There is a lot of stuff happening right now as the seasons change. The school busses are running again and the signs are saying that it could be an early winter. Just this week we've started trying to catch up on those odd-jobs that need to be done before snow flies, like scrubbing the front porch and steps in preparation for some water seal among other things. We also had to update the church calendar as the Head-Start program has resumed and the community concert schedule is filling up. [They rent our church.]In addition to these pop-up tasks, this is my reporting week. Every two weeks, I have to submit a report of my school progress to the Job Service training committee. I also have to submit my unemployment claim.
The first is easy with a committee-provided form added to my own copy of a completion report from the school. Typically that is all I send, but today I added some information about the hours I've been dedicating to the course work. I've just reached that point where I have to justify 'out loud' that I'm not messing around, but the hours they 'predict' it takes to get module work done... isn't enough for me to get it done. I'm old-school and I've always been one of those students who had to work hard to get it all done.
[Note: I do get good grades from the efforts, so it is a fair trade-off. But I was a bit shocked when I figured from my notes that I was averaging around 25 to 32 hours per week. Especially when the school was predicting that 15 to 16 hours per week would be sufficient to complete the course in the time bracket that I have set for myself. But, I have to remind myself. They aren't including time for working in the companion work books... or creating computer flash cards to help study all those names, terms & processes, or doing "ear training" (i.e. listening to dictated reports and getting a feel for the language), etc.]
All that being said, it is the second that is of greater concern to me. My unemployment benefits are at an end... or are very, very close to it. A few weeks ago, I contacted them to nail down the steps towards applying for an extension. The only reply I got was that "you can't apply for an extension until the awarded funds are exhausted."
So, two things can happen with this claim. If they return my typical funds, there will be about $6 left over in my award. I may have to submit yet another claim to use up that $6 BEFORE I will be eligible to apply for an extension. Or, they can tack that $6 onto this last claim. I won't have any way of knowing until the payment is received in a couple of days. I wonder which way it will go? The gaps could be unpleasant to deal with if the bill-timing hits in that interim between exhaustion and application... and accepance (I HOPE) of that application.
In any case, this will be launching me into yet another "voyage of discovery" in order to figure out how to go about getting things done. Hopefully, they will keep their word and send me the information I need... in a timely manner.
Many thanks for continued prayers, and I continue to pray for my readers.
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God bless & Godspeed
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Today was the day:
I received the standard fare for my last claim, and the remaining $6 vanished completely. [An option I had not considered.] I did contact the main office to see if I had to wait until my next biweekly claim to file for the extention and they got back to me fairly quickly. They said to fill out the application today.
So I did.
I also hit all the old familiar Workman's Comp questions... and via their dates, it is still an issue.
Now I'm wondering, since I had to resubmit all that information AGAIN, am I going to have another 10-week wait for the continuation of benefits... if I qualify?
Hopefully not. They do have all the documentation already.
Wait and see, I guess.
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