Thought I was going to be late

I think that I'm going to be late to work a lot of times for different reasons, but I really left my house way later than I should have.

I ended up catching the 11am bus. I should have been catching a bus 30 mins earlier. Then I decided to get off a few stops early so I could see the bus that I would be transferring to easier.

I step out and see a bus in front of the one I got off. I get to see that it's my bus just in time for it to start moving away. Yeah, I had like 6 seconds where I saw the number and tried to reach the front of bus before the light changed. But nope. I can now be included in the masses that run along the bus as it leaves a stop and keeps on going.

I almost really thought about calling an Uber, but there was time, so I waited. Oh, it's cold and raining at the moment. But I got my boots and umbrella. So about 5-ish mins later, another one shows up.

So now I'm about 10-ish mins from work and I will be there on time and not just barely making it.

Today work is from 12 till 6 pm.

Later.

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I actually caught the express bus.

Hey👋

I meant to let you know when the whole waiting game ended yesterday, but my battery got real low and I needed it to turn on to show my bus pass to get home.

Then when I got home my sister had me cooking and cleaning for the next 2-ish hours.

Anyway, I walked into the federal building at 11:30 am and I walked out at 5pm. On the dot.

I have been sworn in. I am official. I am now a legal citizen of the US. 🇺🇸 They even gave us little flags. Just when I was starting to die from hunger, we took the oath and was given our papers.

We were also warned that replacing it would cost us $550.

I'm so tired right now. Lately I seem to be falling asleep just before midnight, then something would wake me up about 3 hours or so in, then it would be heck to go back to sleep and I wake feeling like I was be dragged from my grave. I've taken two Uber's to work because I just needed some more sleep. I refused to do that today which is why I'm very happy I caught the express bus.

I almost missed it too, but with a little daring and wheelchair bound human, I was able to make it. Now I have time to eat breakfast.

Later.

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The spelling!!!

I knew that would get me in trouble. But it was none of the few words I expected. It was president. I kept swapping out the 'i' for an 'e'. But the interviewer was very nice about it and we worked through it.

That was the "hardest" part. Until the interview I was falling asleep waiting for my name to be called. When they did it was an hour and a half after I showed up.

My name also threw her for a loop. I think she said Elba correctly. But my first and last name suffered. 😆

Now I'm back in the waiting area. I had to fill out this short thing and hand it over with my green card when they call my name again.

I don't think I'll be getting it back, so I took pics before I left the house.

Ok. Back to waiting. I knew I should have taken the chicken out of the freezer this morning. At least I'm off my feet.

Later.

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I’m here

Where is here?

The federal building in downtown Newark. It's time for my civic test. I was like 5 minuets late checking in, but I was told it wasn't a problem. Which I kinda knew from the first part, months ago, but I asked on my way in and he said it was fine.

So now I wait my turn. The place is pretty full, like I kinda expected, but it's the amount of people I didn't really expect.

They have room/seats here for at least 200 people and almost all the seats are filled.

Going to make sure I know how to spell California and Delaware. I did it! 😆

Back to the questions.

Later.

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Successful!

What I do for applesauce

You have seen how I cut def out the world , more or less, got just having to walk around my house the other day because of the pain that inflicted on me.

So now instead of getting an Uber like I told myself I would to keep from getting wet by rain that seems to not have fallen yet, I crammed myself into a very full bus so I can get off in Elizabeth to hopefully get some apple sauce before then getting an Uber to take me the rest of the way home.

Darn. I forgot about the supermarket that I just passed. Shot!

Well here is my stop.

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Why am I still on my F**king feet?

I'm in pain. And I'm hobbling across my kitchen trying to make a good dinner from scratch and I'm starting to question how I'll be able to get around, never mind out of bed, tomorrow.

I do hope I get it finished before she gets here. It's one of the ways I'm able to hide some of the vegetables from her. 😆

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Not diabetic

But my blood pressure is high, so I'm getting some pills to help with that. We think that could be why I was having headaches.

Mostly the "doctor" was more concerned about my mental health. She was sure that I was depressed.

I just don't like going to see any kind of doc. You end up condescending the last 3-10 years of your life for them and you just feel judged and how good can you feel with all that?

Well, I made an appointment for my Pap smear. I hope I get the day off. It's the 21st and that might be too soon to get the day off.

Now I'm going home to clean the kitchen and take out some trash. Well abut of trash. I've put off talking out the paper and boxes for too long.

I may walk it since traffic is messed up due to road work. I washed it here and made it in like 20-25 mins. Not bad. And I should do what little I can to chip away at that 20lbs I don't like, I guess I'm walking. Very happy for the fact it's over 80 degrees out. Heck, I think it's closer to 90.

Later.

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20 lbs more than I would like

If that didn't clue you in, I'm at the doctor's. But I know I gained back some weight, but I'm happy it's not worst than what it is.

Got to go, docs here.

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