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Trump's cuts to SNAP (food stamps) are rolling out faster than I anticipated, so I suspect I'll be kicked off in a couple weeks - but with a little luck on the weather, plus having my bike back on the road thanks to #biketooters, I was able to hit 2 food banks in the past 2 days and get stocked up a bit for the coming winter.

I have enough energy to process some of the perishables, so yesterday & today I'm making broth, applesauce (for baking), and hard-boiling eggs.

I think I might have stabilized my situation with sensory issues and cognitive problems enough that I can start getting more work, so I'm just trying to give myself as long a runway as possible once I get cut from SNAP for not being considered sufficiently disabled 🙄

I haven't posted about it much on this account but I've finally done a lot of work to get my calendar/tasks/email situation back under control - as in, checking them at all, and having the right software working in the right way - which as anyone with a job (especially freelance) knows, is kinda critical.

Oct 18 at 9:15pmWeb
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as always, it's helpful to me to stay aware of how damn lucky I am. the shrinks get cagey when you say other people have it worse, but when I say it, it's not minimizing, it's perspective.

there are also unambiguous positives, such as the fact that (as a couchsurfing semi-nomad) I have access to a full kitchen and 2x each freezers & refrigerators where I am now, and encouragement to use them. and that as a semi-nomad, when COVID hit, I had a place to hunker down with friends and really focus on building my cooking skills as a way to stay partially sane when cooped up with a full house 24/7 despite having an absolute need for a certain amount of solitude.

I save so damn much money now on feeding myself because of all this... which is important given how much higher food prices are in the USA than 5 years ago.