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Last night, I signed up for an income-based repayment plan for my student loans under the Biden-Harris SAVE plan. I'm not going to have to make any payments because I have no income.

I have felt guilt and shame for years now, since the end of 2019, for not having a source of income and for relying on Miriam for support and for us not being in a better financial situation. The process of dealing with the loan brought that keenly to mind. Once I finished, I spent a span of time ugly-crying on the couch with my head in Miriam's lap. Eventually I was able to get up and watch anime, which is all I had the ability to do the rest of the evening.

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Miriam and I ordered more furniture, including a bed frame, from IKEA on Friday. They said it would be delivered on Saturday, but by the end of the weekend, the status still hadn't even been updated to indicate that it was with TForce, the notoriously bad shipping company IKEA uses. It still said IKEA was preparing our order.

Miriam talked to an agent via chat two days ago and they rescheduled the order for tomorrow the 14th. Status on IKEA's site says that the order has, in fact, been delivered to TForce. The odds don't seem too good that we'll actually get it tomorrow either, but at least there's progress.

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Surprise! TForce called Miriam to say that they would be here in approximately half an hour.

I honestly don't know how they manage to deliver anything when they don't stick to their scheduled days and they don't call in advance to give a window; they just show up. That explains all the horrible reviews about people being unable to work out a time when they're at home to receive shipments I suppose.