Nancye; how very intuitive you are!
Yes, I am very frustrated with things! My husband was laid off in Nov 2013 (the day before Thanksgiving) and we have been living on unemployment ever since.
I thank God everyday that He provided for us in advance of the lay-off! We get just enough to pay our rent, and partial payments on utilities to keep them going. Last summer, God taught me that we don't NEED electricity by our power being shut off for like a week. It is a rare occasion that we can go to the store and buy groceries. We only buy the barest minimum and the bulk of our food come from the food-bank.
I had my knees replaced in preparation for me to get back to work, but that is still several months off before I'm strong enough. So, that's where TUPPERWARE comes in. Yes, there is a small initial investment of $30, which I borrowed on the promise to repay from my Tupperware earnings. I've sold it before, and was fairly successful so I thought why not??
As for family & friends? I will of course tell them I'm selling, and ask for a party to get me going, but I will NOT rely on them. These past several months of struggling has really opened my eyes as to who truely is my "friend"!!
That refresher course I've mentioned a few times? Well, for some reason I am really REALLY struggling with it! The info is just not sticking! My deadline for completion of the entire course, which includes 120 hrs of clinical practice, is early September! I am currently on the fourth module; which is 15 chapters!! I feel like I've let everyone down! My husband, the agency that paid for the course, and myself. So, yes, I am a bit down these last few days. Compounded with the excruciating pain I am still experiencing makes it a little difficult to concentrate on my studies. I am still on powerful pain meds - morphine + oxycodone - so, I sleep a lot.
The only thing that helps me right now is my cross-stitching, that I've been doing for about 20 yrs. I think the reason I sound like a newbie is because I am self taught and I don't know a lot of the fancy stitches, or the cross-stitch lingo. I just know to make little x's to make a pretty picture! Lol. As I stitch I have lengthy conversations with my Father in Heaven as to what are we suppose to be learning that we apparently aren't as the "lesson" continues. And now, added to all of the above; the apt. complex we live in keeps trying to evict us for late fees. We pay the rent, sometimes it is last, which incurs a late fee that we cannot afford, so they give us notice.
Anyway, I apologise foe the novel I just wrote, but, I thought some explanation is warranted. You all have a blessed day!
Marlene