The set-up:
Laid off from mortgage biz early last November (with probable call back date sometime in February).
Signed up for round one of unemployment.
February rolls around, no call back, mortgage biz is still a mess.
Did a six week gig w/Census in Apr-May and started getting 2-3 days a week at old job (which stretched u/e bennies a bit). Yay!
First round of u/e runs out, but extension has kicked in, so round two is keeping us afloat. Still looking for a second job.
Then, days at old job starting to shrink beginning mid-July. Uh-oh!
Come September, there's a grand total of maybe 6 days worked and u/e runs out. Still no luck on new or second job. UH-OH!
Then, a ray or two of light over the orange....
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