Journey to the Unemployment Office

I officially hit rock bottom.

This day is depressing. Not a whole lot of activity, which means I have time to sit around and regret.

I went to the workforce commission so I can start to get unemployment benefits. I've heard that the movies are known as the "great equalizer." I would argue that the unemployment office is closer to that. I spied every type of person: from a lady in braids drinking a canned coke from a straw, to a businessman in a suit and tie, and everything else in between. I guess this unemployment thing can happen to anyone. The class leader got yelled at by this classy lady who brought her infant and two year old for not knowing just how secure the application website was. She gave him a stern talking to and continued to berate him from the back row for the rest of the hour. Upsetting ... yet mildly entertaining.

I checked my alternative certification website. They have received the transcripts from SFA, but not TCC or UTSA. I find this infuriating since I requested SFA's a day after the others by fax rather than electronic request. you would think an electronic request would be faster than a handwritten fax request that happened a day later, but that just shows how much SFA rocks. I just want to be in this program already! When I do, I can start applying to school districts rather than just charter schools. I'm not expecting that a district is going to hire me, but it would at least give me some more forms to fill out so I feel like I'm doing something.

I understand that I have only been unemployed for less than 5 full days, but I want to find a job already. I'm impatient. I now have a new version of hell.

Well, I think that's it for today.

Cross our fingers, do whatever pagan ritual you can think of, light a candle, and/or say a little prayer.

I will get a job.

And so goes the life ...