I do think its beginning to become noticeable to Tony. I made up my weekly menu (dont know if I already said that) and I listed everything on it. What the meals were, what the ingredients were that were needed for those meals. Then I had a list on the side that gave foods that were available for breakfasts and lunches and snacks. I put on there that if it wasnt on the list for breakfasts, lunches or snacks, then he wasnt to eat it unless he ran it by me. I did put some decent things on there. I understand he has to eat because of his medications and the diabetes. I have eggs, grits, canned biscuits with canned sausage gravy, chef boyrdee stuff, some animal cracker cookies, applesauce cups, pbj, bread.
I normally dont eat like that at all during the day. I normally eat maybe a sandwich or a can of vienna sausages and a can of fruit...max. I never get up and eat breakfast and lunch before cooking dinner too. He eats a full breakfast, a full lunch then a snack sometime during the afternoon, then a HUGE dinner of at least two large servings and then he is looking for a snack before bedtime. If I ate that much I would weigh 500 pounds.
I had to go out today to get MORE groceries and pick up some of my prescriptions and when I got back home I asked him if he had called any of the clinics I had asked him to call sometime last week. This was probably about 4:30 and I had just noticed the time and thought Oh *^%*, I bet he hasnt done that. He only came with 30 days of medicine and I know it can take weeks to get an appointment!
He told me he hadnt called the clinic so I made him call. He got his packet of papers out and couldnt find the name in any sort of timely manner so I simply got out my phone and looked up the number myself...lol. By the time I was on hold with the clinic I was over there looking at his papers and found his paper and told him to call another number to see if he could get in without being on hold to another clinic. He couldnt manage that on his own...sigh. Finally I got a live person, and it will still be a problem because he needs proof that he has no income and he has never sent off the income verification form that social services gave him 2 weeks ago! I really gave him the what for over that one. I asked him why he was holding on to it and hadnt mailed it. He said he thought social services was just gonna call Burger King and have them fax the stuff. I told him if they gave him a form they expected him to send it out. They arent going to do all your work for you. Now this waiting is going to cost you time. I also explained to him how his going to food stamps on that late date in January is going to mess up his stamps. He was like..oh, I didnt know. I said well, if you had asked Tony, he would have told you to ask me about what to do about anything to do about social services because I am the expert on that seeing as how I worked there forever and I day. But oh well, you did it on your own and screwed up and nothing you can do now. There is an off chance that since he has failed to turn all his junk in on time they wont even start his stuff until February anyway. Lets hope.
I would love to attempt to get him into Fayetteville. I looked into placements there but Tony just isnt listening to me on that front. I have a call into one place that is supposed to let me know if they get an opening in their facility. I think it would be perfect for him. They help homeless men and women find jobs, get started with services in the area, get training if needed, learn bus routes because that city has a bus and we dont, and they can live there for up to two years.
Tony did tell me he is going to attempt to get him on working drywall where he works. I cant see that working out well. Buck is pretty much lazy and doesnt move fast at all. He has told me he has really bad hips. If Tony pushes Cory out to give Buck Cory's job, I will pitch one hell of a fit.