Ok they restored benefits on July 22nd in the Evening when the president signed the bill. Michigan is saying it may take up to 2 weeks to get the system updated and everyone paid. I have finished the second tier and should be moved to the third but my account as of today still says I have zero weeks left after the 34. Has anyone gotten their benefits yet? I tried calling several times today and couldn't get through to an actual person. I need money!!! They are about to take my car and I am 2 payments past due and only one left after that before it is paid off.

Update on the state of my marriage...

This is, bar none, the most emotionally intense and confusing period of my life. I spent the last year sorting out my issues, trying to figure out how to make enough money to pay the bills, trying to repair my marriage.

Ok, I don't know if this was one of my good ideas or not, but on a sado-masochistic whim, I went to my previous employer's Web site and found a posting for a job, in a totally different dept, that I am very well qualified for. So I did the online app and skill tests, and I have an interview tomorrow. My thought is better the devil I know....

Please don't forget the 99ers. As we move forward in this uncertain economic future, humanity and social kindness is going to be tested. Us 99ers are not the cause of this dilemma... we are victims of a system gone mad with greed and deception. Maybe some of the company CEO's and High level management that were bailed out will be willing to share some of the billions of dollars from their bonuses they didn't deserve. In these troubled times it is criminal and unconstitutional to turn a blind eye on people that worked, voted and paid taxes when things were good and everyone lived in excess.

Tuesday 7/21 I had a job interview in Seattle, the big city that I had only been to once since I made a big move from Arizona to Washington state last fall.

I was a RockStar in Phoenix. When I lost a job, I had another one by the next week. I worked in the mortgage business so it was pretty standard for companies to close and new ones to pop up down the street. That was prior to the big meltdown that has taken a huge toll on all of us over the past couple years...but that's another story.