Should be at least SOMETHING positive about this.....right? Talk about mixed feelings.......I finally have some time to visit and post at our site here and have more time to cd but I'm not very happy about it because it came at the expense of being furloughed/laid-off! I hadn't had hardly any time to visit my friends here for the last year and a half due to a web-blocker at work (Yes, I took the scary gamble to visit y'all at work before the web-blocker was installed for the whole company because I couldn't do it at home) and a cd-blocker at home - my wife! I'd had even less time to dress (other than underdress) due to that same home cd-blocker.
Now I have more freedom for the things I enjoy but job search stress has not allowed me to really enjoy anything. Job search, even online, is very time consuming and depressing. I've been off work now since June 28th and my 90-day furlough expires in 7 days at which time I will be automatically laid-off. Call-back before then is not going to happen and I have had absolutely no luck in finding something else. My wife can replace most of my lost income from her small business and combined with my unemployment pay we can just pay the bills but things will be extremely tight until I can find another job. The national and local news gives little hope of things getting any better anytime soon.
My question to everyone - how many others here are in this same unemployment boat right now?