Sorry to bitch again...

Just when you think things are getting better. Splat!

The food program has been the bane of my existence the last year. I do what I am supposed to, and I get screwed over.

The latest? They changed the rules.

So instead of turning in the form and getting the reimbursement on the last day of the month... you turn it in, and you get it back 7-10 business days at a minimum from when they received it. At first, this sounds better. Like you would get it faster. Well, that isn't the case. You only have the POTENTIAL of getting it faster. It's not necessarily going to happen that way. It would take up to 6 weeks to get it back... as is the case for the month of September. Worse yet, no one told me until I called on the first to figure out where it was. They told NO ONE that they changed the way they do it... well, at least I wasn't informed about it.

Thanks to the Michigan throwing budgeting cuts into the mix, we got the last check late. I couldn't pay my land lord when I was supposed to. And we were almost caught up. So I get through that, it came a couple days late, but it got here. That was Oct 1. Now, Nov 1 comes around, and I am STILL waiting on the money. Shawn sent it from a different post office so it got there on Oct 15th. It is long past 7-10 business days. And still nothing. I sent out the form for Oct too... usually I would get that Dec 1. WHO KNOWS when that is going to come.

I have no idea how I am supposed to be able to count on this money now. It is budgeted in. It is part of my income. I am bouncing checks, I am late on everything. I have debts to people to satisfy, and I can't!

I am hoping that I get my money from my financial aid by Friday... for cripe's sake, I just want to pay my bills... and buy light bulbs, and laundry soap. Is it so much to ask??