I got a packet from the Eating Disorders Institute today. That's where they hold the pshych evals for the surgery. It's all paperwork that I have to fill out. I'll be working on that forever. They didn't have to send me a whole tree's worth of paper to fill our for goodness sake. It seems that the more I feel like I'm getting to the end of this preliminary crap, the more there is getting added along the way. It's nice that my insurance is going to cover this all for the most part but my co-pay for all these appointments is $20.00. I haven't been making them so they'll just send me a huge bill and I'll just pay on it little by little I guess. Same with all the others that I'm trying to pay on.
I've come to a conclusion that I'd like to own a house someday. With the way my credit is and as expensive as they are here, I could never afford one or get approived for a mortgage here. They are going to be building a rehabilitation center in my small tiny home town and it is to be completed early next year. My mom is going to send me an application so that I can fill it out. I think that would be the best thing right now. I can't make it in this big city. Sure, you make more money but the cost of living is so expensive. I'm lucky if I have $40.00 left over after every paycheck and there's always 50% of my bills that left go unpaid that I have to try to catch up on all the time. Then there's bill collectors phone calls and nasty letters. Oh well, I'm used to it. Anyways, if I get that job in my home town, I can live with my parents for a year or so and get a house there. A 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house here is $170,000.00. That same house in my hometown is $20,000.00. Yup...big difference. But of course I am just dreaming again I think. That way I can do what I want to the house and my boys can have more room to run and also maybe I can have my dad build them a run just like the awesome one that I saw on the Ragdoll forum.
It's amazing that I have gotten more support from the wonderful people on that forum than I have from my family in a whole year. I am so glad I have found that place. It was pure kismet when I found it. I have made the most wonderful friends there and they share my love of kitties
I've been wanting to get the boys a new cat tree for the bedroom. I've been trying to save, but with nothing to save with it's kind of impossible. So I gave up today finally and I built them a cat perch tonight. I went to Lowe's and picked up a board and a couple of brackets and attached it to the wall. I was so proud of Gryffin! He JUMPED all the way up on it! He never jumps on anything...always has to find the route that will lead him directly to the source. He won't even jump up on the countertops. Always goes to the table, to the trash can, to the stove and then on top of the counters. He's a little short so I think he's a bit sensitive about that! HA!! I am going to go and see what they are up to.....
As I am sitting here watching 'Charmed', I see all the commercials for Valentine's Day stuff. I HATE Valentine's Day! Hate is not even a strong enough word to describe how much I despise it. In my opinion, it's a day that should be eliminated. Not only because I am chronically single on Valentine's Day , but because why is it that there has to be a day specifically set aside commercially for loved ones to tell each other how much they love one another? I think that should be a daily thing. But anyways, on the commercial side I think that Valentine's Day bites...blows...sucks big time!I am going to yet again, take a trip down memory lane.
In elementary school, 2 weeks before Valentine's Day, we were given these order forms where we could order cookies made to order by the fund raising committee for other classmates. There were 5 different kinds of cookies that you could order. You had to fill in the quantity of each one, who you wanted it to go to, and what you wanted the message to say. You were not to include your name on the form, only if you wanted it to be included in the message on the cookie. This was kind of a secret admirer thing I guess.