Busy With...
I really haven't done much writing lately, but I've certainly been keeping myself busy!
I've been daily working my way through a lot
I've been daily working my way through a lot
- Getting the proper prescriptions form my PCP for brand-name medications,
- Inquiring after my eligibility/re-employment at Barnes & Noble,
- Coordinating my participation with the Pfizer Pfriends/Pfizer Maintenance programs,
- My Notice of Financial Determination from the Commonwealth of Pa's Notice of Financial Determination which tells me I don't earn enough in my basic evaluation quarters to even qualify for unemployment.
- No one in the Altoona Unemployment Compensation even nows if my research work' for Horticulture last summer wasn't simply classified as farm work - which doesn't count toward unemployment And some civil idiot automatically assumed my primary purpose for being in Centre County was to be a student, not to off-load my Mom on relatives and reconnect with my sole surviving family I'm close to in Boalsburg.
- I've audited my monthly AT&T bill not one With Sylvia Ramsey but twice With Kelly Stroud and recovered over $90 the first time and $9.00 the second time after installing and reinstalling a purchase blocker on Mom's line.
- I've received my Commonwealth Workforce Development System ID# and password to access PA CareerLink
- I've been routinely following:
- Monster -domestic and Canada
- CareerLink -
- CareerBuilder Domestic + Canada
- Adecco Domestic + Canada
- PSST - Penn State Staff Jobs - Local
- Gathering Data from the Centre County Assistance office / COMPASS and th Office of Income Maintenance
- Following up and filing for my open unemployment claims in North Carolina
- Trying to reach the NC ESC for over 2 weeks now regarding the $4570 I can't touch until the next benefit,
- And trying to find work that pays enough to for me to submit this completed Passport application7 and get the phone done so I can TRAVEL.
- I've also phoned my caseworker(s)
- Sue Mascolo from Representative Conklin's office.
- Jody Bitner from Senator Thompson's office, and
- Mike Foreman who is the head of Pennsylvania Welfare programs.
- Troy Dunning who is the head of Center County Aid County wide.
- I also phoned PA Legal Aid to make sure that if our bully landlord tries to pull any more intimidation/fear from Mom, we'll see court action from Bellefont.
- Discovered Bellefonte HAS NOT current incumbent HR Director, so
- I sent my resume directly to the board secretary.
- Themla in Bob Ott's office of Adult Programs in Centre County is no help whatsoever. Her attitude has been "If you don' like it , leave."
- Ray in HR at PSU cannot find any wages from when I worked at the Lynch/Brown Labs:
- They were likely federally funded with an outside grant or
- Counted as farm work which is also not reported/taxable.
- I never got the requisite 'Pink Form' to appeal my notice of Financial Determination, but discovered it would only at best yield me $55 a week.
- Who on earth can live in Centre County on merely $55 a week attending PSU full-Time???