> Anyway, to make a long story short, the unemployment checks I was getting while I was unemployed were roughly what a minimum wage job would have paid me. So to take a minimum wage job and give up the unemployment checks would mean the same or possibly less money, plus a LOT less time to hunt for another job in my field, and I *would* still have to do that, because our rent and bills far exceeds what minimum wage would pay for. Since Senvy appears to be in the tech industry as well, I wonder if this is the case with him as well.

Yeah, it seems that this is the norm for tech jobs...

Although I have been considering giving up the checks for a part time job, just to engage myself in some kind of non-stuck in the house activity. And I guess that my real problem stems from the fact that the continuous rejection that I'm getting from potential employers has been eating away at my self worth, and a part time job would, in theory, bolster it.

Thanks, Brunnen-G, for your suggestion. I guess what I really needed was a kick in the pants.