My Name is Kris and I Blah-g

I’ve been unemployed now for almost 4 months. The unemployment checks will soon stop and I am finding myself in a sticky situation. The house hasn’t even had a nibble so my hopes of selling it before I run out of unemployment are dwindling. Now, I don’t get enough in unemployment to cover my whole house payment but it at least takes some of the edge off and I have managed to not dip into the life insurance at all this past year. That’s a good thing. The life insurance is currently being reinvested in my daughter and that is how I plan to keep it. It’s meant for her education and an occasional vacation and nothing more. The idea that I will have to use it to keeping paying on a house that I don’t live in is nauseating. But…I will do it if I must.Fall back plan….I was ineligible for the survivor benefit from social security last year because I was working and making too much money. When I called in September after I was laid off, I was told that I had made too much that year and to call back in January. January is here and today’s agenda included being on hold with the social security folks for about 20 minutes. I got through finally – gave my info and then was told that the request was entered and that I’d get a call back. So, the government is going to call me back…right away I guess I am supposed to believe. Yeesh. I have a feeling that I’ll be making another call in the coming days. But I’ve been patient this long..what’s a little longer?