snakeplissken

So I pretty much have the rent scraped together. They don't ever cash the check until the 12th of the month, usually, so this weeks unemployment check will get me over the mark. Everything else is up in the air though. I went to the social services department today and they aren't willing to give me any assistance because I'm single and I don't have a kid. I gotta say I'm really miffed that I can't get a lick of help from a system I've been paying into for almost twenty years. The utilities program (heating and electricity) won't even interview me until the 11th of next month, so I'm going to just have to call them and let them know my situation and maybe arrange something with them.

At least the food stamps are fairly generous. I get about 360 bucks a month on that. And coming from a poor background I can make that shit lassssst. And it helps that I'm a bit of a food hoarder as well. I saw the bad times a comin' and when I had money I stocked the larders deeper than usual. But at least it's hard to gain weight this way.

I've sent out so many resumes since I was laid off it's sickening. And how many responses have I got? One. And it was a scammer. It's so frustrating I want to scream. I have a degree and a solid job history with excellent references but I can't even get a foot in the door anywhere. Not even flipping burgers or scrubbing toilets and I'm not above doing either, or both. That's how bad the job market is here in Corvallis.

Other than all that I guess I can't complain. I have my health and a roof over my head. Plenty of people don't have that.