Thanks guys. Yeah, Jon, but I got a call from the UI office in El Paso Friday. Apparently they want me to come in for an orientation. Guess I need to let them know I am on the east coast looking for work.

Mish...think I am going to stay here for a bit. The cost of living in VA is so dammed high, 1200/mo for a two bedroom apartment. I thought the rate of pay was going to be substantially higher, and its not. Here I can get an apartment that is decent and comparable to what I was paying in EP, and I am still around family and really good friends. I actually managed to get in touch with the woman who used to place me through an agency out here, and she requested I give her a call tomorrow, so we will see what happens.

Jon, the recession is everywhere. As many jobs as I applied for in VA and DC, there are probably at least three times as many people looking for work. I have never felt this hopeless before. But at least I am now surrounded by people who love me, and so its a little easier.

But I still miss my H, even though the M is over. For some reason, I think of him a lot again, and I don't know why.


Im still standin better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid Im still standin after all this time and Im picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind..