Not that it will be noticed but its been a wile. Things haven't changed much. Still dealing with my ongoing L&I case. Though I hope that it will be coming to an end in the next year or so. We are working on getting them to pay my Dr bills. Some of which haven't been paid since the case started in 2011. Its a process...a long ass process. A process mucked up by getting approved for disability. Luckily my time loss payments didn't go down much. My lawyer was concerned about a massive reduction in the amounts L&I pay me. The payment went down less than a hundred and I'm getting about the same from disability.
Its nice having more income but fubar due to to disability deciding I have to have a representative payee. Not being able to access and/or control my money is irritating. My representative payee having to keep records as to where all the money goes is a pain too. Some of the guide lines for money allotments crack me up. $70 monthly for personal hygiene care ie. non food stuffs. $30 a month for recreation! The hand book recommends a movie or a trip to an amusement park. But I cant just have the cash, all monies are to be paid by my representative lol. Its a pain in the butt. Nice to be getting more money but a pain to manage due to restriction on how someone else can spend the money I'm not allowed to touch. It was a pretty emotional blow to have them decide I was approved but they didn't think I was competent enough to handle my own finances. I might have some severe issues but money handling isn't one of them. I'm usually over cautious about money.
I have been super good or depressingly bad depending on how you look at it. I have spent no money on craft supplies since we have lived in central WA. Its been more than a wile since I had the things my brain likes and wants to do. So good on the finances but bad for me having a happy content mind. I did put together a fairly comprehensive wish list for tools and supplies I would love to have. I have plenty of time to fall down the internet rabbit hole... I would rather have something to do that makes my brain happy but its just not in the works right now.
Its nice having more income but fubar due to to disability deciding I have to have a representative payee. Not being able to access and/or control my money is irritating. My representative payee having to keep records as to where all the money goes is a pain too. Some of the guide lines for money allotments crack me up. $70 monthly for personal hygiene care ie. non food stuffs. $30 a month for recreation! The hand book recommends a movie or a trip to an amusement park. But I cant just have the cash, all monies are to be paid by my representative lol. Its a pain in the butt. Nice to be getting more money but a pain to manage due to restriction on how someone else can spend the money I'm not allowed to touch. It was a pretty emotional blow to have them decide I was approved but they didn't think I was competent enough to handle my own finances. I might have some severe issues but money handling isn't one of them. I'm usually over cautious about money.
I have been super good or depressingly bad depending on how you look at it. I have spent no money on craft supplies since we have lived in central WA. Its been more than a wile since I had the things my brain likes and wants to do. So good on the finances but bad for me having a happy content mind. I did put together a fairly comprehensive wish list for tools and supplies I would love to have. I have plenty of time to fall down the internet rabbit hole... I would rather have something to do that makes my brain happy but its just not in the works right now.
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