We have never claimed a penny (or centimo, if you prefer) from the Spanish government. And now with the work situation the way it is, we have no choice, like many, many others.
We have a list as long as the street of bills to pay, schoolbooks to buy, etc and let me tell you it is NOT an easy life as an expat here in Spain. It can be daunting when you don't have a clue where to go or who to talk to, but I'm sure we'll get there in the end.
My hubby is off work at the moment, we're waiting for word from the hospital to have his hernia removed. He had two before, but the silly hospital only took one away. Now the other one has woken up and realised it's lonely, so hubby has to go to the Mutua once a month to be assessed while we're awaiting that all important call from the hospital. As well as this he's at the doctor's every week for a 'baja' (sicknote?) So that part of it we have sorted. We make a weekly appointment and off he goes. But sick pay doesn't pay the rent. And, of course all the time he's signed off he can't work. So he's been in front of the telly ALL summer. Flick, flick, flick....
I'm told that the 'crisis' is almost over and fingers crossed things will get better for everyone here who's struggling, now we need to wait for a piece of paper (always need lots of those...) the 'certificado de empresa' and see where we go from there...
"Poco a poco", eh?
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