Hello everyone, hope you're all doing ok!

I just came back from my appointment to apply for SSI. I had to have my bf drive me because its a long drive to the SS that serves my area. It took about an hour and twenty minutes or so to get to the office.

Anyhow, the application process seemed to go really smoothly. The waiting area was packed with people, but most of them apparently didn't have appointments. They were complaining and stuff, and I think many of them were just there for other related legal issues like changing their name and stuff. But since there was so many and they were upset at having to wait, they opened up some other windows and called more people back. Luckily, I only waited maybe 30 minutes.

I finished as much as I could of the adult disability form online to save time, and the guy who actually received me and put in my application was very nice and patient. It was just basic questions, so I guess not much was put into the actual medical side of it. I assume that kind of stuff will be addressed once I hear from the other office. They told me the approval stuff was handled by a different place and that they'd call me with what I needed. So I was actually kind of over prepared. In fact, the guy said he had intended to call and inform me that the interview could be done over the phone, but that he had basically forgot! (Which is ok, anyhow, because I sort of like to see people in person, though I coulda done without the sitting!)

So now I guess I wait until I hear from this other office. I guess I should probably call the law firm I am in touch with too, to let them know that I qualify for SSDI pending medical approval. I was told that I hadn't worked long enough for that in the past, but I guess 2010 put me over the limit on what I needed. So that is sort of good, I guess.

All in all, the application was pretty easy. I felt really awful physically, from sitting all that time--but other than that, the actual process of applying was easy.