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Sep. 15th, 2009 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nohaniiI have been incredibly stressed out about this whole unemployed thing. I had a breakdown last night. I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I ended up basically sleeping the day away. Dan and I went to bed just before 1 am, but my brain just would not shut up. I'm so worried about the fact that I don't have a job. My brain kept running through what if what it WHAT IF. I finally got up so I wouldn't disturb Dan and had a mini breakdown on the couch. I just sat there and cried because I'm doing everything I can, but it doesn't seem to be enough. It feels like I've applied to a gazillion places already, and no one's hiring. On those rare occasions that I do get an interview, I don't get a call back. I don't even get the courtesy of a response when I call and leave a message inquiring about the vacancy. Once I got a form letter stating "sorry, we found someone better" with a hand-written note saying how much they enjoyed meeting me. Fuck, man.
On top of that, my unemployment isn't going through. I've been out of work for 6 weeks. I haven't gotten a paycheck in over a month. I haven't had any type of income other than a few small birthday checks totalling about $50, if that. Unemployment offered me $74 every week that I am unemployed, as long as I can prove that I am in fact actively looking for work. I've filled out every single form they've sent me to the very best of my ability and sent each and every one back in a timely manner. I still haven't seen a single penny from them. $74 a week isn't much, but it's more than the nothing that I'm currently getting. I just don't understand why my eligibility is in question. I was employed, no I'm not. I paid my taxes, I'm looking for a job. That should make me qualified. ARGH screw government.
Added to all that, I apparently don't qualify to receive food stamps (now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP). I don't have a job. I have no income. I have about $150 in the bank and almost $200 in cash, for less than $350 total. I have rent to pay ($525/month). I have utilities to pay (~$50). I have mouths to feed (at least myself and Jewel). Food is expensive. How do I not qualify? DOUBLE SCREW GOVERNMENT.
On top of that, my unemployment isn't going through. I've been out of work for 6 weeks. I haven't gotten a paycheck in over a month. I haven't had any type of income other than a few small birthday checks totalling about $50, if that. Unemployment offered me $74 every week that I am unemployed, as long as I can prove that I am in fact actively looking for work. I've filled out every single form they've sent me to the very best of my ability and sent each and every one back in a timely manner. I still haven't seen a single penny from them. $74 a week isn't much, but it's more than the nothing that I'm currently getting. I just don't understand why my eligibility is in question. I was employed, no I'm not. I paid my taxes, I'm looking for a job. That should make me qualified. ARGH screw government.
Added to all that, I apparently don't qualify to receive food stamps (now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP). I don't have a job. I have no income. I have about $150 in the bank and almost $200 in cash, for less than $350 total. I have rent to pay ($525/month). I have utilities to pay (~$50). I have mouths to feed (at least myself and Jewel). Food is expensive. How do I not qualify? DOUBLE SCREW GOVERNMENT.
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