(((((((((((((WW))))))))))))))))),

Hope your unemployment works out. It must be different in the different states. When my husband was on unemployment, he only got it for just over 1 month. That barely allows any time for arranging another job.......especially when the job market is as bad for engineers as it was in California when he was unemployed. I remember getting laid off when the air force contract I was working on was cancelled. I had just moved into our new home, my husbands brother was killed in an motorcycle accident, had my knee reconstructed (on crutches & not able to put weight onto that leg for 3 months), had rehab 3 days a week (for about 3 hours) & did the same rehab on my own the other 4 days of the week. When I got laid off, I was so exhausted I really was rather happy to be have a break. Because unemployment requires us to apply for other jobs, I did. I even got a job offer that I had to turn down because I realized that I was actually at the point of being burned out & knew I would be no good with a new job. Loosing a job is rough, but adding burn out to that....makes it even rougher. Sometimes we need more time off than the system wants us to take, but we have to think of ourselves before anything else.

Take care of yourself & when you are ready to go back to work, it will all fall into place for you.

Good luck,
Debbie