[350HP930]

Hah, unemployment? After paying into the system for years and getting laid off with a $60K/yr salary my florida unemployment check ended up being about $250 a week. That didn't even pay the rent.

During the a month and a half I looked for IT or engineering work my credit cards I used to make up the difference maxed out. For this reason it was time to get any work I could so I ended up getting a job as a tech at the area Porsche dealership and also did some IT project work on the side. After months of nothing it was nice to see that I was still very appreciated as a technician though I had been out of the business since I graduated college.

I'm greedy and would prefer clean work if possible so I'm hoping something works out here in the next week or two before my contract work ends.

If not I already have an open offer to drag all my tools a couple miles down the road to the caddy dealership and set up shop. I'm just hoping it doesn't come to that.

Speaking of CORBA payments I was able to afford only one month of insurance since it ended up being about $500 to maintain my family policy.

When faced with paying rent, car payment and maintaining a squeaky clean credit rating my family joined the ranks of the uninsured.