Ever since mid January, when I was forced to take medical leave from my job because my employers did not listen during my interview, I have been dealing with the politics and nonesense of being unemployed. I spend my days on the phone with the unemployment office, trying to find out why after 2 months I am still not collecting unemployment. I spend my nights on the internet, desperately searching for a job. And then, when I finally have a job interview, I am not hired, either because I can't lift more than 50lbs for the time being, or because my experience is not what they are looking for, not that this is something I perceive immediately. No, that is not the case at all! Normally, I leave my job interviews excited, raving about my success. Then I spend the next week, jumping at every phone call, telling everyone that things might finally be okay. They NEVER call and I end up back at square one, degraded and seconds from my own homelessness.

As of tonight, I have applied for 40 jobs! Half of them will not call. The ones that will, will be the jobs for which I am over qualified. Of those, 10 will give me an interview, 2 will offer me a job and both will expect me to work for minimum wage. And this time, despite the numerous refusals to accept less than I am worth, I will take it. What more can I lose? How much lower can I go?