As most of you know, I have been out on disability for a long time now -
close to 10 years.  This means I am no longer qualified to do my old job
because it has morphed into something completely different while I have
been out.  So I went to Vocational Rehabilitation and asked to be
retrained and they told me no - get a job in my old field - I have too
much education to get retrained.  And they referred me to the
unemployment office and a specific person there.

That person was wonderful.  She was lovely to talk to and said all kinds
of things I liked and is writing them a report that says she cannot help
me find a job in my old field because I am no longer qualified for even
entry level jobs in my field and it would require formal education to
bring me up to any sort or reasonable level and since there is something
else I would rather do, it seems reasonable to retrain me to do THAT
instead.

So, I am asking for purrs for the next few weeks that she is able to
write an effective report that will convince them to just let me go to
school and get a certificate in graphic arts.  Please purr to let them
just listen to reason and see that I am a good risk for their money and
that they should just do this.

While you are at, purrs for a good part time job to come my way would be
kind of nice too.  I need one of those too.

My life it is a changin'.

Bridget