They said they no longer print temp cards. I just have a paper saying I applied. Should receive in 7-10 business days. For this week I’ll plan to bring my birth certificate.

Ok I spoke with the library and they said if I want to join the city health plan I will need to show my ss card before my start date so go ahead and order one. I called my nearest office to ask what to bring and she said just the DL was enough. So I plan to go today to sort that out. I’ll ask for a temp card while I’m there.

Oh no I won’t give over my bc via mail. But I would show it in the ss office. My parents had a headache obtaining it lol. Because my mom was Mexican and didn’t make it to the hospital in time for my birth. But was here legally. My maiden name is on the transcript from the college so I guess that helps show them it’s the same person. I won’t go back to my maiden name. It has a character in it and always gets messed up in computer systems etc. The email was bulleted and had ss card under its own bullet. I could contact the library and ask what else they would accept. I’m just kinda embarrassed.

On the email from the library they did not offer an alternative for the ss card, only an alternative for DL. I do have my birth certificate but it has my maiden name. I might have a W2 form or something with full social but I don’t know if they’d accept that. Worst case I apply for new card in person and ask for the temp card to be given to me. I know the real one takes 2 weeks snail mail. Obviously I’m a US citizen… I’m on unemployment lol but I’m not sure they’d care about the unemployment paperwork.

The library wants to see it.

I looked again - I think it’s a duplex because description says multi family and on street view I could see back end of property. Oops. Well it’s still a contender. Water included is good. Someome pray to St Anthony for me — I can’t find my ss card that I need this week 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I had it like a month ago to show the job center place. Probably misplaced in my car. I went through the glove compartment and 3 purses etc already. Will clean my car out more.

I need to ask about wifi/cell services. The company I wanted to go with doesn’t service NOLA. AT&T services some parts but not all. They also have Cox and a couple others. Ideally I think I’d go with a cell/wifi bundle and get off my cspire.

The home that seemed too good to be true said ask about pets on their description. I called and they said yes to small dogs but no to cats. Have a viewing for a 1 BD on Thursday before my drug test. I’ll have to leave to drive quite early but they were only willing to meet me at like 2 pm otherwise and I can’t hang around that long. This lady has a 1 star rating/described as unprofessional on Zillow. But after the initial paperwork I don’t think I’d have to deal with her?? She’s a realtor. I’d probably just send rent to the office? The price is $950/mo but water is included and she said they do have washer/dryer hookups. I’d bring my own W/D. It is a stand alone unit, doesn’t share a wall with anyone. She does not require paystubs/letter… just must have a credit score of at least 625 (I do). So that actually might be a good property for me. Left voicemail about cheaper 1BD unit. Don’t know the details on heating/cooling, laundry. That one is $887/mo. Duplex.

Yes it has central a/c. I refuse to go back to window units (and little gas wall heaters) after all the headaches I’ve had.

I see one unit just dropped $100 making it a more affordable 2 BD ($950/mo). It’s been listed 86 days. I wonder what the catch is 🤔 Is forced air bad for heating? Significantly worse for asthma sufferers?

Amtrak won’t be open til spring 2024. It keeps getting delayed.

I didn’t qualify for any low-income things at my last salary. This salary is more. I tried for discounted apartments, food stamps, Medicaid, cell phone rate…

Greyhound costs ~$22 a person to go from New Orleans to a stop on the gulf coast. Amtrak may or may not be fully operating again out of the Biloxi area. Couldn’t get site to give me info. Keeping these things in mind for times when I don’t want to use my own car or someone wants to visit me and just meet me at the station/doesn’t need to find parking for their car. Not super ideal to travel with dd as we’d spend more in tickets than gas. There are extra fees for bags too I think.

I wonder if the credit union will be as strict about a car loan as the cc limit — requiring 3 pay stubs?? I’d like to get a preowned vehicle in the very near future and it’s probably better to finance through my credit union vs the dealership. That’s what we did with my current vehicle years ago. I saw some cars online with monthly car notes in the $330 range. That would be comfortable enough for me. I’d still have money left at the end of the month after bills, rent etc. My current rent estimate is ~$900 but it may go up to $1000ish depending on availability. The unit I am looking at is a 1 bd under $900 but I see no evidence of laundry access so I’d probably have to use a laundromat. I’m going to text the landlord today. They didn’t answer my question in the Zillow app. Most of these places do not stay on the market long — several I looked at weeks ago are gone. So who knows if this unit will even be available by the time the background check clears. But my Zillow matches only show 2 units under $1000 right now. And the other had confusing verbiage about pets so may not allow my cat.

A guy xh knew was murdered walking his dog in NOLA years ago It’s just out of my comfort level

At one point this was coined Murder Capital. I’ve used buses in CA in a small city but.. I wouldn’t feel safe. I don’t know how far it is but I don’t even like walking from a parking garage a few blocks in NOLA. That’s why I usually have a friend with me.

I think current students get them free or cheaper. Also they have different rules for requesting them for graduate school.

It’s $12.50 total

Re: public transit I’m leery of using it at all. Bring a single woman getting off work at 7 pm on the rough side of town? Nope nope nope. Random day to go to the grocery store? Maybe.

Parchment is who the school uses and it’s $10

I told him I get $199 a week and I just sent him $110 this week (the remainder of Oct child support I owed). Then stated the rest went to gas etc. He said he understands. But yes those texts and receipts are annoying to receive 😐 I’m not even sure how much money I can borrow from family but I’ll need a ton to move in. I can maybe stall on home wifi. But then my data use will skyrocket. The credit union already told me I’d need three pay stubs to increase my cc limit. Well if it’s anything like my last library job, I’ll get paid monthly. Which means after Christmas will be my first check 😓And I think that Nov 27 start date was tentative so who knows.

The last time I toured apartments I did ask this and they were ok with a letter. However, I don’t know how many weeks til a letter will be available stating I have the job (as in, drug test results and background check have cleared). Sigh. My current email has the pending background/drug test info. Now I may try to stay in my friend’s cottage a week but that’s not much help. I cannot stay longer because her sis is also trying to transition to the area and stays there on weekends while working a side job. Our settlement describes child support & medical so I think both are enforceable but basically told him it will probably be late. I’m not even gonna worry about it. It costs money to contact my lawyer and what’s xh gonna do? I don’t think I’ll be reprimanded.

This is our case

When we went to court I asked my lawyer if we would ask the child support to be paused and he said it wasn’t worth it because they would only pause it briefly, assuming I’d be working soon. And then I’d just owe back pay. Right now I barely have enough on my debit card to purchase an official college transcript requested by the library. on a happier note, when my sister visited from England she told me to use a free kohls gift card she got from an American company. I couldn’t find any workout tanks (I need new ones, I’m swimming in my others) but I found dd a pair of joggers and bought and gave the couple here a baby gift (they are expecting).

Part of me can’t even think that far ahead. I’m so stressed about the move. And processing the breakup. Guess we’ll remain friends (we’ve had plans to shoot zombie targets since before Halloween and will try to do that soon). Every time I turn around there’s more financial stress looming. Xh just said how much I owe on dd’s new glasses and that ds has an eye appt Nov 16 (I’ll owe half. We don’t have vision coverage). I literally cannot keep up with these expenses. Maybe I can start investigating cell phone plans that work where I’m moving and see if I can get a cheaper one.