Oh! Exciting! I hope you land the job! Something is certainly better than nothing.

I wish even temporary, small positions paid a livable wage, and that medical problems didn’t drain our money. )’:
But I’m glad you found something, and it’s at a Halloween store! I’ve always wanted to work at one, but I always miss the application period. :D Good luck at your interview~

I am hoping to start subbing an doing aftercare this week. I sure hope my background check comes back clean

Good luck. I hope you get the job.

@Uncledaddy: Whoa, you made the right decision to apply then. I’ll check to see if there are any recent job postings near me, because I still want to work at one. xD
And seriously, our health care system just has to reboot, and I hope we end up with a president progressive enough to carry out those changes. Not long ago, I read an article about a guy who’s selling the world’s best collection of X-men comics to help pay for his cancer treatments. We shouldn’t have to sacrifice everything just to want to be healthy and live. ):

@vengeance: thanks, i hope so too.

@AshTheAlien: I've looked into it, but even so my condition can qualify, my symptoms aren't "bad enough". I could potentially fight it if I had a disability lawyer, but that takes time and money I don't have, especially with no guarantee of getting approved. Never mind the stress involved. I actually tried this once before after I first got diagnosed (was in hospital for 2 weeks and having a lot of issues for years surrounding that) and it got repeatedly denied. Got a court date, didn't have a lawyer, brought a file with my doctor's notes which was ignored, got told that as long as I can move my arms and legs, I can work, left in tears feeling like an idiot for trying. So I'm a little wary of trying again either way tbh...

@Tsundererra: Yeah, jeez. Our healthcare is in such a sorry state. Hopefully it changes for the better. But get on them Halloween stores while they're still open!
I bet working at a haunted house or something would be even more fun, but I might be too shy for that one... maybe next year.

@Bioshock: thanks. I was starting to worry they wouldn't call, but considering the long weekend, it hasn't been as long as I thought since I applied.

@koneko: I've thought about that tbh, maybe next time I find myself alone in there I'll try to strike up conversation with the "cat wrangler" lol

@Totalanimefan: aye, after several previous failed applications, I'm glad somebody called me back. I have looked into disability, but they have very specific (and if you ask me, very extreme) requirements for my condition which I don't meet. So I'd still be deemed able to work, even if my ability to do my job duties was diminished. I don't believe I could go back to my previous job, but I think I'm well enough to do something a little less physically demanding. So rather than go without work for several more months trying to battle it out and paying a disability lawyer, I'm just gonna do whatever work I can for now and hope things get better instead of worse. I'm on a new medication as of very recently, so it hasn't really had time to kick in yet, but if it works out, I should be fine at least for the next few years.

That is horrible :C

@Totalanimefan: thank you. It's been especially rough, not gonna lie. Not much else to do but to just keep going. I wasn't really comfortable applying to temp jobs because I need an income in order to move out, but having any job at all will make it easier to find another one down the road, so if these are easier to get, I'm goin' for it.

@AshTheAlien: It is. Wish I'd had some kind of support to know what the hell I was doing back then; things might have gone differently. But it is what it is. My top priority now is moving, which should help me get on my feet a little better. Then maybe I can tackle this stuff from a better angle.

@Tsundererra: That sounds great, especially behind the scenes stuff. Part of me always wanted to make Halloween decorations and props for a living, or be a scene setter or something. Turns out that's a lot easier said than done...

@Tsundererra: I need to find a way to look into this. It's hard to even know where to start without having the right words to search for it, you know?

@vengeance: Yeah, this is exactly the problem. Low-tier retail and physical labor jobs are all I have, so it's all I'm really qualified for. If you don't have a ton of experience, the less physical jobs will turn you down. People keep saying "just go to school and get a skill" but that takes time and money, too, and I still would have to work in the meantime. What's your previous work like?