Yay!... I Think... Employment Program

[sun seeker]

Anyone who has been following my posts about all the anxiety I have around looking for work will know what a big thing this is for me. There is a five-week program here where people who are unemployed but not eligible for unemployment insurance get to explore their options and find new directions with support. There is an allowance for living supports while on the program, which makes it doubly attractive. I've talked several times with the coordinator and really like her. She's the kind of person who can find something good in everyone and encourage their best qualities to come forth, and who seems to know everyone in the area and whatever it is you want to do, at the drop of a hat she can come up with five or six people who can help you make it happen. The kind of skills I don't have, and need.

I've considered the program several times in the past, but for one reason or another the timing hasn't been right. Today for some reason I felt both ready, and desperate enough to do SOMETHING to get out of this tailspin of poverty and anxiety. So I called and asked if there is going to be a program soon, and found there is one starting in April, and I am now first on the list.

Until then, one of my clients (actually the only one at the moment) is going to need more hours, so it seems I have the next few months covered financially.

I'm excited and scared at the same time. I know it will be intense for me. I'll need to do a lot of freaking out over it. But... yay!!!

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

Woot Sunseeker that's great :happy:. Sounds really promising.
Oh yeah I totally recognize the thing where you put things off forever and then suddenly you have an inkling haha.

Freaking out a little bit can be a good thing (not too much, now). Hope it goes really well for you!

 

[shimmerz]

Baaaabbbbbyyyyy oh Baaaabbbyyyy!!!!!! Party's at YOUR igloo tonight!

 

[sun seeker]

Party's at YOUR igloo tonight!

Hey, didn't I host the last one?

Thanks, that's twice today you've made me laugh!

 

[shimmerz]

Yes, but I don't have an igloo these days, so looks like you will have to be the hostess with the mostest. One day though, I will have a kick ass igloo again and you can stay for the weekend, month, year, however long you want!

 

[sun seeker]

Lol... okay, sounds good. I'll go put the kettle on. :-)