{"id":208,"date":"2010-04-15T19:37:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T03:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-dont-think-so.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2010-04-15T19:37:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T03:37:38","slug":"and-now-just-to-add-to-the-stress-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-dont-think-so.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"And Now Just to Add To The Stress Level&#8230;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mother wants me to come visit her.\u00a0 And yes this woman knows that I have NO money, NO job, etc.\u00a0 She offered to pay for &#8216;some gas&#8217; if I came up there (up there is La Grande, Oregon, 350 miles away one way)<\/p>\n<p>Well here&#8217;s a few newsflashes for my\u00a0 mother (even though she already knows much of this, she doesn&#8217;t care because the world revolves around HER and her alone)<\/p>\n<p>1) I have $134.00 in my checking account, that is all the money I have in this world<\/p>\n<p>2) my unemployment check for this week has been delayed due to a problem and the employment offices through out the state of Oregon are closed tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>3) my last unemployment extension expires next week. The total left on that extension is $146.00, one full check of $104.00 and one partial check of $42.00<\/p>\n<p>3) There is about $34.00 left on my EBT (food stamp) card for April and there are 15 days left in the month.\u00a0 This is the only welfare program I am eligible for because I am only 50 years old, I am not disabled, and I do not have any children under the age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>4) A friend paid January, February, and March space rent for me. I am 5 days late with April space rent.<\/p>\n<p>5) Exactly who will take care of my cats if I go visit ms needy of 2010? Nobody has needs other than my mother<\/p>\n<p>6) I have applied for 15 jobs in the last 2 weeks and gotten one interview.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d be a lot more understanding of my mothers needs and willing to go visit her except for the fact that this woman is verbally and mentally abusive even from 350 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>The last time I visited her was in September 2007 and that visit ended within 15 minutes after I arrived solely because of her anger and verbal abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Last Christmas time (2009) she expected me to ship my Christmas ornaments to her even though I couldn&#8217;t afford the postage.<\/p>\n<p>When I started this blog, she very rudely said to me &#8220;Who is interested in what you have to say?&#8221; and when I tried to explain blogging to her she interrupted me.\u00a0 It&#8217;s obvious she is the one who is NOT interested in anything I have to say other than &#8220;yes, Mother&#8221; &#8220;no, Mother&#8221; and &#8220;please do kick me in the teeth again, Mother.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She harassed me for months about her 80th birthday present and then didn&#8217;t even say thank you for it until 2 weeks after her birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Am I going to go visit this woman? 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