I would like to ask for some encouragement please.
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I am sorry, but I am very discouraged and sad. Truth is that I was lying on my bed to go to bed, but I just lay there crying.
I miss my spouse. Even with a vehicle, I still feel isolated.
I have tried so, so hard to get a job (other than my tutoring job which is not full time). I have applied at many, many places including McDonalds, Wendy's, Arby's, retail stores, schools to teach at (most of these are for the fall), and other places.
Not connected to the academic community I was a part of. Separated permanently from the fundamentalists whom I had considered friends.
Almost unemployed (since I get so few hours tutoring - 1 to 3 each day).
President Obama has done a good job in turning this economy around, but it is slow progress in some sectors.
This rain has brought another stupid migraine !
And what I have learned from the last six months is confirmation of what I previously believed and suspected: the Progressive Community at Daily Kos is awesome ! You guys have kept me going !
I am not asking for financial help. In this diary, I am just asking for some love, some support, some encouragement, some well wishers to wish me well, some kind thoughts.
Right now, I need that more than anything else I think.
So that I don't give up or get too depressed which with my history is dangerous.
I'm sorry but I am just heartbroken right now.
One of my students whom I student taught (at San Marcos High School) works at one of the fast food restaurants I applied at.
I have to worry about the "overqualified bit" which I assure them is no concern of mine and shouldn't be a concern for them either.
I will take anything.
They're afraid with my background I would leave with a better offer soon. I do my best to assuage that fear.
And they can offer me a mgt position if they are very concerned about this.