July 2021 archive

15
Jul
2021

I completely anticipated this fuck-up to occur.

categories: personal; word count: 205 words

So far, my bank (since I can’t use the IRS website to verify my identity, not having a credit card and having an ID card so “blurry” that ID.me claims not to be able to read it) claims that they don’t see anything for the Advance Child Tax Credit being deposited into my account. I was eligible for all three stimulus checks, which I got, and I am the only person who can claim either one of my children as dependents — Monster’s father is now permanently denied access to him, and Bub’s father does not have enough overnights to be able to claim him, nor does he have any taxable income. (I’m told he won’t apply for SSI, making matters worse.)

I was going to buy Monster odds and ends with it, and I was going to buy Bub some more video games, but obviously that is pissing itself away since we might not even get the Advance Child Tax Credit to begin with.

I don’t know, though, I can be a bit of a pessimist when I put my whole back into it.

My neck, my back, my Netflix, and my snacks. Because that’s how it goes a lot of the time now.

13
Jul
2021

I’d just like to make antibodies to this, please.

categories: personal; word count: 227 words

My body wants to do prednisone. It is clearly whining for prednisone.

But I want to make antibodies against COVID-19, so I am going to delay prednisone for at least twelve more days. Given the kill count that COVID-19 has, it is in my best interest to make antibodies. If that means ball and chain to my nebulizer, taking Benadryl every four hours, I will do what I have to do. Due to my health problems, I am at particularly high risk of complications from COVID if I do manage to catch it. I would have gotten vaccinated sooner than I did, but I needed to be off of prednisone long enough to make this possible… I needed to be able to make antibodies to the shot. And of course my lungs are going to come in at the bottom of the ninth and try to fuck this up, but I’m not about to let them. Like I said, if I have to ball and chain myself to my nebulizer and take Benadryl every four hours, that will just be something that I have to do long enough to be able to make these antibodies. I’d rather not be totally defenseless against the real thing here.

I suppose I’ll see how this goes in the coming… oh, I know exactly when, twelve days. This will be fun.

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