I'm up earlier than I intended, but it's not a bad time. I leave for work (First shift!) in a couple of hours, so I have some time to shave, cook breakfast, and even a little lunch for work. My belated spring cleaning has yielded three lunch boxes and sandwich bags galore, so this is the perfect time to use one!

I have a phone call with the SSI lawyers to see how current events (new job) affects us going forward. Also, I get to keep going forward with spring cleaning. I'm in my living room now. Progress is being made, slowly but surely.

The "Ususal Suspects" decided to make their presence known after I had the temerity to go about my day yesterday without picking up the phone. Seven calls in three hours from the two men over.... food. I was to make a delivery (One I agreed to do) and because of... I don't know, I get... this. One even threatened to call the police (Welfare check, I guess? I deleted the text as soon as I saw it.) over me not calling him. Over food.

I made a point to "freak out" and ask "Did somebody die!?!?", "Is someone in the hospital?!?!", "Did WWIII start and I didn't pay attention?!?", that sort of thing. When they inevitably got to "food delivery," I let them have it, implying (among other things) that they're in restraining order/no contact order territory. They actually got offended and seriously argued that me not picking up the phone and delivering a baked potato was on par with "death and dismemberment" as an urgent issue.

It's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf getting a cell phone. They can call 10 times in an hour if they want, but I'm not going to answer the phone any faster. Everything they're calling about is urgent, therefore nothing they're calling about is urgent and I'll react accordingly. It's a testament to how toxic these two are that I had to change my phone's ringtones because I was having visceral reactions to the sounds of anyone calling or texting, because THEY might be calling or texting.

Today is a good day, regardless of what happened yesterday. Today will be a good day. I've got some podcasts and music to listen to to and from work, I'll be able to fix some lunch, and can continue on the house.