Well, Hell....My unemployment is basically finito...

[FirstLight]

I got $300 left and the next payment is $238

Dunno what I am gonna do after that. Working is not happening, especially with us in the purple tier and me with a autoimmune disease. I see the rheumatologist this week, maybe she will put me back on disability... I've been on and off with illness and a car accident last year...

Feels like I cant seem to get my feet under myself

Working on some content to release on Teach:able, I have a full college course I taught in 2016 that I can expand and offer online. That is about all I got to offer, and I gotta still keep myself busy, like I am doing SOMETHING productive.

[LizBeth]

1. I am in same boat and still not really wanting to walk back into workforce at this point. I apply

to places risk will be lower but will lose UI soon. Not sure how much longer. I will have to investigate to see if I can figure how much I have left.

I dunno what I am going to do but will soon be on the money that is suppose to last til I die.

[FirstLight]

2. yeah, I got no back-up

unless I sell the house (which is not paid off)...maybe just buy a damn RV and go on the road

[LizBeth]

3. I do hear you. What I have can be spent awfully fast if everything does not go just so. I too would

have to sell the house. I have been paying attention to real-estate. Or, I go back to a job at an hotel. And that seems awfully foolish.

[FirstLight]

4. I know... the only places here that are hiring are the tourist places

it's insane that we have a "booming" tourism industry going but the schools are closed and many of our people here are out of work due to closures...

It also makes me angry that we have YET to see another "stimulus" and I'll tell you now that $1000 is a fucking DROP in the bucket for what bills I owe right now!

[LizBeth]

5. +1. Another upside I have so reduced my living expense that I need only 1300 to pretty much make it,

again, that is if all goes well and do not spend a penny beyond what I need. Lol. Isn't that so sad? I mean, who would have thought I would be living this. But, here I am.

[LizBeth]

12. Hey, did you certify for the extended unemployment that ends Dec 26? PUI? Or something.

I only get 247 a week but that helps.

[FirstLight]

14. haven't seen that option available at the CA EDD

maybe they will make it availabke when the whole thing is tapped out? IDK

[LizBeth]

18. Oregon, and maybe that is when they gave me an heads up but werent specific or

direct me where exactly go. And you want to do it before you miss a week so it just continue. It is one of the choices on Oregon screen where I do my weekly. And now I just do the same weekly but is the extended UI until Dec 26.

[FirstLight]

19. thanks for the heads up

I'm sure the EDD will let me know what the options are ...probably in the next 2 weeks cuz the amount is less than the next 2 weeks.


ughm i might have to drive 2 hours to Sac but I bet the EDD office is closed because covid

[LizBeth]

20. I did everything on line. I cannot ever get thru on the phone either.

[Luz]

24. That's what I've done. I bought a used van and have

converted her into an rv. My UI runs out in a few weeks and I'm 61, no with jobs available around here I'm up shit creek. I've got enough to last me through February and thats it.
I'll be leaving my home then, to live in a van...hopefully down by a nice river.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. When you so your rheumatologist might put you back on disability,

are you talking Social Security disability? Or something else that you can collect from.

[FirstLight]

7. well in the temp I will try to go back on temp state disability

but yes, i need a better diagnosis to pursue permanent...even partial....

I havent even touched it for years but I knew my health and stuff was getting steadily worse. I was doing great till Thanksgiving 2018, then I crashed & burned. Lost my job at the school district and Boys & Girls Club...I loved it but my body just broke.

then I got a seasonal job 2019 spring, but had a major car accident in july and have been struggling ever since. I mnaged to get back and finish the season in my reservations job. But I was still on disability when the first lockdowns happened...no more Physical therapy, no more neurologist, all care stopped. So I suffered for a couple months but was never "released" off disability cuz of covid.
I re-applied for unemployment in july...but that ship has sailed. I havent had gainful employment in 2 years. and the idea of going into the hotels at a front desk position is cringy at best...not to mention I am 50 - and have been definitely seeing where older workers are not as hireable ...yeah...

[MerryBlooms]

15. Don't try to make it on your own, that was my mistake.

Without going into too many details, I lost out on disability because I hade the means not to apply, and thought I was being a 'good' person by not applying. I was penalized and told had I applied immediately after my car accident, instead, I would have been declared disabled, even though I'm as disabled now as I was then. But, because I lived off my own money and didn't apply, I'm not disabled. After my initial 9 months in hospital, 5 months on vents because of ARDS, 6 months nurse home care, wound vac, scoliosis, PTSD, constant pain and numbness, bells palsy, 3 diagnosed depressions, 8 incarcerated hernia operations and 1 more to go... Nope, I'm not disabled all because I didn't file right after my accident, even though all my issues are because of the accident. File ASAP. I've been denied 4 times. On the bright side, I do home health part time. There's no way I could work full time. Doesn't matter, according to the government, I'm not disabled. The paperwork is daunting and depressing in and of itself. There is free help to file, get it.

[FirstLight]

16. thank you

I have hesitated as well because I didn't want to admit that my body isn't onboard with my agenda of "success"... Disability isn't just about your limitations, it's really a mental health thing about letting go of the idea you can just "suck it up" and DO BETTER! I am still struggling with this piece

[MerryBlooms]

21. I suffered head trauma, major organ trauma, spine fracture, neck fracture,

lymph damage, contracted spinal MRSA while at Mt Sinai south FL. Had my L2 replaced 4 times because of dirty hardware and the MRSA. I don't even know how many procedures I've had. I spent 5 months in Mt Sinai South Miami, then was released after one horror show after another, one coma after another. The MRSA ate my L2 again a year later because of dirty hardware, and thank goodness I was home in Portland, OR where I received proper care. I died three times in FL, nurses with claws two inches long, my room hadn't been cleaned weeks on end, my doctor raised hell... My son stayed with me 24/7 as much as he could because he was afraid they were going to kill me. Back and forth between the heart institute... When I was back in the hospital, I was terrified. I had night nurses asking me if I'd had my meds... The head of oncology was head of my pain management, because my L2 had been eaten away by MRSA, and she's asking me if I've had my meds. Even my head doc, kept telling me he had to get me out of there before they killed me. The last intubation, I went into anaphylactic shock because of lidocaine overdose... In a coma again for I don't know how long. The difference in care between Portland and Miami was night and day. Had I not made it home to Portland, I'd not survived.

I've got a neck full of scars from long time vent. I've had to use a suction device to suck out the foam from my lungs through a hole in my neck. I know what it's like to be drowning in fluids, the sounds you make, the desperation to breathe. I know what it's like to press the button and no one come to you and you panic grabbing for that tube sucking thing and still pressing that button. These people who are dying from covid are dying a horrible death. I've been there, it's terrifying.

[FirstLight]

25. oh my lord...

that is horrifying... I can't imagine... Hope you are on the mend!

[MerryBlooms]

27. My accident was in 2006. I am still having surgeries because of it.

Considering the laundry list my body went through, I think I'm doing well... I'm able to work part time, care for myself and others, garden and much more. I see a therapist who specializes in trauma. Please don't try to be strong and go it on your own. File and appeal... Get good counsel. I hope the best for you.

[FirstLight]

8. you know...my sob story isnt' even the point...

Other countries have motivated to give people income assistance for MONTHS


but even in the middle of a fucking pandemic...the RW has made this about "welfare" or some bullshit...like the economy breaking down on main street means nothing, like parents having to stay home because schools ore closed...etc

our whole infrastructure (for families) is broken to bits.

And the damn Senate treats the downtrodden as if they are no better than panhandlers...

How many folks like me are there, or who have it worse? how many who have already felt the impact of utilities doing shut-offs? evictions?

[stopbush]

11. Easy to treat others as panhandlers when you're being paid $174,000 a year in taxpayer

money to be in the Congress.

[FirstLight]

13. exactly!

that's where my bigger angst comes from I suppose...

[MLAA]

9. Fingers crossed and wishing you the very best FirstLight💕

[FirstLight]

10. Thanks...

You know I am crossing fingers that I can pull it out of the weeds. Ive been up against worse...but I also hope to bring our consciousness to the fact that RIGHT NOW people are suffering and struggling, and it is gonna take some BIG shifts till we feel it here on the ground...

Meanwhile, all I can do is try to find my new angle ""...and be grateful I dont need much but pb&j and some smoothie mix to keep me alive

[MLAA]

17. You've got a great attitude and that is a real asset in challenging times

[FirstLight]

26. maybe it comes from having to scrap through life more than once... ;)

sort of like... "you can't scare ME, I was a single mom of 3 living on food stamps...!" Something happens to you when you have had to plow through things ...you can choose to be the victim of your life or fight for something to shift. Sometimes the only thing I can shift is my own attitude or actions...but what ever little things I can do to make a ripple in my reality, that's what I got

[Demobrat]

22. If you have only exhausted the first 26 weeks

You should have a couple of extensions. They won’t show up in your account until what’s there is used up. Google Ca unemployment extensions.

[FirstLight]

23. thanks...that was what I figured...