Just to close this out.. all 4 corners are now on jack stands. I have the car just high enough the wheels barely touch the ground. This is enough I can get the tires off to work on the brakes, especially the rear ones, which was the goal for now.
To do this, I had to move quite a few things around the car. I was able to give myself enough room to crawl my fat self between the car and the workbench behind it up to my shoulders, and from there I could see well enough to get the jack on the jacking point.