I could not make this shit up.

OK, so even though I don't like the idea of sucking on the tit of the government, I also don't like how I haven't found a job in Austin yet, and being a one-income family sucks. So back in October I read on the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) web site that you may be eligible for benefits if you relocated to be w/a spouse. I filed that in my head. November rolled around, still no job, and so at the encouragement of a friend, I decided to file.

I filed a week or so before Thanksgiving, and this is still not resolved.

Because the last place I worked was in Illinois, I had to file through IL. TWC could not take my claim, so I had to call the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). I filed and waited for my info in the mail.

Info came in the mail right after Thanksgiving. I had to do a phone interview with somebody to further explain my situation. I had to get a letter from my husband's employer, on their letterhead, saying when he started his job. I had to write up a little something and they were to contact my employer.

Fast-forward to about two weeks later, I guess. More mail. This time it told me that I was eligible to collect as long as I met the eligibility requirements.

Um, OK.

They also sent me another letter at the same time (in a different envelope, of course) requesting another phone interview, which was scheduled for Dec. 21st. In this letter it was apparent that they decided my husband is in the military. But I had to give them a letter from his employer, and that clearly was NOT on letterhead of any branch of the US Military.

So that interview on the 21st never happened-they were supposed to call me and never did. And because I was in Galveston at a cookie-making sweatshop, I didn't call until now.

And have been on hold almost 30 minutes. I just pray that my cell doesn't drop this call.

All I want is a yes or a no.