Dear Me, I hope the job interview goes well and you avoid the worst of the hurricane.

Because your situation has changed, you can apply for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act through your state's exchange. Because you haven't been working, you'd probably qualify for federal subsidies that would make the insurance free to you or very low cost. It would pay for mental health therapy for depression.

You've been through a lot. You have reason to feel depressed. In today's economy, many decent, hardworking people have found themselves unemployed and in dire financial straits.

Please come back after you job interview and tell us how things went. I wish you the very best of good fortune.