I’ve been unemployed for almost two months. It’s hard to survive when you don’t receive unemployment after losing your job. My savings has run out and I have to start coming up with innovative ideas for making money, or go to family for help. Family isn’t the best option because they’ve all been hit hard by the economy too.
Food is a priority, so we have to choose which bills to pay. Thankfully there aren’t any children in the picture. It would be terrible to grow up wondering if there would be a roof over your head the next day. I’m glad the pups are oblivious to the impending scenarios.
I have a college degree, I started working at 15, I always get rave reviews from my coworkers and bosses...job hunting shouldn't be so hard for me. I’m not the best interviewee. I get too self-conscious and I can’t think. I have trouble selling me.
Hope is on the horizon. My W-2s arrived and I did my taxes. We’ll be able to pay for about a month of bills with the refunds I’ll be getting. As long as the landlord cooperates while we wait for me to receive the refunds.
Being homeless has never been such a possibility for me in the past. I’m no stranger to unemployment, but I had sources of money to get me through those times before. There was unemployment insurance the first time, and credit cards the second. There’s no income this time because neither of those are options.
