The last thing anybody wants when they are out of work is for those little things to go wrong. I got laid off in February and for me, it has been one little thing after another. But it has also been one blessing after another as well. Maybe I was supposed to wait a month to get the vacation pay that was left out of my last check. I filed unemployment in the wrong state. Who knew that when a previous file for unemployment is denied, that the claim is still active? I lost several weeks of unemployment insurance benefits due to that little misunderstanding. I have an appeal hearing tomorrow about that, and will get those lost weeks back, but there's a beauty in the timing of things. If I had started getting unemployment benefits at the same time that I was still getting the last of my pay, I likely would not have been able to budget it as well as having to make due until the present. We've scraped by so far not skipping on any bills. Some have been a little late, yes, but we've been blessed enough to not have to start picking which bills not to pay. That's a lot scary. But with that backpay, I'd be back above water for a moment.
It is kind of funny because of all of those little things that have gone awry, I have been in touch with Human Resources with my former employer a fair bit. One of the first conversations that I had with her was being totally unprepared but that we'd get through this time with what we need. She was a bit shocked by my confidence in the matter. Do I still have the same confidence? I do. Do I understand what is going on here, or some higher calling of purpose of this season of unemployment? I wish I could say yes, but I have an open mind and heart to whatever may come our way.
