Cruel September

I never did hear from my temp agency, nor did I hear from the other place I applied for. I filed for unemployment a week and a half ago, and afterward applied for a temp agency that had an interesting sounding job. I got to interview for the temp agency a couple of days later. I then was supposed to get an interview with the client. I was hoping that would be this week, but the client was busy this week, so I get to interview this coming Monday morning. My rent is due next week, so talk about nerve racking. Since I'm supposed to apply for at least one job every week that I'm on unemployment, I decided this week to apply for an evening grocery job, since I'm probably gonna need a side hustle even if I get the job I applied for last week. My car is entirely too old to be doing driving for a job like Uber, Lyft, Postmates, or whatever. I can barely handle working one job, but I'd rather work two jobs than move back in with my shithead dad. I have fun plans for today, but I also have dread gnawing at the back of my brain about how I'm going to get rent money before the end of next week without bringing my dad into it, especially since he said he wasn't going to help me with the rent anymore.

I still haven't gotten started on IT certification. My brothers sent me a link to my local community college's Computer and Information Technology program. They seem to think I should go for a degree, but I still think a certification is the way to go, especially since from what I've read so far, the degrees are more for people who eventually want to get into management, which I have no interest in.

I got a "hospital income" check last week, it was only about half of what I was hoping for, $500 instead of $1000. I decided to say "Fuck it" and went and saw Gary Numan anyway, because when is he ever gonna play Louisville again? The Louder Than Life festival was cancelled due to the ground being in bad shape because of a shit ton of rain over the past week. I really feel bad for everyone involved, but at the same time I at least get to feel like I'm not missing out on something.