Thank you WC, TheSadGirl, and Innerzone, I get cheered up by every response. You help me deal with my feelings of utter isolation.

Yesterday I discovered that the unemployment rate in the Canadian city I live in is around 8% and it has been higher in the recent past. This might explain why my son is having trouble even finding jobs he can apply for here and perhaps his credentials are not strong enough that companies would fly him in for an interview elsewhere. He could go stay with his half-brother just outside of NYC and then use that address on his applications for jobs in the city.

My anxiety is a bit better today but really it could not have been much worse. I feel my life is so limited. I feel if I had a really close friend or two who could help me around the house I would do much better. I really don't know what to do about that. Last year I had a very bad landscaper and made some poor decisions and built flower and shrub beds that are now filling up with grass and weeds because they were not even mulched... I got myself out this morning to mow about 1/3 of my lawn. Tomorrow I will do a little more in the morning before other people are out and about.