Day 6

I am thankful for mommy Janet and everyrhing ahe does for me. I am thankful I still have my mom. I love her so very much. Today mom went with me to mt appointment in Salem at the Veteran's Hospital. I had to go get my depo shot and I am glad mom went with me. After my appointment we went to rhe Starbucks in Salem. I checked in on Foursquare and it said I was in California for some reason. Weird. After we left Salem we headed to Waynesboro. Mom wasn't able to get her two jobs because we disn't make it back in time unfortunately. I was trying to hurry home but oh well. We went to Kmart and I picked up my layaway and bought some stuff. I bought the crock pot I had been eyeing for weeks. I finally decided to buy it while they still had it. Its a small crockpot with a cute pattern on it. And mom bought aome more mouse traps. Mom and dad seem to be having a problem with mice this year. Mom also bought some decon, thats supposed to kill them. After that we went to Wnlendys and back to their house and then I came home.

So I am thankful for my mom. I am thankful that I can spend time woth her and go out and do stuff with her. I am thankful for everything ahe has done for me and still continues to do for me. I am lucky to have my mom and I am so glad I still have her. I love my mom and can't imagine being without her. My mom is a one of kind and she is sweet hearted person. I love everything about my mom. To me my mom is perfect.

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.