My thirteen week work contract lasted three weeks. Seems they decided they didn't need a nurse after all - or maybe they just didn't want me. Either way (and it appears I'll never really know for sure) they backed out of the contract. So here I am, once again, unemployed and at-large.
The agency that hired me is looking for another spot for me, but I do not want to travel outside a radius that will allow me to live either at home or at Jack's, so there may not be much available. I like having time to myself again, but it was really nice having an income for a little while. Funny what a boost that is to ones self-esteem. Now I am back to weighing every expenditure and depending on savings.
In the interim I learned that my unemployment benefit year has ended. When my original twenty-six weeks ended, I moved into emergency benefits and need to keep those. Fortunately I was able to take care of that and get benefits restarted with a phone call. One goes through four tiers of emergency benefits before they end and I am in Tier 2, so for now I still have unemployment benefits.
One thing I've learned over the years is that life constantly changes from one minute to the next. A month ago I was unemployed, last week I had a good paying job, this week I am jobless again; who knows what tomorrow - or next week - will bring...
