But of course I'm still in the ordinary mire of low cash flow and unemployment.
I bit the bullet and went to the unemployment office to verify what's really happening with this money I owe them. Turns out that my fears were not really necessary. First of all, the dates were from 2005, not 2006. Specifically, it was from when I started at my last company coming off my previous unemployment stint, not after I finished there to start this stint. And yes, I did make a mistake: I used the date of my first pay instead of my first day of employment. I don't know what I was thinking; it seemed to make sense at the time.
Furthermore, it's not $3000 that I owe. It's about $1650. And I probably will not have to pay this back until I am established in school or a job. And I can do that in installments. And the worst case scenario? If I don't take any classes for some reason, and I don't find work, then my benefits run until around Thanksgiving (mid-October here, for you Yankees). Now, chances are I won't be needing it that long one way or another (full-time students do not have the right to unemployment, for example).
Thinking about that makes me realize just how quantum life is. I am truly creating my future. The very near future is a jumble of possibilities, which only gets nailed down when T = 0. It's actually really something.
I still am going to require a job, though, because this unemplyment stuff just isn't cutting it, you know?
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