So, unless something drastic happens financially, I won't be able to go to my neurology appointment tomorrow. No water under the bridge for me as this is the doctor who turned me away for only being able to pay 90% of my total. However, it means I can't attend the interview in the same town I agreed to not three hours ago. All because someone gave me a check I couldn't cash. It's genie in the bottle quibbles (You'll get some money, but...). I managed to rope my mother into a three way call with the bank to discuss the check issue. They confirmed what I already knew, but she was mad because I wouldn't let her derail the conversation. She wanted to talk about her ailments in a bid to get sympathy. I explored all of those avenues. They all came back with "She has to be here in person for any changes or any deposits to be made."

Everyone wants to talk about money. When helping me becomes a labor of love for them, the proverbial invoices start coming in. They won't NOT help me, but they'll happily give me just enough to string me along, so that when I have to ask for more, they can go into hysterics about how they're being taken advantage of. They think that I, unemployed and unable to put gas in the car, are bleeding them dry by accepting inconsistently placed gifts they willingly gave? It's never one or the other.

Quick story: When I worked in phone retail, I had a lot of time consuming and technical tasks to perform. There was a supervisor who was unwavering in her belief that I was doing my job just to spite her and came up with an amazing conspiracy. In short, I was apparently convincing call center reps left and right to waste time, so that calls went for longer and I didn't have to do what this supervisor asked of me. Absurd, right? I had to fight this to upper management. People will go to absurd lengths make themselves "right" and this family dynamic feels no different.

With that, I have three leads that might yield results, but I can't follow up on any of them because I can't get physically get there. I'll see what can be done.