My Day So Far

Had a good day but my mouth is still hurting. I had the day off but went into work to do paperwork. Then I came to my parents house for a bit and worked on my online courses Im taking. Then I went and met up with my boss April and we got tattoos together. I got my poetry tattoo I wanted. My tattoos say a lot about me and who I am.
At my parents for now then off to my house I go. I bet my dogs are missing me right now. Jen is home because she has to work 3rd shift and she is sick. Man I hope she doesn't get me sick. That's all I need is to be sick and have my mouth be in pain all at the same time. I hope she took the Coriceden and gets better because I am not trying to get sick. Plus if I get sick then I will probably get my coworkers sick and it will be like last year where we all spread it back and forth. Not a fun thing at all. I hate being in pain and being sick. I went to Starbucks and got me my Cafe Mocha with whipped cream. Man it was good. So far today has been a good day. Kind of a lazy day because its raining outside and has been all day since I woke up this morning so I am just relaxing today. I did work some on my 2 online courses that I am taking. I am taking an IT Skills Course and a Web Design Course online. I recently completed my course on Google's Blogger. I completed the course and can get a certificate for completing it but you have to pay for it and I have to wait until I have the money for it. I love the feeling of completing something, it feels so good. My mood has been good lately not up and down like it was before. So this week has been an up kind of week thankfully. I don't like it when my Bipolar is down, I feel miserable then. Thankfully this week has been a good one. I just hope next week is as good. I don't like the low points of my Bipolar Disorder. I hope everyone has a great rest of the day and a great rest of the weekend. I have to work tomorrow but with this weather here lately raining everyday I have a feeling we're going to be slow tomorrow at work. Sunday is slow anyway but with the rain it makes people not want to come out of the house. Of course I will have my usual people traveling down the interstate and my regulars. Oh well if its slow I can get stuff done. Man my mouth hurts and smoking probably isn't helping it get better. I need to quit smoking but its so hard. I stopped smoking for 2 weeks then started again. I kind of wished I had never started again. I'd have so much money if I didn't smoke. Oh well. So the food stamp machine at work wasn't working. A customer couldn't get what she wanted because her card wasn't working. We thought it was because of the government shutdown but apparently there was a glitch in the system and that's why it wasn't working. This whole government shutdown has gotten crazy. I hope the people in Congress and the White House get their shit together and get the government back up and running because this has caused a lot of problems. You can't even visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park now because of the shutdown. The campers there were told to leave because of the shutdown. Now people are going to miss the changing of the colors on the leaves and they will miss the beauty in the parks and the animals. The Park Rangers were furloughed, whatever that means. I just know that I hope the government wakes up and gets shit together because things are starting to get ridiculous.
My dad is watching a football game on tv and a football game on his tablet, lol he is multi tasking. I think he is watching James Madison University play which is rare because they hardly ever put the JMU games on tv. I guess they aren't that popular enough to show the game on tv. However one time they beat the Hokies and that was epic. That made them more popular I suppose because the Hokies are a good team and well everyone or almost everyone in Virginia is a Hokies fan. Not me though, I am a Tennessee Volunteers fan. I like all Tennessee Vols sports. Vols football, Vols Soccer, Vols Softball. I am a huge Tennessee Vols fan and so is my dad. My dad grew up in Townsend, TN and I grew up there when I was a kid. Well I am sitting here rambling on, time to get up I guess and go smoke a cigarette then head home shortly. Wow I guess the lack of someone to talk to makes me write more. haha. Have a great day everyone and enjoy the weekend while it lasts.

EBT Food Stamps

Apparently there is a glitch in the systrm snd Food Stamps not working is not due to the Government Shutdown. That's what a CBS Affliate just said.

The Government

With this government shutdown has come a lot of bad things. The National Parks have closed, now people can't enjoy the fall leaves and the colors in the Blue Ridge Parkway or Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Campers were asked to leave at the Great Smoky Mountain National Parks. It appears Food Stamps have been cut off as well. I got a call today from my boss saying that the cashier on duty right now, Cheryl had called her. April said that Cheryl had called her and said that a girl tried to use her food stamp card at the Food Lion and it didn't work so she came to our store and her food stamp card didn't work at our store either. Apparently the machine wouldn't work at either place. So it appears food stamps have been cut off. I am afraid that I will not get my Veteran's Disability Check in November. I hope I do because that check pays my rent, I can't pay my rent which is $850 with my paycheck because I don't make that much. What the hell has happened to our government. This is fucking ridiculous. Congress and whoever at the white house need to get their heads out of their asses and get shit running again. I don't want to be homeless, I have animals. I could go live with my parents but what would happen to my animals ya know. I hope everything will get straightened out and be okay but I worry about it. We should be worrying about our future. Yes a lot of people rely too much on the government but I guess we kinda need the government. I earned my VA Benefits, I did my time in the Army and served this country. I am not just on VA Disability, I have a job and I work. I pay taxes and pay into Social Security, I pay state taxes. I am a working citizen. Life is becoming hard though. This economy is going downhill and now the government has shut down causing all kinds of problems. This is just crazy. What has the world come to? Some people are saying this is the end of the world, but who knows. Does the government not realize people will resort to Anarchy unless Anarchy has already erupted. I guess all I can do is pray to God that things will be okay and leave it in God's hands.