Called the gas company again, ultimately got "dispatch." After being cut off 5 times (I am not exaggerating) I finally got thru. They're very busy today and still have me on the list. However, since they don't know when they'll get to me, and I need to be here when they come, I have to sit here and wait until this evening. Unbelievable.
I am learning a lot about being poor. No one really knows or cares that this is a (hopefully) temporary situation for us, that I've never been in this situation before, and it's due to circumstances beyond my control--no necessarily my own bad choices! Poor people are apparently not entitled to common courtesy, to a respectful tone of voice, to being allowed to plan ahead, to consistent information over time.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012