Leah_guffey 's dagbok, 23 jan 24

Looks really good Leah. Can get some really nice meals when we get creative. Groceries have sky rocketed! 

Well food wise were a little slimmer than we would be normally. In December I had to decline our food bank box in order for us to go visit mom I had to ask them to delay the food bank delivery because the delivery would have happened during the time that we were at Mom's and they had no other delivery options available within the month left and it was so busy in January that we couldn't be fit in for the first two weeks which meant that we missed a whole month. And because you can't have two food deliveries in one month it means that ultimately we missed a month. In addition I always overspend in December because of Christmas dinner I just can't seem to keep within budget because of that special meal but that's okay. Combined with raising food costs and that we had to replace a tire or just a little bit more slim than we usually are this time of year. But I'm hoping that this time next month then all the money was should be fixed. We should get a food box here in a couple weeks and of course we'll get EBT again on the 1st. 

Against doctor's orders I went ahead and picked up a few more hours to try to come back some of the raising food costs and additional bills that seem to keep popping up especially with our car. But one of the consequences is that it reduced the amount of money that we get with our EBT card which means even though we technically are making more money we get less EBT funds which means that money goes less far then I would prefer which is a little frustrating luckily I'm pretty good at balancing a budget so we should squeak by pretty well I'm hoping to get the taxes back by the end of February. In addition I'm hoping that I should figure out the inheritance issues by that time get all that sorted without messing up my medical card and have that spent. I have to talk to the appropriate advisors so that I know how to spend it all within that month period that I have to spend it so I don't mess up my medical eligibility apparently I have to spend all of the inheritance within the first month on the approved items so that I don't mess up my medical card eligibility otherwise I'll be without medicine for up to 7 months and since I don't know what caused me to go blind in the first place with MS and all these autoimmune issues the idea of being without my medicine is quite terrifying because I don't know how long it could be before I go blind and I only have the one eye left it's a very scary concept. Honestly I wish I could kind of decline The inheritance if it was legal just so I wouldn't have to deal with the headache of possibly losing the medical card since debt can take away the entire inheritance if I don't do it properly and if I'm not careful I would have to spend all of the inheritance on just the medicine anyways because the medical card would drop. 

But thank you, WindyDay; I really like rice and I find it easy to cook with and make meals of all types it's just such a versatile food. Besides I just can't live off protein shakes and cheese sticks the rice and veggies will give me some bulk to my diet and some nutrients to keep it healthy!