Tuesday, February 12, 2008

This is just a test to see if I can make a document that looks like a Word document and then output it as a web page. I am using Open Office in Mandriva 2007 and am typing text into a rich-text document that I will try to save as HTML, eventually.

Today, I must call Sensory Aids Foundation to talk to Josephine Hannon, a new case worker, Leslie and my Rehabilitation Counselor, on the heels of a reply in which I stated that I was quite disappointed with SAF's efforts for me. So, Josephine rattles off two leads seemingly in response from people she claims expressed interest in my resume. Both are the demanding sort of system admin position I've been seeing on Dice and really don't want. I have told her repeatedly that I would prefer a lesser job, one that pays less and demands less, a part-time job. A Half-time that pays about $20/hr would meet my needs. I need to tell them today that I am trying to retire by 62 and have applied for SSDI and now SSI, because I am broke, and that all I want is some income to meet some minimal needs for this year, maybe something I can continue to do if I can retire only on the base rate I have earned, $1200 a month if I retire next year. My calculation is that I need about $1500 gross without a housing subsidy, which for 10 months would mean about $15K this year. I may need a couple of thousand more to cover $1000 in debt and a tax burden of which I am not sure at the moment. If I can get SSDI, my needs are probably set beginning 2009, but I may not get that award until I would have retired anyway at 62. I am not sure how much I would get on SSI, maybe not enough to meet my costs in the market as it is with a median room rent in this area of about $650/mo. To take a high-powered job would put the lie to my disability claim and would expose me to stress I do not want. I do not have the endurance to take one of these “fast paced” jobs.