There must be a sign on my back....

That says "kick me" (well I'm pretty sure mine doesn't say kick me, probably more along the lines of a word that rhymes with duck).

So I was worried I wasn't going to get benefits because I worked. Well now it sounds like I won't get benefits because I didn't make enough? What? huh? I don't get it. And I try to call customer service and their automated system asks for my password. When I enter that password it won't recognize it. The directions on their website don't work so what in the world am I supposed to do? I just want to ask them if the income I received from unemployment benefits qualifies me for more benefits because right ow they only count my 3 weeks income from the coffee shop last year. January-May, even though I've been making decent money for only working part time, they won't count it. What?????

Even if I do get benefits, it sounds like I can no longer get the 2 more tiers  + the extra 13 week extension. It sounds like I'd only get 13 weeks. 13 weeks to figure out my life. 13 weeks should be enough to get a job right? But I've been out over 52 weeks with no real job. So 13 weeks doesn't sound like enough.

Argh. I keep trying to tell myself that I'll be stronger as a result of this and that if my fiance and I can survive this, we can survive anything. But that doesn't mean I have to pretend everything is ok.

Back to defcon 5 panic.