purple room vents: INAPPROPRIATELY TICKED OFF

I am going to sound like an awful person here but I don't care. I got a GST cheque the other day. A first. It's a testament to how low my income has become. I am now pulling in the belt and doing a little careful living. I need to make it through ten more years, if I am lucky!

That being said I must admit that I am getting just a touch ticked off that the people on disability get sooooo many perks, for free. And trust me, half this town is on disability. And I question the qualification of some of them, present people in this house excepted. It is disturbing how much they get for free.

Firstly my OAP is severely clawed back. Joe Schmuck who never made any attempt to provide for himself gets half my pension. They get not only all their meds paid for, but anything needed for mobility. They get, or can if they wish, get boxes of food. They are housed. If you are a diabetic all your paraphernalia is paid for. I pay ninety bucks a shot for my thingies that measure my blood. The equipment was over 200. The batteries are eight. My taxes completely support them. And today Monte got his GST supplement cheque. Ange got hers a week ago. The cheques were over 200 bucks. I got one! It was 7 dollars. Plus I have to keep this house going financially. So I am whining. I think I feel this way because it's super in my face here in Port.

You know I don't want these people suffering. Obviously. But right now at this moment I am bitter. It will pass by the time I get to the end of this post.

I know I was on welfare for a long time. I volunteered through most of it to make up for it. But since then I added up what I took from welfare. Then I added up the amount of income tax I have paid. I would have had to be on welfare for a very very long time to even come close to equalling that number. But I was very grateful for the help at the time. Do I sound like a whiney little b**ch yet??? Lol!!!!

The rat lady has quit purveying in all things rodent. So no trip to Comox today. The only place here in Port charges 11 bucks per rat!!!!! Eleven!!!!! What a total rip off! Everywhere else is five to eight bucks per frozen rat. So typical of Port. The only other place to get rats is in Victoria. By the time we gas up there and back, the 11 bucks isn't looking so bad.

Okay I feel a whole lot better and actually I am happy to help out the less fortunate. All that up there was yesterday. I was going to delete it but then changed my mind. On occasion I lose my mind. And I think that was one of those occasions.

A doctor phone appointment this morning kind of helps my frame of mind. My kidneys are doing fine and my potassium level is normal. My A1C not so much. So I can go back to low carbing it and get my blood sugar back under control and forget about potassium. I just wish I could go back to eating spuds!!! My desert island food for sure! And as a last kick at the carb can I am making a complete roast chicken dinner tonite! Yippeedoodle!!!! And I am eating mashed potatoes!!!! And candied yams. And cranberry sauce. I don't care!!!

Thats it folks. Sorry about the victimy rant up there. Help a poor person out and stay safe. TTYL

'The world does not benefit from self-centred people. Be a person who gives back to society. Reach out and touch somebody, and help out whenever possible.' Germany Kent. (advice I am going to heed and stop the whining)