Finally Done Plus A Tiny Rant

Having off does have its advantages. I got all my presents wrapped today for my hubby, my family & my in-laws. I don't want to look at another package. I'm so glad it is done, everything is sorted. Now, to enjoy the holiday for what it really is all about. Getting together with family and friends.

Today was my hubby's normal day off. He went out to do some errands for his Mom and during that time, I got the wrapping done AND did one of my assignments. I feel so good to get it done because it was an important one. I had to submit 1000 words of "long form" story in three different points of view - first person, third person limited, and omniscient. Both the teacher and I agreed the story is best told in the first person. Actually, that is how I write most comfortably. So it felt good to get that observation from him as well.

Tomorrow we will be going up to my in-laws once my hubby comes home from work. In the daytime Jenny is going to come here for awhile for a visit and let me use her cell to call unemployment because I still haven't gotten through. I've been trying for 3 days now and have pretty much exhausted my cell minutes. We do not have a landline. This is just to do a two week claim.

I am SO thankful that I have a recall date for my job. Worse case scenario, once I go back to work I will call from there since he is the one that put me in this predicament. I don't care if it takes me all damn day. If on January 5th when I go back to work and I haven't reached them, that is what I'm going to do. It is so sad how many people that haven't worked in months are still trying to get through. What a pathetic system NJ has. People aren't able to pay their mortgages/rents/utilities. The newspapers reported people trying to get through to file their claims for two months! What happens is this, you go through 8 minutes worth of prompts with information you have to enter. (I.E. your social security number, phone info, zip code and all this other information) Then after 8 minutes, it says "please hold and a representative will be with you." Then you hear horrible on hold music. Two minutes later, a recording comes on and says "We're sorry, due to the high number of calls, we cannot take your call right now, please try your call again later." So in turn 10 minutes gone each time. I can't even begin to tell you how frustrating it is. I want to scream. I want to throw things. I want to cry. What we have is three numbers to call to file a claim for the entire state. We can do it online, but there is something wrong with it and has some sort of glitch. No one fixes it. There isn't a number to call or an email address for someone to help.

We have the worst Governor right now in NJ's history. His approval rating is a disgrace. He raises taxes, raised our state tax from 6% to 7%, and raised our tolls on our highways. They will gradually go up too in increments over the next 5 years. So it will only get worse. You know what that is for - to build another tunnel or bridge to connect NJ with Manhattan. Something I never use. Our state also has a 6% unemployment rate. It is a disgrace. I don't know how John Corzine sleeps at night.