Unemployed again....

I got laid off today. I hate being unemployed. When I screw up, then maybe I deserve to lose my job. But this time, nope!

I got this job because I have a certain zip code. That's what it is. They needed somebody from my zip code to qualify as a certain kind of federal contractor. So, I live here, and it is what it is.

Well, there have been some changes in personnel, and they hired 2 people from this zip code for full time jobs. I didn't even get a glance for one of them.

It isn't because I'm a bad employee, but because I lose my voice every day. I have really bad asthma and allergies around here and I lose my voice. I can't pay for the meds they want me to take for it, and I hate the side effects. My body can't handle it. So, I lose my voice. No biggie for me - I hate talking on the phone anyway.

So, I was ignored for the call-out jobs, and that's what it is, too.

On top of that, I was offered a fill-in part time job doing some research at the courthouse, since I was already working downtown. Without this job (the one I just lost), I'll have to make other parking arrangements, but anything I pay out (not reimbursed) is deductible from my taxes, and I know how to keep track of it all. I don't know if I'll get the second job or not, but it would be nice. It has the same number of hours, but it pays a little better.

I'm in school, and I have Tuesday and Thursday morning class. I can't miss the class. Next semester, all my classes are evening classes, so school will be much more "work hour friendly" than this semester. But for now, I need those mornings for school.

At least, this time, I can file for unemployment. It won't be for much, but it will be a little bit.

I guess I'll do my homework this weekend, then just spend the next couple of days cleaning my house really well. It could use it, and the cats will like having me home.

Yeah, right now my attitude is OK, but who knows what it will be like later.

Another good thing is that the bills are paid - all except the house payment anyway. I was able to really pay stuff up and off with the last student loan check. So I'm not doing too bad. I have money in the bank and another paycheck coming. That will be the "waiting week" for unemployment, and the following week I should get a small stipend. Very small.

Sore Throat Followed by Laryngitis...

This happened to me last year, too. I wonder how many years I'll put up with this before I change something? It lasted about 2 weeks last year. It started Wednesday afternoon. I'd used the weed-eater on the yard that day.

Yep, a grass allergy! Who knew???

I lived for 22 years in Los Angeles. There are numerous lawns there that are cut weekly, and I never had a problem except with some flowers (Allysum, I think).

I moved to Nevada, and mold became a problem during the winter, and sage blossoms in the summer, but otherwise I was fine.

I move to Tennessee, and suddenly I'm allergic to all kinds of stuff! Grass, mold, Corn (it's endemic in our food today!) and a whole lot of trees and stuff...

Don't get me started on Corn! It isn't fit for consumption, human or animal. It's now degenerated into a fuel producing plant, and it isn't good for anything else. And 20% or more of global agriculture is dedicated to it.

Yes, you can grow corn in your backyard, but it's open-pollinated. That means that any corn grown in a 20 mile radius might pollinate your corn and you end up with useless corn. And how do you know the seed-corn is any good to begin with?

Agribusiness has ruined one of the great grain crops of the earth in the name of profit. What a waste! And they put corn products into just about every prepared food in the supermarket. Even cat food!

Cats don't eat corn - or wheat. It causes digestive upsets, as it does in people. The upsets may take a different form, but there is a problem with it in their system.

Read the labels on your food. Anything that ends in -ose or -ethyl is a sugar additive to your food. Anything that begins with chlor- is likely a salt. If you can't pronounce it, it came from a test tube. Shop on the edges of your store. Stay away from prepared foods. If you can bake your own bread, do so.

See, I've gotten off on corn, and I meant to stay on my sore throat and laryngitis... That's what happens when I get onto our food supply....