ARE YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE OUT OF WORK? Participants Needed!

I am seeking married people from a variety of backgrounds to complete a brief online questionnaire on how unemployment impacts their marital quality in the current economy.

It should take about 10-20 minutes for you to complete.
Your participation and your responses will be kept confidential.

Interested in Participating?
Please go to www.tinyurl.com/unemployment-marriage

Have Questions? Please contact Andrew Bland, M.A.: abland3@indstate.edu

Friday the 13th -- let the drama begin!

Oh boy... here's an update on my situation:

So I'm hunting for a job again. Have had a few interviews, one "offer" that I still don't have in writing so I'm not holding my breath. Trying to be optimistic, but it's very difficult.

Yesterday my wife announced that she is leaving again, unrelated to my employment status, I guess. Can't say we didn't try, I guess.

Worst of all, I'm starting to feel depressed and worthless. You unemployed people know the drill.

A twist of fate. An Irony if you will. Yes one more interview -- this one would be number 6 in a year's time. Now with that statement it should tell you the excitement of getting dressed from sweats to real clothes, make-up, hair done and dusting off those shoes you thought you would never wear again..

Off and running, where I actually enjoyed the wee bit of traffic for I felt human again, I felt the cool morning air, the morning news on the radio, driving next to others streaming by going to where they belong, where they fit in.

This might end up being one of those posts that I wish I had written in my notebook instead of sharing it with the world, but I'm tired of writing in my notebook after seven weeks of being unable to type. Thinking that the world gives a crap about my problems is vain, and creating a document that only I will see is masturbatory. Maybe I'm about to make a big mistake by posting this.

Fuck it. It damn sure won't be the first big mistake I've made.