave a message requesting to reschedule.  What happens?  A few days later they send me an application!  What?!  Obviously I’d already filled one out, otherwise I wouldn’t have had an appointment.  So I’m guessing they didn’t listen to what I asked for in my message.  Then a couple days ago I get a letter that says my application is denied because of my failure to appear at my appointment.  I called right away to file an appeal.  I guess we’ll see if that actually worked.  I noted the time and date that I called in, now I’m wishing I’d gotten the woman’s name.  I seriously would like to be able to buy groceries.  I haven’t gone grocery shopping since December 4th.

Then there’s the credit card/bills situation.  I got a notice from a collection agency about a debt that was SUPPOSED to have been recalled by Rush SurgiCenter.  So irritating.  I did get a donation the other day, so I will be able to pay a couple things.  Just the small ones.  Thankfully my dentist is super understanding, it’s the rest of the bills that are really a pain.  Bank of America apparently didn’t take notes on the situation and keep calling me, same with Target. I’d made a deal with Discover early in 2009, so that payment isn’t too bad. But there’s also Chase, Torrid and US Bank.  I’d really like to be able to pay Chase and US Bank.  I guess we’ll see how the money works out.  What’s sad is I don’t even have enough money for bankruptcy (even though I’m desperately trying to avoid it).  How depressing is that?  I’m just trying to get the companies to work with me.  It’s just so… embarrassing.  Here I was just trying to stay afloat.  But with all the medical bills?  Paying for COBRA?  Loosing my unemployment because I was “foolish” enough to take a part-time job? Ugh.

I’m going to try applying with Census. It pays pretty well.  The “perfect” job offer I found the other day turns out to have been a scam.  Seriously, if you are in the Chicago area and hiring, contact me!  I have extensive experience in the administrative field, particularly related to office management.  I’d really like to keep my arms and legs (and internal organs, though I’d be willing to trade the lungs not that anyone would want them).