Being Poor Sucks!

So ya since my first divorce I had been off and on with the Welfare system here. I would get lucky and find a good job and get off of aide until the job ended for whatever reason. Then I got remarried and my husband worked so we didn't need benefits. But since he and I have both been out of work we have been on Food Stamps and Medical. Since Unemployment has taken so long we decided to apply for cash aide for at least three months, or until I find a job or unemployment kicks in which ever happened first. Well in California a welfare investigator has to come out to make sure you are living with and where you say you are. OK no problem, please come I am not hiding anything, oh wait was I supposed to report the cats? Oops. Anyway they were given our house number and told that the cell phone is off so not a good number to use. The worker writes it down. I had to turn in the last of the paper work today so asked about the investigator. They looked it up and said that the investigator already attempted contact and that the cell phone number wasn't good. Well NO FREAKING DUH!!!!! So she made a note and said she would ask them to resubmit the request. So because they screwed up we are still waiting for the so much needed cash aide. My husband donates plasma twice a week because that's the limit they allow, for gas just to get my son to and from school and us to our doctors appointments, not to mention bread and milk. THIS SUCKS!