Hello!

[invisiblejungle]

For my fifth and last post for this 24-hour period, I just want to thank all of you who prayed for me, cast a light around me, or whatever other measure of kindness you bestowed upon me.  My unemployment insurance determination finally came in the mail today (after five weeks of jumping through the State's hoops), and thanks be to the heavens, I am eligible for UI payments.  It is no windfall, mind you, the weekly maximum here is $330.00, and once they've taxed it, closer to $277.00, but I have the mortgage paid off until the end of February, 2018, and the five weeks of payments they owe me will keep the lights, electricity, Internet, and all important Amazon Prime TV and Netflix up and running while I seek new employment.

One has to count small blessings as well as big ones, and I have two to account for this week, this community, and a meager, but survivable income stream.  I was honestly dreading having to borrow money from my children, but that indignity, at least, I've been spared.

It will no doubt be a week, if not two, before I am able to avail myself of an IOP's services (I am already getting "zaps" in my brain, a classic sign of impending seizure), so forgive me if I do post five times daily until I'm able to join the ranks of you who have access to friends down South who deliver quickly, I don't think I will have the luxury of waiting for magazines that may take a month to arrive due to the holiday mail volume.

In any event, if you spared a thought for me, I'm eternally grateful, especially to IceWizard and Charon, who provided kind guidance regarding the five post rule, and have been more than welcoming to a newcomer.

Happy day after Thanksgiving my new friends, I hope yours was as uplifting as mine.

Glad to hear that small blessings came your way. There are many quality vendors here for the specific products you need. Am I correct in assuming that you had to quit cold-turkey after 15 years due to losing coverage? That is unbelievable!