The SF Giants have won the first game of the year! Yay!
Breaking up is always a hard thing to go through - especially in my case today, when I had so much "invested" in the relationship.

Today, I formally ended up my relationship with New Jersey Unemployment. Actually that's his nickname - you might know him better as "STATE OF NEW JERSEY Department of Labor Employment Security Agency."

Things went really well at first, even after I moved out of New York and things became long distance. We really communicated very well. I called every week, and he would write me back every week, and usually would send me something "a little extra". The prolonged relationship seemed to drain him, though. Honestly though, I really never expected this relationship to last more than 6 months. I guess I should have seen it coming. I really got the hint today, though, that he really had nothing more to offer me, when he wrote in his weekly letter, "CLAIM REMAINING BALANCE: 0". It was like a dagger through my heart.

I guess this is good for me. I always felt a imbalance of power in the relationship. I mean, every time we talked on the phone, I felt like I was being interrogated. He would ask me all these questions such as "Were you able and available for work? Were you actively seeking work? Did you perform any commision or self-employment work, or were you entitled to holiday or vacation pay?" It really made me feel like we didn't have a strong aspect of trust in our relationship - especially that last question. Ouch.

I knew it was coming a while ago. Really, I've already started looking. I've already met a few prospects. I've started getting to know a few potentials, such as "Fellowship", "Scholarship", and "Federal Stafford Loan". Who knows - things may be looking up. I also got the chance to meet "Get your ass back to work and make some money lazy bum". We didn't click at all, and I subsequently refused to talk to that one.

So now I'm sitting with the last letter I'll ever recieve from "NJ Unemployment". Maybe I should keep it in my scrapbook... maybe I should frame it and hang it up on my wall.... Nah - I'm heading to the bank.

Another sad day for Sapient . But as a my friends tell me, "All things happen for a reason." But it means more unemployed friends to hang out and travel with.

I went to physical therapy today. It seems like that's my life for the next 6 weeks, as I'll be going to PT 3 times a week, and doing my exercises for 30 minutes five times a day.


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