I am hungry and I am rationing my food.
I have $30 to last me for a week.
I will get tortillas and hummus.
Being hungry affects a person's mood.
It also makes a person feel confused if it goes on for long enough.
I have diabetes, and I am food insecure.
I haven't worked for most of the month.
When I am working, I make "too much money" to qualify for assistance of any kind.
I make $30,000 a year.
My hourly wage is around three times the minimum wage, and I work 48 hours a week on average.
I pay close to $1200 a month for housing.
That is standard.
I do not qualify for assistance.
I do not have health insurance.
The cheapest, crappiest health insurance costs around $400 a month.
I do not qualify for Medicaid.
If I were to stop working, citing my various psych disabilities as the reason, I could probably do so.
I would then get about $600 a month in disability payments.
I don't suppose I really want to start working, but right now I'm very depressed and don't much want to work either. I will. I just don't want to.
Right now, I really don't want to go on much longer.
I will, because there are still people who need me.
If you feel sanctimonious and superior to me and others like me,
Sucks to be you if you ever become one of us.
It can happen to anyone.
Nobody ever thinks it will happen to them.
The Cheese Wishes She Had Some Cheese To Grate
