The Bloody Doors Off

Today? Not so bad.

Kinda snuck up on me. Wasn’t perfect, and I’m not asking for perfection. Woke up with the alarm for the first time (no snooze, no reset). Despite my back being jacked up, I managed to get out of bed, had enough time for a cup o’ joe and bagel before heading off to see the psychiatrist and get paperwork filled out for a request to get a medical extension for EI. Got there way too early. I know how much time it takes to get from home to his office and yet still end up ahead of the curve. Weird.

Anyway, turns out 10 minutes into the session he accidentally double-booked and I’m the double-bookee. Still, got the paperwork filled out and went down to Service Canada. That’s where I find out I fucked up my last EI filing. I knew I only had one week left and it was the week before my hospitalization. So when I clicked on the ‘no hours to claim’ portion, I thought I was just filling it out for that week. The person behind the desk asked ‘well if you were in hospital, why didn’t you indicate you couldn’t work?‘… headdesk. I explained it to her like I did here. Not exactly thinking, was I? I was less than 24 hours out of hospital when I sent in the form. I dunno what I could’ve done differently.

So now I get to wait 3-4 weeks for their decision. Which, with my luck, will be denied and I’ll have to appeal. (So many appeals…) If it goes my way, then I have to wait another 2 weeks. Which means I’m looking at January. Tell me that makes sense.

And yet. No spiral. Disappointed? Sure. A little ticked? Yup. But no despair. Even after I got home and am yet enduring the idiots clopping around like centaurs in heat above my head, I’m not at my worst.

So there’s that. Friday hasn’t been hell. Let’s hope it stays that way.