Unemployed.
I was sucked into a giant clothes dryer that tumbled me, tossed me, turned me inside out.
There was rage, bitterness, panic.
I couldn't linger there for long, though. I had to find a new job.
It quickly became apparent that no one in the Upstate was looking for anyone with my particular skill set.
And, as newspapers nationwide continued to slash their staffs, I decided the smart thing to do would be to find another field.
Research indicated that healthcare was the way to go. I settled on billing and coding, because it was taught at Greenville Tech, was a fairly short program, and, best of all, did not involve any bodily fluids.
Alas, one thing my instructors at Tech failed to mention was that you absolutely cannot get a job in the field without a minimum of two years experience.
Volunteer at a doctors' office, I was advised, and see if you can catch on as an employee there.
All very well, but I had a mortgage to pay and food to buy and cats to take care of, and I couldn't manage on unemployment with a volunteer job.
After a lot of agonizing I decided to sell my condo and move in with my Mom in the Atlanta area. I could look for a job there.
God, I was going to really miss Greenville!
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