Update: No sooner did I hit "submit" than my claims specialist answered her phone. I was wrong, they're not going to send me paperwork to fill out, just information. I have to go back to the office within 7 days and submit two forms of ID, and of course I have to find two places to apply to this week. Not sure when I'll get my first check, but I qualified for the maximum amount, so that'll be helpful. Both of my big credit card companies are pissed at me right now because I'm late on payments. One, I paid online, and somehow the payment didn't get processed. The other one, I ended up changing account numbers and haven't set it up for online payments yet, and forgot that I needed to do that, and subsequently forgot to mail in my payment. Actually, the first one I'll probably just mail my whole tax refund to, and that'll get that one half way paid off, and then hopefully within the next couple of months I can just get that one knocked out and not have to worry about it any more. Of course, I probably should have paid it off months ago instead of buying the computer I'm currently typing on, but I love this computer so very, very much, so there are no regrets there.

Bah. Two years, people. Two years, and then I'll have a degree, and I can get a job that doesn't involve running a cash register or getting people coffee or doing other people's typing and filing and keeping track of other people's crap for them. Or, you know, maybe I'll sell my novel before then. Or, or maybe Joss will see my fanfic and be so impressed with my grasp on the characters that he'll give me a job on the show.

Hey, don't laugh. That's how Mere Smith got hired onto the Angel staff.

A girl can dream, can't she?